“In Finland, a fiber-optic cable connecting the country to Sweden was damaged on Monday, causing a large-scale communication failure.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
In Finland, on Monday, December 2, a fiber optic cable connecting the country to Sweden was damaged, causing a large-scale communication failure. This is reported by the publication Yle. GlobalConnect, a digital infrastructure company, said the damage occurred in two locations on land and not in submarine cables. Repair work has been ongoing since Tuesday morning. Swedish media, including SVT and Aftonbladet, reported that Finnish police suspect a possible criminal offense related to the cable damage. Swedish law enforcement authorities have also been informed of the investigation.Advertisement: However, Finnish police said later on Tuesday that no criminal proceedings had been opened and there was currently no reason to believe the damage was the result of a crime. Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Lulu Ranne, confirmed in a post on the X platform that the authorities are investigating the incident together with the company. GlobalConnect communications manager Niklas Ekström told Yle that the cable was damaged at two points in the countryside between Espoo and Vihti.Advertisement: He refrained from speculating on the cause of the damage, but noted that such incidents usually occur due to the wrong actions of excavators during earthworks. We will remind: on November 18, the underwater communication cable between Finland and Germany was broken, the investigation into the reasons for the break continues.
