Mobile and broadband services across Malé and Hulhumalé were disrupted on Sunday following a widespread power outage in the Greater Malé region, which also affected Velana International Airport. Telecom providers Ooredoo Maldives and Dhiraagu said their cell sites were running on battery backup, while STELCO attributed the outage to an 'earth fault' that caused a complete grid shutdown.
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Mobile and broadband services across Malé and Hulhumalé faced disruptions on Sunday following a widespread power outage, according to announcements by the country’s two main telecom providers.
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In case of continued power outage, our main hub cell sites will last longer with backup gensets. Our other cell sites are currently running on battery backup.
During this commercial power failure in Greater Malé, our mobile cell sites are currently operating on battery backup. However, prolonged commercial power outage may result in failure of cell sites, interrupting mobile services for our cus…
Due to a total blackout, the checkups required to be completed before re-energising the Greater Malé grid are now underway.
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The outage affected the Greater Malé region, including Malé, Hulhumalé, and Velana International Airport.
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