Mobile companies race to restore communications in Phailin-hit Odisha, Andhra

15 Oct 2013

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Mobile companies are racing to restore communication facilities in the cyclone Phailin hit regions of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The cyclone has affected about 3,472 out of 12,163 telecom sites in Odisha and 74 out of 33,742 in Andhra Pradesh, operated by members of Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI).

So far, over 40 per cent of these sites have alredy been restored within 24 hours of the storm hitting the region.

The operators are working to evaluate the damage and restore the remaining sites within the next 48 hours,  GSM operators' body COAI said in a statement.

Airtel managed to restore all its sites in Andhra Pradesh within 24 hours, while over 500 affected sites have been restored in Odisha. Vodafone has managed to restore 593 out of its 1,289 sites in the affected regions of Odisha.

Aircel has restored 622 of the 1,502 sites that were affected in Odisha.

Idea has restored 242 out of the 733 sites affected in Odisha. In Andhra Pradesh, all affected sites of COAI members have been restored including six affected sites of Uninor.

All the operators have implemented emergency helpline numbers 1948 and 1949 in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, respectively.

The COAI member operators have also set up helpline centres and made available additional mobile BTS and satellite terminals in the affected areas. Also, the operators have agreed to share spectrum

''Despite all the difficulties, the operators are working 24×7 to restore the services and help reach out to the people in affected areas. We are optimistic that in 48 hours, most of the network in the affected areas will be restored to normalcy in terms of mobile connectivity and services,'' said Rajan S Mathews, Director General at COAI.

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