Users of Indian telecom service provider Airtel reportedly faced issues with the telecom service provider’s network in many regions in the country. Airtel users took to Twitter reporting issues with the network and signal strength, as some users were left unable to use mobile data services completely.
However, the outage did not affect all users. Indianexpress.com confirmed that aspects of the network like call reception, signal strength and mobile data services were still functioning as expected for some Airtel users.
Check out the tweets of some affected users below.
For more than half hour airtel network is not working#airteldown
— Aman Roy (@AmanRoy20679904) May 28, 2022
Is airtel really down for everyone or i am only facing it???#Airtel #airteldown@airtelindia
Shame on u airtel!
— Hindu🕉️ (@kabra_mal) May 28, 2022
The outages took place in the North-Eastern regions of India, although DownDetector suggested that the outage reports came from cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Guwahati, among other regions.
Stats on the outage-tracking website suggested that the issues with Airtel services started appearing around 1:50 pm on May 28. However, the issues also quickly subsided, with most users reporting restoration of services between about 2:40 pm and 3:40 pm on the same day. Airtel did not officially confirm the issue affecting users.
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