India’s no 1 mobile network provider is Airtel. Airtel’s customers from Kolkata have been facing a massive outage for the last 2 hours. No network of Airtel is available. 2G, 3G, 4G or 5G is unavailable, even airtel’s broadband service is down.
According to DownDetector.com, 1500 complaints were registered from 10:39 pm on 18th September 2022 till 12:30 am on 19th September 2022.
Youtuber Ravikant shared on his Twitter:
Airtel down completely ( Complete blackout in Kolkata ) 1. No mobile network 2. No broadband Since: 11 pm Hugli, Kolkata: 712123.
Airtel down completely ( Complete blackout in Kolkata )
— Ravikant 🖤 (@_itsravikant) September 18, 2022
1. No mobile network
2. No broadband
Since: 11 pm
Hugli, Kolkata: 712123 #airteldown #Airtel
Answer us @airtelindia @Airtel_Presence
Prem Doshi, who is the Founder & Fund Manager of ACE Equities, share on his Twitter:
Suddenly #AirtelDown in Kolkata, total blackout. @Airtel_Presence @airtelindia
— Prem Doshi 🇮🇳 (@StocksResearch) September 18, 2022
On, Prem Doshi’s tweet, many airtel customers shared their experience of Airtel’s network outage issue.
It’s 12:11 am. Airtel no network is still now from 10-30 pm 18.09.2022.
— SUBHO MANNA (@subho04manna) September 18, 2022
As per downdetector.in, the outage occurred in multiple cities like Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Kolkata, Nagpur, Indoor, Ahmedabad, Cuttack, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Madurai. The major cities where the outage is observed are Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Jaipur. The below heatmap shows the user-reported problem of Airtel outage across multiple cities.
Search #AirtelDown on Twitter to check the airtel users report. The customers also shared memes about the Airtel Network outage issue:
#AirtelDown in my primary phone. Me checking twitter via jio hotspot for any solution : pic.twitter.com/gAZuMTG1Fa
— Amit Sarda (@amit4738) September 18, 2022
#AirtelDown meanwhile me waiting when will the issue gets resolve 🤔 pic.twitter.com/2TosTZVrn3
— 🌟 Indomitable Spirit 🌟 (@imAshutosh08) September 18, 2022