Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 22 October 2025
The Car Nicobar–Kamorta section of the CANI Submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC), which had developed a snag on twentieth September 2025 at round 3:32 PM, has now been efficiently repaired, restoring the essential undersea communication hyperlink that connects Nancowry and Great Nicobar to the remainder of the world.
According to sources, the hyperlink was briefly restored throughout the intervening night time of twenty first and twenty second October, and a number of other customers at Campbell Bay reported that their BSNL FTTH broadband connections had been lively from round 11:45 PM to roughly 1:45 AM. The hyperlink was subsequently turned off.
Nicobar Times had earlier reported that the Cable Repair Ship ASEAN Restorer had been working to rectify the fault within the Car Nicobar–Kamorta section, with restoration anticipated by twenty second October.
Sources now point out that common providers to Nancowry and Campbell Bay by way of the CANI Submarine Cable are anticipated to renew by this afternoon or night (twenty second October 2025).
Once full connectivity is restored, residents of Nancowry and Great Nicobar will as soon as once more have the ability to get pleasure from high-speed web and high-quality voice calls, ending a month-long interval of restricted connectivity and dependence on restricted satellite tv for pc bandwidth.
