Telecom services continue to stutter five days after Cyclone Amphan left Calcutta.
One of the reasons is that power supply has yet to be restored to all the towers in the affected areas. Those with better coverage now had invested in back-up such as diesel generators which are keeping the towers functional.
The following are some of the problems listed by some telecom service operators and telecom infrastructure companies, besides the power problem.
Damage to the base transceiver stations (BTS) that facilitate wireless communication between a device and the network.