esaima
12-06-2010, 07:40 PM
EMT and Elion, two of Estonia's largest communications providers, experienced extensive technical problems with internet, cell phone and land line services on the morning of December 1.
An IP network break caused systems to go down at 9:58, according to EMT press representative Kaja Sepp, who could not say how long it would take to fix the problem. Forty minutes later, some phones calls could be made, but text messaging service was slow.
By 11:00, EMT clients could call other cell phone networks and land lines, but the 3.5G network was still not functioning. The Rescue Service advised clients to remove sim cards to make calls to the emergency number, 112.
Customers of Elion, which shares much of its infrastructure with EMT, also experienced difficulty with internet and phone communications.
On November 17, Elion was hit by what it described as the biggest system failure in the company's history. The company's Chief Technical Officer Kalev Reiljan had said the problem was caused by a rare, "one in a billion“ programming error. The disruption caused 50 ATM machines to stop working. Elion ruled out the possibility of a cyber attack, but said sabotage was possible.
Elion and EMT are both affiliated with Eesti Telekom, which was bought out from the state and minority shareholders last year by TeliaSonera AB.
http://news.err.ee/Sci-Tech/fdde2ad6-8511-4969-99cf-df1a5c7973d7
An IP network break caused systems to go down at 9:58, according to EMT press representative Kaja Sepp, who could not say how long it would take to fix the problem. Forty minutes later, some phones calls could be made, but text messaging service was slow.
By 11:00, EMT clients could call other cell phone networks and land lines, but the 3.5G network was still not functioning. The Rescue Service advised clients to remove sim cards to make calls to the emergency number, 112.
Customers of Elion, which shares much of its infrastructure with EMT, also experienced difficulty with internet and phone communications.
On November 17, Elion was hit by what it described as the biggest system failure in the company's history. The company's Chief Technical Officer Kalev Reiljan had said the problem was caused by a rare, "one in a billion“ programming error. The disruption caused 50 ATM machines to stop working. Elion ruled out the possibility of a cyber attack, but said sabotage was possible.
Elion and EMT are both affiliated with Eesti Telekom, which was bought out from the state and minority shareholders last year by TeliaSonera AB.
http://news.err.ee/Sci-Tech/fdde2ad6-8511-4969-99cf-df1a5c7973d7