Viet Nam’s international internet connections have been restored to full capacity after repairs on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) and TGN Intra-Asia (IA) cable systems were completed on 30 September.

Both the AAG and the IA, plus the SEA-ME-WE3 (SMW3) undersea cable system, reported problems on August 27.

According to the cable operators, 3 faults were found on the AAG system, including two on the Viet Nam-Hong Kong segment, and one on the Hong Kong-Philippines segment, while the break on the IA system was found at a point approximately 54 kilometres from Hong Kong.

Following the breaks on the 2 two cable systems, Vietnamese service providers rerouted their traffic to the submarine Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) and other land-based cable systems to minimise the impact on their customers.

The TGN Intra-Asia cable system was put into operation in November 2009, spanning 6,800 km and linking Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Guam, with a design capacity of 3.8 4 Tbit/s.

It is a major submarine network connecting Asia with the United States.

Meanwhile AAG is a 20,000 kilometre long cable system connecting Southeast Asia with the United States, with a design capacity of up to 2.88 Tbit/s.

As the IA and AAG cable systems are frequently severed, Vietnamese internet service providers are expanding their traffic to other cable systems, such as the recently launched APG and the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) cable.

(Source: NDO/ DA NANG Today)