Telcos set up war rooms, roll out services to tackle impact

NEW DELHI: The telecom department on Friday reviewed services provided by four operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio and state-owned BSNL – in areas affected by cyclone Fani, according to official sources.

While services in Andhra Pradesh is expected to be fully functional by Saturday morning, the restoration work has already started in Puri and Bhubaneswar (in Odisha), which suffered extensive network damage.

The sources also said that the facility for free SMS has already been activated, and free interconnect between Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has been facilitated to ensure calls can be made on whichever network is available