Internet speeds up as four of five undersea cables repaired
Four out of the five international undersea cables that were damaged last year and early this year have been repaired, the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Information and Communications announced on June 1.
Hanoi (VNA) – Four out of the five international underseacables that were damaged last year and early this year have been repaired, the Departmeౠnt of Telecommunications under the Ministry ofInformation and Communications announced on June 1.
Up to now, only the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) internet cablethat connects Vietnam with the rest of Asia is still experiencing errors. The APG, with 10,400 km of cable under the Pacific Ocean, is thecable with the largest bandwidth connecting to Vietnam. It provides a maximumbandwidth of 54 terabytes per second and opened in 2016. In late December 2022and mid-January this year, the cable had an problem with its connection to HongKong and another cable 151 km offshore. The two errors affected the entire line. The errors on APGroute are expected to be fixed in June. With the completed repair and restoration of normaloperation by four undersea cable routes - IA, SMW3, AAE-1 and AAG, the qualityof Vietnam's internet services has improved as there are more connection options, with better latency. Telecom operators will be moreflexible in navigating data traffic, ensuring service quality and enhancing theexperience for internet customers./.
The SMW3 cable, the last fully functional Internet cable of Vietnam, has encountered a problem on its S2.7 segment that connects with Singapore, an Internet service provider in the country said on February 21.
February's Speedtest Global Index (SGI) showed that Vietnam jumped up six places to 39th in fixed broadband speeds, despite recent disruptions to all five of its submarine internet cables suffering outages.
Repair has been finished on two of the five broken undersea cables linking Vietnam with the world, namely Intra Asia (IA) and SMW3, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
The problems found in Branch S1I of the America Asia Gateway (AAG) undersea cable have been fixed, restoring the internet data connection between Vietnam and Hong Kong (China), Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Information and Communications announced on May 24.
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ANTARA and VNA can design global-scale cooperation programmes or joint media campaigns, demonstrating the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as the cooperation between the two national news agencies.
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Since 2022, more than 500 Vietnamese startups have engaged in Google’s Startup Academy, Google for Startups Accelerator, and Google Startup Masterclass. Nearly 100 of these firms received support to develop and improve their products, benefiting more than 300,000 customers and creating over 300 new jobs through successful fundraising and team expansion amidst Vietnam’s competitive economy.
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The average speed of the national mobile broadband network remained stable, with download speeds reaching 76.86 Mbps and upload speeds reaching 26.98 Mbps.
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