GO today said that disruptions in the national power supply which occurred yesterday evening have impacted the availability of a number of GO services, including mobile voice and SMS, internet and Interactive TV.

GO’s technical teams immediately restored services by activating our standby systems, the company said in a statement.

Furthermore they worked through the night to stabilise the situation and verify that services have been restored. GO apologised for any inconvenience caused and assured its customers that they are doing all that they can to ensure continuity of service.

In a statement, Enemalta said it is committed to continuing its investment in the electricity distribution networ, to increase its flexibility and reduce the risk of supply disruptions.

"The company’s technicians and engineers are working to restore network redundancy, following a number of faults in the distribution system in the Msida, Sliema and San Ġwann areas on Monday.

"The electricity supply disruptions yesterday and this morning were caused by a number of cable faults which affected the network flexibility to provide the required services in these areas. While the necessary interventions were immediately carried out to restore electricity supply to all customers affected, some works are still ongoing," Enemalta said.

It said it is implementing a long-term distribution network reinforcement plan, including the development of four new distribution centres as well as an increase in the number of connection configurations between different nodes of the electricity grid.

Two of the distribution centres, which are already at an advanced stage, will be located at St Andrew’s and Manoel Island, to consolidate services in some of the areas affected by yesterday’s disruptions, including Sliema, Ta’ Xbiex and Msida.

A number of new high tension underground cables are also being laid in the same areas, to facilitate the provision of supply through alternative channels in the eventuality of a breakdown in other parts of the distribution system.

Another two distribution centres are being developed at Xewkija, Gozo and in Marsa, whilst other similar projects are being planned in other parts of the country. These developments are expected to start being commissioned by next year.