Submarine cable incident record
Mainone — Confirmed — 2024-03-29
ETC reported that the West African undersea cable cut disrupted humanitarian connectivity in Maiduguri.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Mainone
- Affected countries
- Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria
- Region
- West Africa
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
Original supporting evidence
- the undersea cable cut impacting on West Africa had brought down services at the main humanitarian hub
- This brings it to a total of about $8 million to fix the affected four submarine cables that were affected by the cut.
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.