Fibre-optic cables in several parts of France have been "sabotaged", police said on Monday, three days after the rail system was hit by attacks that halted trains across the country, reports the Times of Malta.
Friday's disruption on the rail network came as Paris celebrated the opening of the Olympic Games, and wrecked the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of people.
Police said the cables of several telecoms operators had been sabotaged in six areas of France overnight from Sunday into Monday but Paris was not affected.
AFP confirmed with major carriers including Free and SFR that they had been affected, although no major disruptions had yet been reported.
"It's vandalism," said Nicolas Chatin, spokesman for SFR, one of France's four biggest operators.
"Large sections of cables were cut. You would have to use an axe or a grinder," he told AFP.
A source close to the case told AFP nobody had yet said they were responsible for the telecoms sabotage.
Read more of this AFP report published by the Times of Malta.