Partial telecoms blackout in Greenland, possibly linked to Spain

Greenland's main telecommunications company, Tusass, has resolved the problems experienced on part of the island following Monday's power outage in Spain and advocated drawing "lessons" from the incident to apply in…

The widespread power outages in Spain and Portugal also had a major impact on Greenland, more than 3,000 kilometres away. Remote communities were cut off from vital satellite links, leaving them without telephone, internet and television for a period of time. Those problems have now been resolved.

The local telecommunications company has important satellite equipment in Maspalomas that they cannot connect to.

A part of Greenland suffered on Monday night a telecommunications cut (telephone, SMS, internet), and the local provider, Tusass, investigates a possible link to the blackout in Spain, from where the Greenlandic supply is partly managed.Read more]]>

The nationwide power failure on the Iberian Peninsula could have even more far-reaching consequences than previously known. Greenland reported a large-scale failure of the communications network. The provider suspects a connection.

Partial telecoms blackout in Greenland 'possibly linked to Spain'

Parts of Greenland were deprived on Monday evening of phone, SMS and internet connections, possibly linked to a massive power outage on the Iberian Peninsula, the operator said.