Restoring telecommunications

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The director of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Jose Rafael Vargas said that work is under way with telephone companies in Haiti to restore telephone services between Haiti and the DR. "From Indotel we are coordinating efforts to restore communication with Haiti and within Haiti," said Vargas, as reported in Listin Diario. He said that telecom infrastructure in the DR did not suffer any significant damage. Vargas said that a private plane carrying 22 Viva technicians flew to Haiti this morning to restore the company's service in Haiti. He said that Orange is also working to restore the three links it has in Haiti. "The GSM network suffered serious breakdowns in Haiti," he said. He added that Orange had sent mobile antennas from the DR to restore communications.

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