A December 26 earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale cut several undersea cables near Taiwan, slowing the mainland's access to overseas websites to a crawl and affecting international calls.
The government and telephone operators then initiatedemergency plans.
Most of the international Internet traffic was re-routed via landline cables connecting China and Europe, and satellite transmission was also used, a China Telecom spokeswoman said earlier.
The telecom regulator in Hong Kong, which was hit harder as it relies more on submarine cables, yesterday said most of the seven submarine cables damaged by the temblor have now been fixed, adding that one will take longer than estimated because of bad weather.
The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) said repair work would be completed at the end of February, instead of mid-February as had been anticipated earlier.
"Bad weather, technical problems and other reasons are causing the delay," said OFTA Director-General Au Man-ho.
However, he said Internet providers had diverted Web traffic and that the delay was not having a significant impact on Internet services in Hong Kong.
"According to our reports from the providers, all services are largely back to normal it's approaching 100 percent," he said.
Vocabulary:
undersea cables:海底电缆
emergency plans:紧急方案
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