The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized the Sichuan Provincial Communications Industry to carry out the protection of emergency communication in the Luding earthquake

At 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan.The earthquake caused some communication facilities in Luding County and Ashaima Prefecture.After the earthquake, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a video dispatch meeting for the first time. The Sichuan Provincial Communications Administration immediately launched a level II emergency response to organize the repair of damaged communication facilities and emergency communication guarantees.

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that as of 17:00 on September 5, some base stations such as the affected area such as Luding County were retired due to power failure, and no township -level communication was fully resistant.At present, the communication industry in Sichuan Province is trying to repair damaged communication facilities.At the same time, the Sichuan Provincial Communications Administration has dispatched a large -scale high -altitude full -network emergency communication drone of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom mobile users to rush to the earthquake area to carry out public communication coverage.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that it will further increase guidance and coordination and organize the Sichuan communications industry to realize the recovery of regional communication services in the affected area as soon as possible.

[Editor in charge: Shi Ge]

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