Internet outages in parts of Lebanese capital due to lack of fuel

Lebanese staterun telecommunications company Ogero President Coritière announced on social media on January 16, local time, that the company's third business area had been interrupted from the early morning of the same day due to lack of power and fuel. Internet access services.

It is reported that Ogero's third business area mainly includes the western part of the capital Beirut. The Internet servers in this area rely on fuel for power supply, and the server is suspended due to fuel shortage. Corritier had previously stated that the servers in the Ashrafih district of Beirut currently rely on battery power and may be disconnected at any time in the future.

Due to the shortage of fuel, the municipal power supply in Lebanon can only be maintained for 4 hours a day. People's livelihood and commercial electricity are heavily dependent on private power generation, and electricity bills have increased significantly.