Airtel Network down again this week; Services disrupted in Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata

According to DownDetector, the number of complaints reached its peak at around 12:15 pm, when more than 7,100 users reported problems related to the Airtel network.

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel's network is down once again. This time the most trouble was seen in big cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Earlier this week, on Monday 8 August, both Airtel and Jio's networks were down in the Delhi-NCR region, which disrupted calls, messages and internet services.

According to DownDetector, the number of complaints reached its peak at around 12:15 pm, when more than 7,100 users reported problems related to the Airtel network.

Airtel Statement

Airtel's customer support department Airtel Cares described it as a "temporary connectivity problem" in a statement released on Twitter (X) and said that the problem would be fixed within about an hour. The company also advised users to restart their mobile phones.

Airtel network faces outage for the second time this week, affecting major cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, and Kolkata. Airtel calls it a temporary connectivity issue and advises users to restart their phones. #AirtelOutage #NetworkDown #AirtelDown pic.twitter.com/whAjJ0FeCt

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Airtel tweeted, "We are sorry for the inconvenience. This problem is happening due to temporary connectivity interruption and will be fixed within about an hour. Please restart your mobile after this period."

Users' Anger On Social Media

After the network went down, many users expressed their anger on social media. One user wrote, "Airtel's internet is down in Bangalore today. Shouldn't the company have informed the users in advance?"

Another user complained, "Airtel's postpaid service is down for the last 6 hours. Calls are not being received and the internet is also not working. There is no response from customer care. TRAI should take immediate action on this."