Airtel's network down for the second time in a week; services affected in Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata
Airtel Network Outage: Bharti Airtel's network once again increased the problems of users. People in many big cities, including Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata had trouble making and receiving calls. Thousands of complaints were registered on DownDetector.
Bharti Airtel's network has yet again come to a halt. This time, the maximum impact was witnessed in major cities such as Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. On Monday (August 8) of this week, the networks of Airtel and Jio crashed in Delhi-NCR, causing services such as calls, SMS, and internet to be disrupted.
According to the data of DownDetector, the number of complaints reached its peak at around 12:15 pm, when more than 7,100 users reported the problem of the Airtel network being down.
The company's customer support handled Airtel Cares issued a statement on X, calling it a "temporary connectivity problem" and said that the problem will be resolved within an hour. The company also advised users to restart their mobile phones.