Cirion restores most services after Venezuela quakes

Details: James Barton; Category: Optical & Fixed Networks; 07 July 2026; 409 views

Latin American digital infrastructure provider Cirion Technologies confirmed that it has restored 62% of the services knocked out by the two recent earthquakes in Venezuela.

The earthquakes on June 24^th caused Cirion’s submarine cable to rupture near its landing station in the port city of La Guaira, which suffered catastrophic damage. The city functions as the key port for nearby Caracas and its critical infrastructure supports the capital’s metropolitan ring.

Despite the damage to its cable, Cirion confirmed that the La Guaira landing station was undamaged, with the infrastructure all still functional. Less than 48 hours after the earthquake, Cirion was able to restore the Caracas connectivity ring, and is currently making capacity available via international partners while the cable is repaired.

In a statement, Cirion said that its critical infrastructure, including the landing station, its data centre, and the Caracas metropolitan ring, were all operating normally. The company noted that it is working with Venezuelan authorities to obtain the permits required to send a specialised repair vessel to fix the cable.

Venezuela’s National Telecommunications Commission (known as Conatel) has launched a regulatory acceleration plan to ensure that the cable is fully restored to international connectivity as soon as possible. This involves granting priority access to requests by certain domestic providers – including Airtek, Fibex, Thundernet and VNET – to set up terrestrial connections with Colombian providers in order to restore international capacity.