“Loss of control” or “weakening” of networks, according to unions - News in 24

Several Orange unions point to Thursday the “loss of control” or the “weakening” of the telephone operator’s networks, after the failure which prevented access to emergency numbers throughout France and could have resulted, indirectly, the death of three people.
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For Sébastien Crozier, of the CFE-CGC (Orange’s first union), “technology, increasingly sophisticated, paradoxically makes us more and more fragile with more and more players, of sophistication at all levels. “.

“This incident highlights the fragility of networks and at the same time the essential character of telecom infrastructures which are not products but a service to the nation. The slightest incident can have very serious consequences, however the telephone has always saved lives! He said.
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