Telecommunications outage that affected calling across the North resolved, says Northwestel
A partial telecommunications outage that affected calling across Canada’s North has been resolved, Northwestel said late Monday night.
The outage affected calling from landlines to cellphones and cellphones to landlines.
Telecommunications in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and parts of northern B.C. and northern Alberta were affected.
In an emergency, people were advised to call 911 from both a cellphone and a landline, because the call may go through.
If neither worked, people were told to phone local emergency numbers or go directly to the nearest hospital, police station or emergency vehicle.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Northwestel wants to improve broadband to small communities in northwestern Canada, CBC News
Finland: Major step towards a Europe-Asia Arctic cable link, Yle News
Norway: Two new satellites to boost Norway’s Arctic internet, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Russian military to get fast, secure internet through trans-Arctic cable, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: Northern Sweden to host more Facebook servers, Radio Sweden
United States: Alaska’s first wireless 5G network to be built in Anchorage, Alaska Public Media
