More than 2000 km of fiber optic cables were vandalized on Monday night, outside of Sassa Povoação / Vila de Caxito, in the province of Bengo, by strangers, according to the provincial director of Angola Telecom, Ledna de Oliveira.
What other provinces were affected by this cut?
"When fiber optic cable is cut in Bengo, Angola Telecom's signal loss also affects the provinces of Uige, Malanje and Zaire."
According to Ledna de Oliveira, the information obtained is that some young people go up to the poles and pull the copper off the cables to sell to the Malians. "It is necessary to do serious work, to find out how much copper was stolen, in order to be able to restore the service". The official said that a report was made to the police, as the company suffers other types of vandalization, such as burning and cutting the fiber optic cable.
A Provincial director of Angola Telecom also assured that the company will provide, for the first time, in the province of Bengo, in Capari Centrality, within days, the Internet and voice service of the LTE, a cutting edge technology. For residents to join the new Internet service, he added, they must submit a copy of the ID card, have e-mail, telephone contacts, 13.500 kwanzas for the set up, 500 kwanzas for the chip and 20 thousand kwanzas for the monthly fee.
