Sanctions Likely for Mobile Operators After Network Outages in Bulgaria

The recent service disruptions in the networks of mobile operators A1 and Vivacom have been deemed significant in their impact, with potential sanctions looming for both companies. Ivan Dimitrov, Chairman of the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC), explained in an interview with Bulgarian National Radio that although the causes were different, both incidents were considered serious. In one case, the outage was linked to a planned software update, while the other involved a technical failure in modules managing 2G and 3G traffic....