Vodafone to direct submarine cable traffic to GO because of works

Vodafone Malta has initiated maintenance works on its submarine cable to Sicily as a precautionary measure following events which led to damage to several undersea cables last December 18.

The company said that although the works require stopping the service, Vodafone’s internet service to clients will not be affected thanks to the contingency plan between Vodafone Malta and GO.

“In view of the existing connectivity agreement between Vodafone and GO, disruption to the service will be minimised as GO is providing Vodafone Malta with international bandwidth capacity. We do not anticipate reduction in quality of service whilst the works are on-going. Every effort will be made to minimise the duration of the maintenance works,” said a Vodafone Malta official.

The company said the December incident did not affect Vodafone’s service and at no time was quality of service jeopardised. It did not start the precautionary inspection and maintenance immediately but provided GO with alternative routing.

GO had suffered damage to its cable and later rushed into service another cable which had just been laid but had not yet been commissioned.