kesav 127 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) Airtel Shuts Down Mobile Service In Manipur India’s largest GSM mobile service operator Bharti airtel shuts down its operations in Manipur state leaving over three lakh subscribers in the North East telecom circle in the lurch. According to the statement by the All Manipur Airtel Workers Union “following continuous attacks by militants on telecom towers and employees associated with the Airtel, the BTS/Mobile Network tower are now switch off which will breakdown the mobile services of Airtel in Manipur state.” Presently there are 5 Mobile Service Providers (GSM/CDMA) in the North East region – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Airtel, Aircel, Vodafone, Reliance and Tata Indicom. The services of almost all the private operators have been affected except state-owned BSNL. All the five GSM/CDMA service providers operating in the state having threatened to shut down their operations following threats, attacks and extortion notices from different militant groups in the past few weeks. The decision of the Airtel Manipur Union to switch off all BTS towers of the service provider will lead to the closure of all Airtel network in the state till a amiable solution is brought. However only those customers located in capital city Imphal were currently being able to use their services. It is significant to say that different militant groups have demanded huge sums of money from the mobile phone service providers in the state, at least two employees of two different companies have been shot in the past two weeks. The police have so far registered as many as six cases of extortion and threats, but no arrests have been made as yet. source :: http://telecomtalk.info/airtel-shuts-down-mobile-service-in-manipur/64255/ It's utter shocking news !!! For the last 5 years, I always had this fear. Telecom towers are the easiest target for the anti-social elements to create immediate socio-economic impact with very minimal man effort. Let us pray and hope Manipur govt swings in to action before other operators move in this direction. Central govt needs to support state govt to bring back normalcy at the earliest since telecom service has become basic service like food, shelter and water. Powerful reaction which Manipur govt takes now should leave reverberating fear impact on other anti-social elements across the country. Edited April 23, 2011 by kesav 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
csmart 472 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 it is hard time that state govts and central govt take up the matter of terrorism and naxals seriously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 The private sector in Manipur is virtually non-existent due to the activities of militant groups who are now callously targeting the mobile companies that they perceive as the last vestiges of organised private sector in the state. According to reports, there is a scramble for SIM cards of BSNL in Manipur as their services have not been affected so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajeshkatiyar 3 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 It is all because of inefficiency and corruption and no will power of puppet governments 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
natjay 5 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 These developments are pretty much the opposite of what's happening in the rest of the country. With booming economy and 3G launches, it's almost paradoxical that news like this emerges from the north-east. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted April 24, 2011 I got tweet from Airtel yesterday night that Airtel has resumed its services in Manipur.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted April 24, 2011 Good news...hope it's done.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
