The Land Transport Authority is investigating why a backup fibre-optic cable failed after construction works damaged underground lines on 18 April, disrupting Singapore's bus arrival timing system and causing broadband outages affecting about 5,000 subscribers. The fibre broadband outage affected more than 5,000 households in Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Sengkang and Punggol for 20 hours on April 18. SINGAPORE – Asia Piling, a company involved in many public and commercial projects here, is the sub-contractor that hit critical underground fibre-optic cables. Singapore's fibre backbone has returned to normal after a critical infrastructure failure linked to major roadworks, sparing the nation from a prolonged digital blackout. Experts cite non-compliance with existing rules, outdated maps, and detection difficulties as key issues behind cable cuts, despite IMDA's. The authorities are looking into a disruption, on April 18, which was caused by “contiguous bored pile works” for the North-South Corridor project.
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