New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Mobile users across India had a tough Monday evening as Airtel, Jio and Vodafone-Idea networks faced disruptions within hours of each other. While many struggled with calls and mobile data, frustrated subscribers quickly took to social media to share their experiences and demand answers from telecom operators.

According to outage tracker Downdetector, Airtel was the first to face a spike in complaints, with over 3,600 outage reports around 4:32 PM, mainly from Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru. By 5:30 PM, the numbers dropped below 2,000 as services gradually resumed. Airtel acknowledged the issue on X (formerly Twitter), apologising and assuring users it was working to restore services promptly.

Just hours later, Ji...