National shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Major mobile operator Claro has been affected by a multi-hour outage extending to large swaths of the country, later narrowing to the capital Quito. The outage coincides with President Lenin Moreno declaring a curfew amidst ongoing public protests against the government’s austerity measures. Meanwhile, Telefónica Movistar released a statement saying that part of its telecommunications infrastructure was affected by unknown actors, which could degrade its services. A report subsequently published by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) highlighted that interruption in the state’s fiberoptic cabling could impact other telecom operators, like Movistar, that use those cables to provide their services.
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Ecuador
- Population
- 18,135,478
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
Major mobile operator Claro has been affected by a multi-hour outage extending to large swaths of the country, later narrowing to the capital Quito. The outage coincides with President Lenin Moreno declaring a curfew amidst ongoing public protests against the government’s austerity measures. Meanwhile, Telefónica Movistar released a statement saying that part of its telecommunications infrastructure was affected by unknown actors, which could degrade its services. A report subsequently published by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) highlighted that interruption in the state’s fiberoptic cabling could impact other telecom operators, like Movistar, that use those cables to provide their services.
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Confirmed: Severe disruption to #Claro mobile internet service across #Quito from ~20:00 UTC (3 p.m. local time) as #Ecuador crisis escalates 📉 📰 https://t.co/2ExbFY54zq pic.twitter.com/6P13WjAkuW — NetBlocks (@netblocks) October 13, 2019
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