Most telecom services resume in quake-hit areas

Telecom services in most of the worst-hit counties and towns in Sichuan province resumed operation yesterday but networks in many villages remained paralyzed due to bad weather and road blockages.

Telecom networks in all the seven worst-hit county seats including Wenchuan, the epicenter, resumed operation as engineers managed to reconnect optical-fiber cables and set up temporary base stations, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MII) said.

Two-thirds of the affected towns in the region have also regained contact with the outside world.