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February 01, 2008 14:48 IST
Internet services in the country, which were disrupted following a major international cable breakdown, would be restored by this evening.
"Only 25 per cent of the links are down today and we expect all the links to be restored by the evening," Internet Service Providers Association of India Rajesh Chharia told PTI.
The Internet services were disrupted on Wednesday night because of damage to two international undersea cables off Egypt coast.
About 50-60 per cent of the capacity was affected due to the rupture in the cables, which connect India to Western Europe, due to anchoring of ships near Alexandria.
He said big BPO firms and companies were not affected as they had their back-up plan but the fault might have affected small BPOs which operate only through a single route.
Majority of the firms are trying to restore their connections through a different route. International long distance and Internet traffic to Europe and the US got affected due to the breakdown.
On Thursday, the department of telecommunication reviewed the situation with senior officials and service providers, and said the link would be restored by the ILD operators within 10 days by expediting the repair.
Service providers Videsh Sanchar Nigam [Get Quote] Limited, Reliance [Get Quote] and Bharti Airtel [Get Quote] are in constant touch with Telecom Egypt to ensure speedy repair of the two submarine cables SEMEWE-4 Cable (SMW-4) and FLAG Cable.
The circuits working on these cables are being shifted by the three firms to other cables such as SMW-3 cable and pacific route cables to restore the telecommunication links.
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