SMSPortal incident

Service Degradation - Cell C SA

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

SMSPortal experienced a minor incident on March 10, 2023 affecting Africa, lasting 6h 38m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Mar 10, 2023, 10:33 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 10, 2023, 05:11 PM UTC
Duration
6h 38m
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 10, 2023, 10:33 AM UTC

Affected components

Africa

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 10, 2023, 10:33 AM UTC

    Cell C are currently experiencing a technical issue on their SMSCs causing irregular delivery and delayed delivery receipts for a portion of messages. Please do not resubmit any messages that you believe may be affected. SMSPortal have rerouted all possible traffic in order to limit any impact to customers. Type: Delivery Degradation Impact: Customers may experience irregular delivery with inconsistent delivery receipts when sending towards Cell C SA. We appreciate your patience while the operator works to resolve the issue and we will keep you updated. Please contact [email protected] should you require further information or assistance. The SMSPortal Team

  2. monitoring Mar 10, 2023, 01:20 PM UTC

    Cell C SA have informed us that the issue has been resolved and that they are currently processing a backlog of messages and delivery receipts. We will continue to monitor extensively.

  3. resolved Mar 10, 2023, 05:11 PM UTC

    After extensive monitoring, we believe this issue to be resolved.