网通电信宣布：台湾地震受损电缆恢复运作

　　1月29日，中国网通和中国电信几乎同时宣布：受地震影响而中断的国际通信业务全部恢复。中国网通、中国电信均表示，经过一个月的紧急抢修，中国网通、中国电信因台湾海域地震造成的国际海缆故障修复工作基本完成，对中国网通、中国电信国际通信影响最大的几条国际海缆，如FNAL等主要线路已修复。

Mainlandtelephoneoperators have almost restored communications disruptedby anearthquake off the southern coast of Taiwan last month thatseveredundersea cables .China Telecom, the countrys largestfixed-linecarrier, said in a statement issued at 4pm yesterdaythat it hadbasically restored all its international call andInternetservices over the weekend after repairing the maincable.The FNALcable carries most of Chinas telecommunicationswith North Americaand Internet connections with the rest of theworld, said Guan Li,spokeswoman for China Telecom.But Guan refusedto say how much losswas caused by the cable breakdown.In a similarstatement issuedhours later, China Netcom, the nationssecond-largest telecomoperator, said it had basically restoredits internationaltelecommunication service, especially with NorthAmerica.It sharesthe FNAL cable with China Telecom.Both statementssaid that severalother cables which carry a small portion of thetraffic would befully repaired in the next two weeks.A Decr 26earthquake measuring7.1 on the Richter scale cut several underseacables near Taiwan,slowing the mainlands access to overseaswebsites to a crawl andaffecting international calls.Thegovernment and telephone operatorsthen initiated emergencyplans.Most of the international Internettraffic was re-routed vialandline cables connecting China andEurope, and satellitetransmission was also used, a China Telecomspokeswoman saidearlier.The telecom regulator in Hong Kong, whichwas hit harder asit relies more on submarine cables, yesterday saidmost of theseven submarine cables damaged by the temblor have nowbeen fixed,adding that one will take longer than estimated becauseof badweather.The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA)saidrepair work would be completed at the end of February, insteadofmid-February as had been anticipated earlier.Badweather,technical problems and other reasons are causing thedelay, saidOFTA Director-General Au Man-ho.However, he saidInternet providershad diverted Web traffic and that the delay wasnot having asignificant impact on Internet services in HongKong.According toour reports from the providers, all services arelargely back tonormal its approaching 100 percent, hesaid.Vocabulary:

　　undersea cables

　　：海底电缆

　　emergency plans

　　：紧急方案(实习编辑:顾萍)