Internet users in Pakistan faced network connectivity issues on Tuesday following the “double outage of SEAMWE-5 ground segment”.
“A double outage has been reported in the land segment of SEAMEWE-5 between the cities of Abu Talib and Zafrana in Egypt,” the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) confirmed on Twitter.
Dual cut in the terrestrial segment of SEAMEWE-5 between the cities of Abu Talab and Zafrana in Egypt have been reported. Alternate arrangements to provide uninterrupted #internet services to the users have been made.
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) November 29, 2022
Work is underway to remove the fault.
The authority added that alternative arrangements have been made to provide uninterrupted internet services to consumers, while work is in progress to rectify the fault.
Meanwhile, NetBlocks – a global internet monitor – tweeted that internet blackouts had affected several countries, including Pakistan, Indonesia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Yemen, Oman, Somalia and Chad.
ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show an internet disruption impacting multiple countries; the incident is consistent with a subsea cable cut 📉 pic.twitter.com/VGo482CNye
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) November 29, 2022
