After the outbreak of the Central RAMSU fire, the main station for transforming messages in the Central Cairo, assumptions were raised that the incident, which caused wide paralysis of telecommunication services and financial translations in Egypt, was “intentional sabotal work”; Nevertheless, the responsible source was informed by ASHARQ Al -AWSAT, which the government excludes this hypothesis so far, “in the absence of evidence that it supports.”
The accident, which occurred in the afternoon on Monday and left 4 deaths and about 30 wounded, caused a wide confusion in the life of millions of Egyptians with touched messages and Internet services and even a movement of air, after damage to the main cables that nourish the service; This happened with the maximum importance of this vital headquarters of telecommunication services not only in capital, but also in other provinces.
The Egyptians complained about the suspension of bank applications and an application for the transfer of funds to the Central Bank of Instabai, which prompted the Central Bank to extend the work of banks for two hours a day, and state emergency telephones stopped; Many governors were forced to allocate alternative mobile numbers for emergency and ambulance before returning ground services before the government announced the return of these services through land numbers.
Since the accident on social networks, assumptions have begun that the accident was deliberate, and a number of deputies in parliament, the Minister of Communications of the AMR Talaat, asked during an emergency session on Tuesday, which is likely that in the event of an accident, sabo would be represented.
The responsible source, who refused to reveal his identity, said in the comments on Wednesday: “This is not a faith only to the Minister of Communications, but there is no support in the government.”
The source noted that “the majority of communication services and Internet services that influenced the fire (central RAMS) returned to work almost normally in the morning of Wednesday”, adding that “the region in the vicinity of the central in the central Cairo is affected by interruption or violation of services, and is still to work to solve this.”
Then he said: “All services returned to work completely, but with 90 percent efficiency; Because it is impossible to lose sight of the effect, which the main central has not become in the service. ”
A source in the National Bank of Egypt, one of the largest state banks in Egypt, confirmed in statements to Aharku al -Aavsat that the services of a bank in all its branches of the country are working normally in the morning of Wednesday.
But he added: “Of course, as a result of the lack of the most important supplier of banking services, some slowdown is observed.” Pointing to the Central Ramses.
A detailed report
During the inspection tour of the hot central headquarters with Prime Minister Mustafoi Madbuli on Wednesday morning, AMR Talaat Minister considered a detailed incident report that the fire was erased in the seventh round with the Central Ramses about five o’clock in about five o’clock that last Monday, and civil defense was informed about him.
He added that, despite the presence of self -confident mechanisms and attempts to hands, that the speed of the fire through the cables led to its transfer to the neighboring rooms and its intensification, which made him not control the independent devices.
He explained that civil defense was present at the age of fifteen, but the fire spread to most of the roles and provisions of the building, which partially influenced the services, whether at the geographical level or at the sector level.
The minister said that the services were immediately transferred to alternative correspondences, “maneuvers were also made to restore services that were not allowed through alternative centers.”
As for the position of the services provided, the minister explained that there is no interruption in the service outside the surroundings “Ramses Symbols” in relation to ground services, emphasizing that the quality of performance has become in natural rates, while in the vicinity of the central part there is a complete malfunction that influenced customers.
He said that he could partially restore the service, and work is underway on Wednesday to restore service to other customers.
As for mobile services, the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies explained that the services negatively influenced at the beginning of the crisis for four operators in terms of quality, and this quality can be restored in a large percentage.
On Wednesday morning, an average of 95 percent of the normal indicators of four companies (Orange, Vodafone and Etisalat Waw) was reached, according to the minister, who emphasized that the work on gradual improvement in quality to achieve a normal rate.
As for the industry services, the Minister of Communications stated that the service was partially injured in the banking sector at the beginning of the crisis, and it was “in several banks that did not have alternatives to a reserve link, but the networks were done with networks, and the partial problem was solved at nine in the morning on Tuesday, with the exception of one bank, and its problems were completely solved, and it would work regularly at the end of the environment.
As for the stock exchange, the minister stated that it was confirmed that the services were restored in the evening in an accident from the stock exchange, “but the stock market was calculated that there were any problems that could appear and I chose to suspend the session on Tuesday, and when it was confirmed that the services of brokers were stabilized, the session was normally opened on Wednesday.”
As for catering services, the minister confirmed that he has been working from the first day without breakdowns, adding that the service was restored at the airport at the part that was affected for two hours on Monday evening.
Building security exam
According to the technological expert Mohamed Fati, the occurrence of some violations in the services after its return is associated with a large number of its great pressure, which suffered from a break a few hours ago.
He added to “Al -Sharq Al -Awsat” that all lines of feeding of services were moved from “Central Ramses” to other mutual places, such as the “Central Kindergarten” in Cairo.
During his inspection of the building, the Prime Minister Egypt emphasized the need to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of construction for him. Officials said that the “Technical Inspection Agency for Construction” will issue a technical report in this regard after studying the building. Madbouly also requested the need to accelerate the urgent plan for recovery.
This occurs when the state accusation was pre -viewed by the central website, accompanied by a criminal laboratory, to explain the causes of the fire.
