Quake-hit phone and internet links to be restored

Nearly all Asia’s earthquake-hit internet service and 80% of its phone service will be restored today, following one of the largest telecommunications outages in years.

Lin Jen-hung, vice-general manager of Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom also said that four ships with crews to repair the two undersea data transmission cables ruptured during Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in Taiwan would arrive in the affected area on January 2.