The internet services have been restored across the country following a severe disruption triggered by a dual cut in a submarine communications cable system, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

According to a statement released by a Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) spokesman on Wednesday morning, the fault in the international submarine cable system has been removed and the internet services have been revived throughout the country.

On Tuesday, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had said that a dual cut in the terrestrial segment of South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 5 — a submarine communications cable system that extends between Singapore and France — had been reported impacting internet services across the country.

In a tweet, it said that the fault had been reported between the cities of Abu Talab and Zafrana in Egypt.

“Alternate arrangements to provide uninterrupted internet services to the users have been made. Work is underway to remove the fault,” it added.

https://twitter.com/PTAofficialpk/status/1597632957627658240

Meanwhile, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) had said on Tuesday that internet services in the country were partially impacted and some customers may face “minor service degradation”.

“PTCL in conjunction with the International Submarine Consortium is working to fully restore internet services on priority,” it said in the statement, adding that the company had ample bandwidth on alternate cables to cater to data needs.

The SEAMEWE-5 submarine cable system, commissioned in 2016, is nearly 20,000 kilometres long, extending from Marseille in France to Singapore.

Currently, there are seven submarine internet cable systems connecting to Pakistan, of which four are operated by Pakistan Telecom­mu­nication Company Limited, two by Transworld Associates, and a new cable system that recently came online, owned by a Chinese company.

Reporter Waqas Azeem