TelEm Group’s final cutover of residential and business subscriber lines in the Philipsburg area will continue for a second day today (Thursday).
The scheduled cutover of more than 2000 fixed subscriber lines to the company’s new CS2K soft switch could not be completed at the end of the business day as planned Wednesday therefore work will continue into Thursday and until all lines and transferred and reported as working.
Project Manager, CS2K, Mr. Kenneth Blijden says Wednesday’s delay concerned the programming of information into the new switch which took longer than expected and could not be avoided.
“It is better that we fall back a day and do the transfer properly than to rush and create additional problems down the line,” said Mr. Blijden.
He said Wednesday’s operation caused interruptions to a number of businesses in the Philipsburg area and similar interruptions could again take place while the cutover continues Thursday.
“We apologize for the interruptions which we know are very inconvenient for our customers but we can assure them that this is the final leg in what has been a very time-consuming and technical cutover,” said Mr. Blijden.