Morocco internet services disrupted after Spain and Portugal experience major power outage, impacting Orange Maroc’s international connections.
Morocco internet services faced significant disruptions on Monday due to a major power outage in Spain and Portugal.
Orange Maroc, a subsidiary of the French telecom giant, reported that the blackout affected its international connections, leading to service interruptions in Morocco.
At 12:30 p.m. (10:30 GMT) the power outage began and it caused major service disruptions throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
Many mobile network services and internet connections together with railroad function suffered major disruptions.
The power outage disabled traffic signals which led to complete road traffic stoppages.
Orange Maroc released a statement at 3:20 p.m. GMT to explain the disruptions which stemmed from the blackout affecting Spain and Portugal.
The company declared that international connections suffered from an extensive power outage which caused the problem.
The Moroccan internet service providers Maroc Telecom and Inwi provided no statements about system outages.
Moroccan governmental authorities did not disclose any observed effects caused by the power outage.
The Ministry of Telecommunications in Algeria predicted internet service disruptions because of the blackout affecting its border region.
The authorities mentioned service disruptions were possible during the next hours but no interruptions were observed when checked at 1:30 p.m. GMT.
The incident demonstrates that regional infrastructure networks operate as a unified system which produces extensive cross-border effects from such incidents.
The ongoing investigation into the Iberian blackout emphasizes the requirement to implement extensive emergency plans in telecommunications networks.
