Tuesday 18 September 2012

Vandals cut MTN’s fibre cable, disrupt services in Northern Nigeria

Unknown persons have cut the fibre cable of GSM operator, MTN, in an unnamed part of Northern Nigeria, disrupting services to its millions of subscribers in the region.
This follows the destruction of 30 base stations owned by MTN and some other GSM operators in the region by suspected extremists.
MTN’s Nigeria General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Funmi Omogbenigun, confirmed the cutting of the cable to Reuters on Tuesday and said it had affected service to customers.
“Security concerns have prevented not only repair work to damaged equipment, but routine maintenance, causing disruption to the lives of millions of Nigerians,” Omogbenigun said.

Source: punch

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