In a recent update, users across several Major Cities Including Pune and Mumbai Experienced a network outage on Vodafone idea carrier platform during the early hours of April 18. The Telecom provider attributed the issue to a technical issue, which has been resolved now.
The outage was reported by users shortly after 12:30 am, and a huge swarm of complaints started following soon after the primary reports. As per Down Detector, a Platform which records and tracks real time service disruptions, nearly 1,940 user reports at the height of the issue. Majority of the users cited no signal or a complete signal blackout while reporting the issue.
As per Downdetector Data the most affected cities included New Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida Ghaziabad, Mumbai, and Pune. DownDetector showcased that 71% users reported “No Signal”, 21% experienced a “ total Blackout While only 9% faced issues with Mobile Internet.
Users Took To twitter to report the issues, a few reported how the connectivity issues has affected their usage and might lead to even bigger issues.
Are people still using VI (Vodafone Idea)? It seems like the network is completely down.
— Λ/Σ (@ab_xn_) April 17, 2025
A Similar Issue Plagued UPI Users A Few Days Back
The Unified payment interface had suffered a massive outage a few days back as well. Jilted users continuously showcased their concerns over social media and outage tracking platforms back then as well. Down Detector had revealed that popular applications like Paytm, Phone Pe, and Google Pay were not working currently leaving users at the helm of payments bothered.
The issue caused chaos for many who relied on Digital payments solely for their way around. The outage being tracked by real time monitoring websites showcased how it seems to have become a major headache for the users.
Down Detector
Down Detector was swamped with a sharp increase in complaints that time as well, as per the website there had been 1200 reports of the digital platforms not working properly. The outage has affected users across different platforms indicating a wider issue with the UPI infrastructure.
Challenges With 5g Roll Out
5G Rollout in India has witnessed a few challenges. One of the most primary challenge would be allocation of frequencies- Indian operators apparently have a much constricted spectrum than foreign operators. further initial 5G services were supposed to use 4g and LTE network infrastructure in the initial roll out phase, which makes them vulnerable to DOS, thus even while the 5G networks are supposed to be a advancement it would inherently adopt the vulnerabilities of the previous network.
The 5g Network relies on Network Function Virtualization and Software Denied Networking, the challenge with these, is that they use widely used protocols which can be manipulated by hackers. Beyond the use of IOT devices can further increase the chances of issues. While No details have been revealed as to what was the reason behind the outage, such issues are inherent with the 5G roll out in India as per- 5G IN INDIA: Opportunities And Challenges published by IJNRD
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