According to the PTS message, it may be damaged cable connecting Estonia with Sweden occurred on Tuesday in the waters of the Estonian economic zone. The owner of the optical fiber is the Swedish company Arelion. Its spokesman Martin Sjoegren said the company was “actively working with authorities in Sweden and other countries to investigate the cause.”
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He added that the vast majority of customers do not feel the effects of the failure because data transfer is carried out automatically using other network connections.
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According to Sjoegren cable repairs are to begin “as soon as possible” and be completed within a few daysdepending on weather conditions.
Finland reports cable damage
Earlier on Wednesday, Finnish authorities informed about failure of the telecommunications cable connecting Helsinki with Tallinn on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. In this case, the transport ship Fitburg registered in the Caribbean islands of St. is suspected of causing the damage. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Finnish authorities detained the vessel and its crew consisting of citizens of Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.. The captain's citizenship was not disclosed. The ship sailed from St. Petersburg and was headed to Israel.
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The case is treated as a suspicion of intentionally committing the crime of destruction of property, attempting to intentionally commit the crime of destruction of property and intentionally disrupting telecommunications communications.
Swedish Minister of Civil Defense Carl-Oskar Bohlin assured that the Swedish government is monitoring the situation and is in contact with the Finnish and Estonian authorities. “We pledge to help our friends when needed,” Bohlin wrote on the X platform.
