Aircel Is Shutting down its services soon

Its Official That Aircel Is Shutting down its services soon. Aircel Said to TRAI that they are shutting down their services in SIX States.

Nearly nine lakh Aircel customers across India on Wednesday tried to port their numbers after facing frequent call drops, amidst reports of the company facing financial distress.Aircel CEO Kaizad Heerjee reportedly wrote an email to employees earlier this week that the company has not received any funding for a while.  Several users across its circles have been facing network issues for the past week. According to a few posts on Facebook and Twitter, a few users in Kolkata, Chennai, Odisha and Delhi, have not had network on their Aircel numbers for the past few days.Nearly nine lakh Aircel customers across India on Wednesday and almost three lakh customers on Tuesday tried to port their numbers after facing frequent call drops.         

Mobile operator Aircel  is looking at multiple options to keep operational expenses low, including scaling down operations in at least three more circles. It is also hoping to get interim funding to continue operations without a pause. Aircel had earlier shut services in six circles after its existing promoters declined to pump in additional funds.According to industry sources, the company has shared a proposal to stay afloat by building its data business, embarking on a capex-light model and tying up with competition for 4G services.