An underground telecommunications cable was apparently massively damaged during excavation work in Pfunds on Tuesday. Several communities in the “Upper Gracht” are feeling the consequences.
On Tuesday, a landline (A1) was massively damaged during excavation work in the municipality of Pfunds. This led to an A1 network failure in Pfunds and a total failure of the A1/Magenta network in Nauders and Spiss. This outage affects the landline and mobile networks.Euro emergency call only possible to a limited extentDue to a partial network overlap between the Italian and Swiss radio networks, the Euro emergency call “112” works to a limited extent. If the emergency organizations cannot be reached by telephone, you should go to the local police station or fire station in an emergency. These are manned in the respective communities. The power outage is expected to continue. The population has been informed accordingly about the situation. The blue light organizations can be reached via radio. Police forces have been increased in numbers in the affected areas. The power outage is expected to last until midday on Wednesday.
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