MANILA, Philippines – Strong winds from Typhoon Nina (Nock-ten), on Monday, December 26, disrupted the service operations of Globe Telecom Incorporated in some parts of Southern Luzon.
Globe reported voice, call, and data service disruptions in some parts of Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Marinduque, Masbate, Oriental Mindoro, and Quezon, as of noontime on Monday.
The onslaught of Typhoon Nina caused commercial power interruption and multiple fiber cuts, resulting in temporary service disruptions, especially in Albay and Camarines Sur, the Ayala-led telco added.
"Based on our network team assessment, intermittent services were mostly caused by commercial power outages in the Bicol Region. Generator sets for cell towers are now being used to allow customers to use basic telecommunications services such as calls and text messaging," said Yoly Crisanto, senior vice president for corporate communications of Globe.
"[A]t least 6 towers located in Camarines Sur (4 towers), Albay, and Marinduque were structurally affected, which will make full service restoration longer. The towers were reportedly damaged because of strong winds that ran up to 200 kilometers per hour. Multiple fiber cuts were also reported from Pili to Legaspi," she added.
Globe said it has dispatched technical personnel to immediately restore affected network services. – Rappler.com