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Dutch remain at a major telecom outage never more unattainable on their phones. KPN, T-Mobile and Vodafone take each other’s customers now on if a fault affects at least half a million people and three days or longer.
That the three major telecom companies and Minister Kamp (Economic Affairs) agreed with each other, the three have their network stations last year across the country twice tied together, an operation that cost millions of euros
The so-called ‘Regional Roaming’ is a world first.. nowhere in Europe whether the world can telecom providers millions of customers taking apart in the event of a fault. T-Mobile roaming regional manager Mark van Boxtel stresses that the emergency service only for calling and messaging, not for mobile Internet. ,, It’s really for exceptional cases . Through solid compounds and wifi, people still continue to surf online in many cases. “
Customers will be informed through the media when ‘regional roaming occurs. They must themselves on their mobile network on the search and pay no additional fee for this.
Network Central
reason for the emergency is the massive failure at Vodafone in April 2012. A large network Rotterdam plant hit by a fire in an adjacent office building severely damaged. Over one million customers include the regions of Rotterdam and The Hague could hardly talk for six days.
After the failure Minister Kamp (Economic Affairs) providers asked to investigate whether, in case of an emergency call and another can take over smsverkeer. The agreements are also made in close conversation with EZ and approved by supervisor ACM. Everything is recorded in a script. Camp responds satisfied. ,, The Netherlands has one of the most reliable infrastructures for mobile telephony. If a major failure occurs unexpectedly than count people that they remain accessible to their family, friends or relations. For the Dutch economy, it is important that people stay away. “
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contingency can be activated almost immediately in case of an emergency. Suppose KPN is a massive failure occurs these days are going to take over customers in groups of tens of thousands of people allowed on the network of T-Mobile and Vodafone. ,, so we can keep track of our network remains stable, “says regional manager of roaming Boxtel from T-Mobile.
How many clients can turn up on other networks, he can not say exactly. ,, That varies by region. We tested it only on a very small scale. If necessary, let However, no new people anymore. “
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