2024-07-30 06:16:19
According to Telia Lietuva’s press representative Audrius Stasiulaitis, the most affected stations are in central and eastern Lithuania. According to him, since the restoration of electricity has taken some time, some stations are already discharged, although the most important ones are supported by generators.
“We estimate that about a tenth of the base stations are affected by the power failure,” A. Stasiulaitis said to Eltai.
“The unpowered base station has batteries and that’s why it works for a while. But since power restoration is taking a long time, we are taking generators to the main base stations. But let’s keep in mind that you won’t be able to support almost 200 stations this way,” he commented.
Also, according to him, even though some stations are down, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is no mobile connection. According to him, in such cases, phones try to connect to other antennas, but at lower frequencies.
Jaunius Špakauskas, head of corporate communications at Bitė Lietuva, reported that the company also faces the problem of battery discharge in communication towers. According to him, the company is currently working with ESO to restore connectivity in the most affected regions.
“Electricity supply interruptions are also a big challenge for us: “Bitė Lietuva” communication towers operate without electricity for only a few hours, until the batteries installed for such cases run out. We are currently giving priority to the most affected districts”, J. Špakauskas shared on his Facebook account.
“Tele2” also reports that the situation is most complicated in central and eastern Lithuania, and according to them, forested areas, where the electricity network is rarer, are more affected. The company’s public relations representative, Asta Buitkutė, emphasizes that the base communication stations themselves are not affected by the storm, the most common problem is broken cables.
“The maximum strength of the network service teams has now been deployed so that we can promptly restore the power supply. Some of the customers will not even notice the connection interruptions. Colleagues worked all night and continue to work so that the connection does not disappear or is restored as soon as possible”, says A. Buitkutė.
ELTA reminds that, since Sunday evening, strong winds and heavy rains have been raging in Lithuania, and firefighters have gone to remove fallen trees around 400 times throughout the country.
Most reports were received from Alytus County, Marijampolė, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Tauragė and Vilnius counties.
At that time, the energy distribution operator ESO announced early in the morning that more than 160,000 people had no electricity due to the natural disaster. users.
The Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service announces that on Monday it will rain in many districts, and in many places in Eastern Lithuania it will rain heavily. Thunderstorms are possible in some places. Wind northwest, west, 16-21, in some places 22-27 m/s. Highest temperature 16-21 degrees.
2024-07-30 06:16:19