Non-Service Affecting- SMW4 Under Sea Maintenance 25th- 31st July

14 JULY 2011

 

14 July- SEACOM has been informed by SMW4, SEACOM’s partner network through the Mediterranean, that they are planning undersea maintenance between Alexandria and Palermo.

SEACOM has been informed that this planned maintenance will take place from 25th July to 31st July 2011.

 
SEACOM is planning to provide uninterrupted service during the scheduled SMW4 maintenance period to our customers by routing the affected SEACOM Cable system services via the TE-North cable system, which forms part of the SEACOM network from Egypt to France. Our network engineering team will be activating these services on a trial basis from Saturday 16th July 2011 and then fully for the period of the maintenance on the 25th July 2011. Further alternatives are currently also being planned and implemented on a customer specific basis as needed. This will ensure full availability of services throughout the planned maintenance period of SMW4.
 

As part of SEACOM’s ongoing network expansion and network resilience planning, SEACOM has secured additional capacity on various other networks which route traffic on alternative routes from Egypt through the Mediterranean and from Mumbai to the Far East.

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