Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said that 11,400 mobile base stations and 880,000 fixed lines went out of service in the northern region. Progress in restoring mobile communications has been faster than fixed communications. It is presumed to be due to the operators’ prioritization. Because the fixed lines have been vulnerable to frequent power cuts.
Therefore, the VoIP terminals and broadband modems get impaired. Under such circumstances the consumers rely on mobile communications. Highly resilient undersea cable networks have saved the country from international outage. Provisioning traffic at various directions became central to the Japanese carriers’ planning after 2006 earthquake in Taiwan. Ovum elaborates.
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