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Airtel Prepaid provides prepaid mobile services in India. It supplies a range of plans including voice, data and SMS bundles, aiming to provide extensive network coverage and digital services.
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Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018
I am using airtel from 2010. And all my family members also have airtel number. They advertise that their 4g network has fastest speed. So I change the sim with 4g but now its internet services is like below to 2g speed and even it's stop after 8 pm. I am frustrated from this. Recently I bought 499 pack of airtel. My money is waste. Now I am switching to Jio.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2018
I am customer of Airtel since 2012. My family members has 10 Airtel contact numbers. Airtel had given the validity till 2036 but it ended in 2018 only. I am not happy with the decision and its packages - offers are not valuable. I'm closing all contact numbers.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018
I am Airtel customer. I use monthly pack of Rs.199/- for unlimited calls, in the middle of my package my outgoing service is stopped. When I contacted customer care service they said to recharge with Rs.35/- to activate outgoing service for one month. I already paid Rs.199/- for one month. Why I should pay again RS.35/- TO Start my service. This is illegal. I want to file complaint against Airtel. I filed complaint today in CC.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018
Airtel worst network. Switching to Jio soon. Poor customer care... Whenever tried calling the no. get disconnected automatically. Worst of all networking Ookla fooled us and Airtel fooling worst worst worst.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2018
Nowadays the prepaid Airtel services are the worst. For a five minutes call, I have to call six to eight times because of the call "cuts". It is a planned dacoity by the company. I am planning to shift my Airtel number to BSNL service.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
Airtel don't deserve to take 1 rating. If there would be any -1, -2 review I would have rated that way. The Worst service providers in the world I can say. No proper customer service too. I raised a request to deactivate my bloody Airtel number without intimation they again rejected that request simply to charge money from me. Beggar is better than you Airtel. Soon you will have downfall. I sincerely suggest don't ever choose Airtel. It's all bogus.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018
Internet speed of Airtel is less than the BSNL 3G. I used both Airtel and BSNL. I think I wasted my money to recharge with Airtel. Airtel should not do the false promises with its customers. This bad thing.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018
My wife's prepaid no. which has Rs 473.68 as balance as on date is being again and again getting an SMS from the Airtel that the outgoing to the no. will be deactivated w.e.f. 24.11.2018 but without assigning any reason thereto. I tried to contact customer support but failed as they do not have any satisfactory response. This shows how callous anti-customer attitude they have. The service of the service provider is useless and all the ads of Airtel are fictitious, mala fide and misinformative. If the service provider has any respect for the customers, pls contact me at my email.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018
Blocked all my incoming and outing call. Once recharged and used the service and again blocked after 2 days. ** service will die soon. Before jio they cheated the whole people. Going to change my sim and father's sim. Too worst services even though contacted 198. Highly irritated with the cheap and worst services.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
The waste network I have ever experienced up to now. The 4g speed is slower than usual 2g internet. Having the full coverage but internet doesn't work. The ** network. They are competing in price but not in service. Waste Airtel.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2018
I recharged my airtel sim with a pack of 3 months data pack with unlimited calling and 1.4gb data daily. When I was in Pune the internet service was quite good. But now in Mumbai it is pathetic. It is giving 2g internet service even for a 4g pack. Even after complaining twice they are saying, "It is a problem with your area." But why are these people coming up with so many ads saying that best coverage in Mumbai. All this is fake. The service is really bad. They have not improved a bit with their service.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2018
I switched to Airtel from Idea because speed and network of Airtel was decent in my area... After some days network started to shut off very frequently... I raised complaints against Airtel... Nobody even noticed Or even I didn't get any kind of feedback from company. And even today the even on 4g settings the network speed is slower than tortoise. I raised complaints multiple times. Nobody takes any kind of action. They just pretend to listen to you. But none action is taken.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2018
One star just for the network availability. Otherwise these people are your balance money leechers. They turn on useless value added services without your permission and even after your complaint they continue doing so. Further when you try to turn them off they redirect you to the main menu. The cherry on the top of cake is there is no human being/customer supervisor on their so called customer care no. You are made to talk to a machine about useless services. They keep my balance zero by turning on value added services and keep charging for them. I don't even know how to use them and I have to pay for them!! With my zero balance I can't even do a miscall, further they ask me to take a loan for that sake!! By doing this UNETHICAL practice this company would be making millions (my friends and family has complained this).
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018
I had a very bad experience with AIRTEL. Recently I converted my number from AIRTEL Postpaid to prepaid. My number was converted (7th Oct 2018 at 10:00 PM) and due to technical issue Airtel retailers are unable to initiate my first recharge. It’s been more than 4 days still am unable to use any service like outgoing call and mobile data. I did multiple follow ups with 121@airtel.com and they are not even providing their assistance. Very poor service from Airtel. Customer support also very bad. They don't have any solution regarding my number.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
From last 6 months the Internet speed was very slow. I am unable to browse even small apps. How many months will you take to fix this. There is no use of adding the previous data balance to present because we are unable to use data only. Jio networks signals are very better than Airtel. I am an Airtel customer for 7 years but I am facing huge disturbance with network this year. Even calls are not reachable properly.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
I Have a Airtel Prepaid number. I have recharged with 558 Plan where I will get 3GB 4G data and all local, National and Roaming calls free. But when I have activated this plan since then I am not able to even browse the web page. I lost net. I have complained two to three times to airtel, they told me that there is a problem of maintenance and it will be resolved soon. Its been three months, the resolving process is still going on... The actual problem of airtel is they want to compete with JIO but don't want give service, that's why they introduce plans and stopped services. I have wasted money and time. Please do not use Airtel...
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
I had 2 Airtel Prepaid numbers, ** and **, both linked to my Aadhaar Card. Because I was overseas for several months, both numbers got deactivated without any notice. I would like to know the reason and also why the balance remaining in the deactivated cards has not been refunded to me. This is fraudulent behavior on Airtel's part, and efforts to get an answer by calling their hotline 121 is hopeless, also no email channel to complain. Would much appreciate advice/assistance.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
Got my number ported from Jio to Airtel. After the sim started showing signals I went to retailer who tried many times but was unable to recharge it. Then I reached to Airtel store in sector 110 where also they were not able to provide me with any help and asked me to visit Airtel store in sector 18. Sector 18 is about 25 km away from my home and it is not easy for me to reach there in weekdays due to my job and during weekends the store is closed. So I tried to reach Airtel online by mailing them still haven't received any help from them either.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2018
I recharged 499 in website name called www.airtel.in. I waited for a long time but the recharge did not come to my mobile and then I called customer care (198) and they told that after 10 days your money will be back or recharge will come but so far nothing is done. And I mailed Nobel officer of Airtel Chennai. They simply said, "We can't find any transaction," but my bank debited the money and it clearly said that Airtel is debited. SO BE CAREFULLY WHILE USING AIRTEL SPAM ALERT. And now I am going to change the port.
Reviewed July 28, 2018
I recharging my Sim with 509 to 500 rs unlimited package, that is unlimited calls and 2 GB data/day but it's useless, calls are disturbing & there is no network in Bangalore Whitefield area limits (useless). Worst network I have ever seen.
Reviewed July 21, 2018
It seems customers having prepaid unlimited packs are not allowed to place calls to service numbers (bank customer care etc)...when contacted customer care responded that unlimited calls are only to private mobiles and landlines...and in order to make calls to service numbers we are supposed to recharge with top up balance...wtf is that logic? Why am I having a unlimited pack in my sim if I have to do a top up again?? Airtel is looting customers big time. The same service number I'm able to make a call from my friends Jio prepaid unlimited sim that means Airtel is ready to stoop to any level to loot money.
Reviewed May 26, 2018
No 1 Worst Net Work in India is Airtel - I had ported from idea to airtel. That idea is not working properly so I had changed to Airtel and asks to customer care Lothugunta. They told your location is airtel good so please take. I had taken. Now it is tower full up and down and calling is very disturbing. Please don't take airtel sim. If any doubts call my no. I will clearly briefing to you.
Reviewed May 16, 2018
Frustrating experience on calling Airtel customer care. Their guidance system to the customer care through phone is hopeless. It’s like a tension and difficult task to get to talk to their customer care people. I have decided to stop using Airtel because they don’t have a customer service which is simple and easy to access and when someone by luck picks up the phone they will say they have called the wrong person. Why are they keeping this service complicated and also the option to call their customer service is kept at last, we have to wait and hear all the Airtel stupid offers. Just stop your service. I am switching my network.
Reviewed May 15, 2018
I'm from Kargil the worst speed of 4G in Ladakh. In here the airtel 4g is just like BSNL 2 here worst problem of airtel 4g. We complain to the airtel network authorities but they didn't reply of our application.
Reviewed May 5, 2018
Nowadays Airtel became worst service provider in India. I have done recharge on 08-apr-18. It has 28days validity. Airtel has disconnected the network before it reached 12 o clock on 05-apr-18. Network has been disconnected @ 10.45PM. They had advertised themselves as 4g provider. I am living in a town where they distributed internet like 2g speed. But they got money from customers for 4g speed internet. If we give money less than the recharge amount, would they accept it?
Reviewed April 24, 2018
Airtel is cheater company. They sends fake offers about recharge and channel packages. After recharge will be done, they will not provide same offer and same channel packages. I am user of airtel digital TV (consumer id: **). They given me offer via sms that if I recharge with Rs 1499 (for 6 months) then I will get 6 months free. But after I recharged with same amount I did not get any offer. In addition they removed many existing channels from my package. I called customer care but they did not respond.
Reviewed April 11, 2018
Get 7-8 calls in a day from different numbers each time asking me to switch my company mobile number service provider, I kept telling, "It's my office number and we don't have any rights to change the service provider," and yet these people shamelessly keep calling. When I got upset and told the lady to stop spam calls, she rudely replies I need to activate DND on my number then. Geniuses, I have done DND already and yet the spam calls do not stop. Some of the spam numbers **.
Reviewed March 3, 2018
I'm from B'lore and I'm using Airtel service from last 4yrs. Now I'm facing problem (Internet service) from last 4 months. I informed to customer service that internet not available on NOV 2017. Airtel customer service: "Due to upgradation of the tower you will not get the proper internet. We taken your complaint. It will be resolved within 48Hrs." After 48Hrs. I asked them, "Still not getting internet. When it is going to be solved?" Airtel customer service: "We can't say exactly. Maximum days will be 90 days." I called them so many times they keep on saying the same thing. Later I moved to other Internet service provider for the next two months (Dec-Jan).
In Jan 2018 I asked them (Airtel) again about upgradation of tower is complete or not in my area. "Can I recharge now." Airtel customer service: "Yes, It's working fine. You can recharge." As per their advice I recharged again for 399/- on 15th Jan 2018. From that day itself I faced same problem again. I discussed this issue with more than 5 customer service representative from junior level to manager level. Everyone took 3 days each to solve, but no one provide me the solution. They keep on extending days.
One of the manager told me that, He don't know the project ending date! Then who knows? Another supervisor told me that, "Recharge is your problem. Not ours. You supposed to check with Chota internet pack first to check whether internet is coming in your area or not." This means without knowing any kind of information or any knowledge, they are advising people to recharge. If they (customer service) don't have information about internet in my area, then whom should I ask before recharging?
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
I am from Chandigarh. I've been experiencing internet problem with Airtel. I recharged with Rs.399 pack last month, and since then I have been very disappointed with the speed that I get on my phone. Though I use the 3G Network but even then it's speed most of the times is found to be worst than 2G network speed. When I go out in Open space the net starts working normally, but as soon as I enter my home the network just diminishes sometimes. One day I called up to the Airtel customer care, and after examining, the customer care executive said that the network in my area is under upgradation.
I said this is happening for the last 2/3 months, and then I asked what time will it take to work the network normally and he said "I can't say anything about that"... then I asked him that if the company is going to pay back the compensation for this loss of customer as I have already recharged for Rs.399 and the service I am getting is worst... And his answer was again a big "NO". I heard in recent days that Airtel has conducted its 5G network test. If Airtel officials are reading this view, then they should first get to the reality of their network speeds in each and every part of the country. Let alone the idea to bring 5G, Airtel need to bring speed to its 3G and 4G networks first.
According to survey India stands 13th (worst position) in the 4G speeds as compared to other developing countries. Even Pakistan and Sri Lanka have better internet speeds than us... And lastly, if I do not get any compensation for my loss of money and data from Airtel after upgradation of its network, I will be left with last option, i.e. Consumer Forum.
Reviewed May 9, 2017
I am Vijay **, working in abroad and I have Airtel Prepaid number ** in which outgoing call facility is being barred. But I am able to send message & receive incoming calls. So kindly look into my issue for getting my outgoing calls facility also.
Reviewed May 7, 2017
The worst company you would ever to choose. They give different offer on same recharge to different people. I have recharged with 449 pack, I got 56 days but my friend got 70 days on same recharge. I asked the customer care. They rudely said "Can't give you." What a stupid company. You better choose a company who don't discriminate among users.
Reviewed April 16, 2017
Airtel is the worst network ever used. Even care centre employs are too rude and don't handle the problem properly. After getting the connection no one is there to help you. Always faced problem. Employs are so uneducated, harsh to you. Never to visit the store or call cc...
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2016
It has once been advertised that we consumers can recharge our AirTel line by dialing *555*PIN# and we'll be credited with 5 times of recharge and free data bundle alongside your original account balance. I try recharging NGN2000 today using that same method hoping to subscribe with the money but it turns out to be another thing entirely. My main account balance was cleared and I was credited with bonus of NGN12000.
This action wasn't publicized earlier before now which made me to call their customer care representative and they begin to tell me tales and fairy that the plan has changed. Changed???? Without informing the public about the change!!! WTF! Is that, then they begin to apologize. AirTel mislead people by changing from their initial plan to a new one without even informing the public about it. AirTel! You are a monster. AirTel! You sucks. :-(
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2016
I recently purchased the Airtel 4G LTE dongle in Pune. I was assured by the salesperson that 4G connectivity was definitely there in my society. I tried it and only got 3g and 2g connectivity that too at speeds below 2 MBPS. I have complained numerous times to Airtel Customer care. If you send them a complaint via internet they send an auto responder saying their executive will get in touch within 2 hours. It has been three days and after four complaints no one has called. I tried calling the customer care number three times, each time they would listen to me and just as they are ready to issue me a token number for my complaint the phone would get disconnected. I called the sales guy who sold me the dongle, he promised to raise a complaint and have it attended within 2 hours. Again nothing.
I even sent tweets to the official Airtel India number but only get assurances that they have forwarded my complaint to the right department and someone will get in touch. This "someone" must be a very busy person because no one from Airtel has bothered to be in touch. Meanwhile I have paid Rs 2300 for a dongle and am being charged for a service I am not using. Please do not waste your time with Airtel.
Reviewed July 17, 2016
Two day ago I have lost my phone and my AirTel sim. And when I go to store he say "please purchase anywhere HLR-1 sim and comes with proper ID proof." When I do everything correctly, he say "we not activate your number." So this my important number. My all official and banking details connected so please reactivate my number please.
Reviewed June 9, 2016
I have ported my cell phone no from Idea to AirTel. Now I from Idea it is ported and not start in the AirTel they. If you complain to AirTel that your number is not working they will give assurance but they will not tell you the problem and also they do not resolve your problem so never port your number to AirTel. If you port ready to lost after waiting a month. I have to take new number.
Reviewed May 9, 2016
My mother went to AirTel store to have a particular number reissued to her because its my brother's number who is in US now and will be back soon. They took all the documents and said that someone will come for the verification. The verification guy checked everything and told my mother that they don't issue SIM cards to housewives??? Isn't that really stupid? Can someone please confirm if this is really true or the verification guy has no idea what he was talking about?
Reviewed April 6, 2016
Hello sir, if you can't give good offer, it's ok but don't send fake msg to recharge to get that GB data. I got msg that recharge 299 you get 10 GB data. Now I got 1 GB. What you all think about people if I call 198 now they telling "We don't know." It may come or may not. What it mean you should msg that is magic offer. Simply you waste money. This is not 1st time. I call 198 but no one reply properly. From many years we using 5 to 6 AirTel number from 9 to 10 years. If you play like this, you lost respect and your value from people.
Reviewed March 27, 2016
I contact to AirTel customer care about 2 hours. I want to take help about AirTel 4g hotspot setting but each department just they are transferring from one to another. And again and again. Finally they are transferring to offer department. When I called to technical department of AirTel but they are also not avail to help about AirTel 4g hotspot. I am fully disappointment about AirTel Telecom. I am fully shocked that they don't know about AirTel product and services. I called to 121, 9831717070, 12118, 18001022244, 9900900789. All are AirTel customer care number. They are not useful. AirTel service are going down. Regards.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2016
From past 6 months I has been charged for that data which I never been used. The senior supervisor of AirTel Miss ** told me that "you made the usage of 500 mb in just 2 mins over whatsapp." I can't understand that how a person make the usage of 500 mb in just within 2 mins. That is totally fraud done by AirTel. Instead of getting AirTel services I prefer to use Vodafone. At least they know the importance of their customers. Customer support of AirTel is so pathetic and they are working like govt. officers. They really don't know the value of customers. I am using AirTel from past 6 years because before AirTel is a good company but now from past 2 years AirTel made lots of unnecessary deductions or fake deductions from my account.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015
You buy a prepaid package and are told AirTel will call you. We went to another province so missed that call, but did continue to receive calls. Spent 5 calls to customer service to get connected and kept being told will turn the service on in X hours/days but they NEVER DID AS PROMISED. Finally left India with no service although paid for it. You would think that AirTel customer service lies but the fact is I think they are incompetent and seem to just say whatever to get you off the phone. I read in a forum that if you go to another province then they can't connect you. Well if they had told us then we could at least accept that somehow. On one call we were told to go back to the shop in New Delhi. Well we were Goa hundreds of KM away how could we do that. The only positive is that Airtel answers its calls. We were told by an Indian person that customer service doesn't fix problems. Try Vodafone, maybe they are better. Avoid AirTel.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2015
I am fed up from AirTel network connection. They claim that they are best but actually they are worst. AirTel company does not provide good network even I recharged 3G but speed is meeting like worse than 2G. I tried every technical things setup and connection but no improvement met, even am calling then no network available. Tried everything but no good consequences got. Finally I am converting my AirTel to another one and my colleagues too. It's been a worst experience with AIRTEL. I would suggest to all of you never ever try AIRTEL if you want to use hassle free network. I never thought that if AirTel company become brand then it will forget to their customers. But customers are not fool, AIRTEL rectify your mistakes otherwise nobody will use it. A frustrated customer.
Reviewed July 10, 2015
My mobile no ** has been deleted and blocked by AirTel Two months back. I have been running AirTel gallery in Mumbai to restore my number but in vain. I contacted AirTel Customer care but they could not locate my number at all. I have been using this number more for more than 9 years. How can this be solved?
Reviewed July 9, 2015
Am not ok with the 3G connection and the network.
Reviewed June 17, 2015
I had an Airtel broadband connection and I wanted to surrender it on 5th May 2015. I called customer care for the same and the lady over the call listened everything and asked me that she is transferring the call to other department keeping me on hold for 11 minutes, then I went to Airtel store. They asked me to write a mail to Airtel customer care. I did that on 9th May. On 12 May, I got response that the amount will not be charged after 10th May and it will be disconnected. Starting from 1st week of June I am receiving automated calls from Airtel to pay an amount of 1600+ which was my normal monthly rental. While I disconnected on 10 May, why should I pay for whole month.
I am trying to reach customer care since morning, it always repeating same automated promotional message. I have been to Airtel outlet in JP nagar 7th phase, they said they cannot help me out and I have to talk to customer care. On afternoon one guy from customer care picked the call and told me servers are busy and I have to call after 4 hours which I am repeatedly doing. Finally, I can say while taking the connection they are like treat us as guest and at time of disconnection, they behave as they don't know us. Please do not take Airtel service as their after sale service is pathetic.
Reviewed March 26, 2015
I have had a post paid connection from Air Tel since 2002 (Mobile no **). I changed it to a prepaid in 2007. It is my personal Number. I have been living in the UK for the last 8 years and my family have been keeping this number active in Chennai by making a few calls and texts every month.
On 14th March when my sister switched on my phone to make a call she found that my connection was disconnected. I wrote to the Chennai Nodal Office on email and they told me that it had been blocked because I was making 'telemarketing calls'. I however fought the claim as I have never used my phone for telemarketing calls. I have exchanged 30 emails with them asking them to prove that I made these calls. No response. The last call made from my phone was on 30th Jan - This was to book a gas with Indane. Air Tel disconnected my phone on 12th March - without any prior warning.
Air Tel did not intimate me by email or text or call that my number would be disconnected. Air Tel claims that I have made telemarketing calls - which I deny. They have no evidence to back up their claim that my number is being used for telemarketing. I have exchanged emails with your Nodal officer in Chennai email since 13th March asking for proof - the time, dates and numbers to which these telemarketing calls were made. But they have not been able to provide proof. And neither do they answer my questions. I have asked for a direct number of someone I can talk to in air tel. No answer so far. All I get is the same email saying that my number has been blocked under NDNC barring.
I have all my bank and utility bills linked to this mobile number. I have exchanged over 35 emails with Air Tel in the last 13 days and I am getting the same ridiculous reply from air tel. They are not being helpful. Really don't understand how my number which I have had for 12 years can be blocked as air tel have no evidence to back your claim. Without concrete evidence this is against the law to block my number. Please provide the dates, times and numbers to which you claim these calls were made.
This is not my first bad experience with Air Tel. End of last year I found that my number was suddenly in someone else's name. Though I had been the owner since 2002. Had to go through all the paperwork again. Get my old Sim disconnected. And get the same number back in a new SIM as a new account.
This is surely some mistake from Air Tel. And my number has been wrongly blocked. I request you to look into it. And restore my number. I am in London and can be contacted on this email or **.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014
I called up Airtel and rep asked me to hold the line but he transferred my call to normal IVR over and again. Secondly tried calling IVR and was asked to wait while the call is being received by rep and after a while no one received the call and call was disconnected. I had to do the same thing over and again.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2014
I tried to transfer money to Airtel money and I got an error message stating that the "service is not available, please try after some time." The amount which I transferred got deducted from my bank account. I called up Airtel money, they said that the money will be refunded in 5 working days. I am really upset with the service as the company is deducting money from the bank account and giving an error message on the screen. Keeping the money with one's own self for 5 working days I believe it's a scam which this company is doing. Airtel money scam.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2014
I am using Airtel network from past 3 years, but from last couple of months I have faced so many problems like, no network signal, internet not available but this time it's a big one. I am not able to make calls from my phone, not even customer care. Every time I make a call it says CALL ENDED. I have switched off my phone, removed and reinserted the SIM several times, logged out from all the accounts - still not able to resolve the problem. I am using Moto X. Now whose going to help me. Pathetic network, I will never use it again. The only option left with me is to port my no.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2014
I live in a joint family and we have near about 6 mobile phones at home out of which 5 are AirTel numbers (**, **, **, list continues). I am facing no signals problem at my home from the last one week and I am regularly complaining to AirTel through emails, customer support, telephone calls to Officer and I have proofs for all my complaints. We are into business and have to take calls from customers for which we are carrying 2 mobile phones (the other one is Non-AirTel). Every other mobile service works perfectly except AirTel. I got fed-up with the response from AirTel. AirTel customer care officers are of no use. They just give false commitments and nothing will be taken care. I think there is no use to complain to this people. Instead of complaining better I change the network by portability. I thinking off.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2013
I am using the Airtel network for past 9 years, but past 3 months often I am getting lot a problem in this network. Last 1 week before, I got a problem with my network. I cant able to make an outgoing calls from my mobile. Issues coming like call failed, but I can able to receive incoming calls, msg and I can able to send msg also, only I can’t make outgoing calls. I talk with 3 senior supervisor, but they can’t able to give a proper information, just they are reading the default solution which was updated in their system like switch off your mobile, put your sim in another sim, switch off your data mobile.
For whatever complaints you call Airtel customer care, they will the same answer for all the problem. They ask me 24 hrs time to solve the problem, but they didn't solve my problem. And at last, I spoke with one manager. He said "it was a problem in your data mobile." He told me to "sign out Gmail account properly from your mobile". I was using iPhone 4s. I have a default mail account. I don't have an option to sign out. I told him about that I don't have an option.
He told, “You have any option in your mobile so ask your friends who were using iPhone and try it off.” And temporarily, he solve my problem. Again next week, same problem started for me. They gave same solution - switch off your mobile and ON the mobile it will work. But this time, I deleted my Gmail account from mobile also, but still I can’t able to make a call. None of the senior supervisor were not ready to solve my problem again and again giving same solution. Still I can’t make a call from my mobile. Very, very worst network.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2013
On 25th July, 2013 my Airtel 4G no. got activated which I've taken for my office work; and from the very first day I'm facing issues with my device. Most of the times it's not getting started. I found no way to resolve this issue. Even after plugging-out and plugging-in several times, the issue is not resolving. When it's working, if I continuously use it for 3 hrs., the dialer is stopping automatically. And no way to restart it again. This is seriously hampering my business.
I called customer care several times to change the device as it's under warranty for the first year, and they sent one support person for a few minutes to my place and I could not show him the exact issue (as at that particular moment it was working fine). But he found that there is poor 4G network in my place so he had taken a note on that. After he left, like any other day, my device started behaving the same way after a few minutes and I again called their customer care (on that day and several times after that day). They said they will send the support person again but they never did that.
I put several mails to them regarding the issue. And got reply for each mail saying that they will contact me in 24 hrs. but not a single call they made. Also, they are saying that one complaint has been already registered and they are working on that; and after resolving the network issue in my area they will inform me. I tried make them understand that the issue is with the device not with the network, as most of the times it's showing NO DEVICE and the dialer is stopping and not getting started. But they are saying they can only see what their support person had mentioned; they don't bother about what issue I'm facing. Before getting the connection, they assured me in an e-mail to give my money back if I'm not satisfied with the service. Now, they are simply CHEATING.
I'm always ready to provide all those e-mail communication between me and Airtel. Please look into this matter and requesting you take some proper action to stop them CHEATING with customers.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2012
For the worst service, I changed from Airtel to Reliance. I informed Airtel’s customer service. Suddenly they cut my booster pack and other services. I made a call to customer care first and they attended my call, but they told me to wait, but after 15 minutes they did not answer my question. Once again I tried on that time onwards from my mobile not going to customer care. I tried more than a hundred times. In India, only Airtel can give this worst service. In other countries, they do not give one-day service that much fraud that Airtel and its customer service are doing. Very, very bad. Shame on me for using 6 years a fraud company.
Reviewed May 25, 2012
I am an Airtel customer from the last 8 years. Three months back, I have moved to Mumbai and in the end of March, I asked to terminate the number and to correct the bill as I have to pay the full amount. I have taken the 3G service 500 MBs in 200 rupees twice. Then, I called customer care to deactivate the 3G service and activate the 2G service. Your customer care person told me to hold the line as he was deactivating the 3G and activating the 2G service. He told me that I will get a confirmation through SMS. I did not receive the confirmation so I called customer care 4-5 times.
Still, the service did not get deactivated. I stopped using it as I had to use my Mumbai Airtel number. But when I got my bill, it was more than 3,700 rupees. I called customer care immediately to correct the bill and terminate the number. I called them 7-8 times more but on my current bill, I was again charged unnecessary fees for 3G and monthly plan.
Please do what is right and settle the amount so that I can pay the reasonable amount. I really had a very bad experience with customer care. You can call me any time on **.
Reviewed April 17, 2012
I have stopped video talkies subscription several times, but it gets reactivated again and again! Please stop it permanently! It deducts my 30 RS. Otherwise, I have to change my sim. Thank you.
Reviewed March 28, 2012
Rs 30 per month was deducted for 2 months via Video Talkies subscription. Please refund my money; otherwise, I will exit the company.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2011
A person in one of the branches of New Delhi naming sanjay, ph. **** of your Airtel Office is continuously calling us and some of our relatives and using abusive language and giving us threats in the name of some other person’s recovery. Help and take immediate action against him.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2011
Airtel has 3rd class services and their customer care executives are also 3rd class. My 2 Airtel postpaid numbers are barred (**)(**), and they are barred without any reason. They generate my bill and didn't lessen my message pack free message balance.
Now, they are saying that you have allowed to send 100 messages per day, but this rule is run on 27th of September, but they are calculating for the whole month (i.e. my billing period from 8th September to 7th October). You don't know how much problems I am facing from the past 3 days. I am missing my very important calls, and Airtel Nodal officer is doing nothing about my problem and making fun of it. Contact me as soon as possible at **. I hope you will get back to me soon.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2011
Over the last four months, I have been experiencing frivolous deductions by Airtel in the name of caller tunes, hello tunes, Hungama Club, Airtelgyan, etc.! The list is endless. Whenever I call the customer care at 198, no one would answer our complaints and the call eventually gets cut off. After several patient trials, they told me that I have subscribed to such services. Hence, I can now unsubscribe, if I want. First of all, I have very limited usage of voice and text on this number and I don't have any other requirement. But still, I am being harassed by these deductions towards these unsubscribed services.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2011
I had recharged my AirTel no 7607477740 with Rs 98 mobile office. I received setting of MO through 6123 and saved them but still, my balance got depleted on 10th of September, 2011 in the evening. I had only done surfing simple sites like google.com, etc.
Kindly check this.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2011
I was about to shift to my new home on August 14th, 2011 and hence I raised a transfer request of my Airtel internet broadband connection and telephone landline service on August 8th. The days passed and passed and I kept on calling them daily twice and thrice, following the above mentioned idiotic process. Every day the customer care people would tell me the same thing: "We have updated the status, we have put it as high priority and it will be done by end of the day". Till now, I've not seen their end of the day and it is already August 23rd today.
Now after much emails and calling, they have given the following reply: We regret to inform you that we are unable to process your request for shifting the connection due to some technical constraint in the area.
This is ridiculous. When I raised the request on August 8th, why didn't they tell me about the issue that time? I'd already spent around 300 bucks calling their customer care center for support and everyday they just made a fool of me. Are they going to compensate for that? And how are they going to compensate for the internet online business losses that I've made because of their poor service? I don't want to pay any money for this month's internet at all. I don't want to pay any additional 300 RS shifting charges since these guys gave so much inconvenience to me regarding the transfer request. They shouldn't have committed to me for August 18th if they couldn't do that.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2011
I have been trying very hard in the last 15 days to get port out from Airtel because it is the most pathetic company I have ever come across!
My request to port has been rejected and customer care department asked to visit local Airtel outlet to resolve the issue!
But the local outlet (communication zone, rohtash nagar, delhi shahdra) didn't even listen to my issue since I am a prepaid customer. They showed me a notice board which was displaying "no help to prepaid customers".
Tell me what to do to leave this dirty company.
Reviewed April 16, 2011
For getting any new channel, you insist that it can be done by sending an SMS to 54325, sending get and channel number. I have tried from my registered mobile number (**) numerous times to get error message only. It remains never active, but you always display the same number.
Today, as my subscription of my a la carte package is going to end on 17 April, I tried to modify it through Internet. I could get subscription of two new channels, Discovery HD and BBC Entertainment within 5 minutes, but I tried at least some 50 times to remove certain top ups, but all the time I received the message, "We are unable to process the request due to some technical error.” What a lousy and shoddy way of providing customer help!
I believe that it is high time you give attention to providing service rather than fooling the customers and making profit by unfair trade practice. I should be directed in the screen for a valid SMS email number that would respond immediately. This should include both subscribing a new channel or unsubscribe an existing channel/package. I hope to listen from you soon.
In summary, you can get new channels at a cost, but never can cancel subscribed channel or get any help through mobile SMS service. This is absolutely an unacceptable pay-for-channel dish TV service provider.
Reviewed March 28, 2011
Many people were excited when MNP or Mobile Number Portability was launched in India. But the truth is that most of the MNP requests didn't go through and people lost the money they spent for purchasing new SIM card, security deposit and MNP charges. While most of the subscribers complaint about hurdles that original service provider creates in MNP process, the situation is reversed in Airtel. Airtel staff is incompetent to make extra effort in following up your case with your current service provider. They don't seem to be sending second request to MCH (Mobile Clearing House) to get the number ported in.
The case in question is the MNP request for porting out my number ** from Vodafone to Airtel. It was requested on January 22, 2011 at Jammu (India) and the UPC number provided to me was: **. Now, it's been almost 2 months and I am still stuck with Vodafone and Airtel is not doing anything. When I reported, all I received was an assurance from Airtel presence, but nothing thereafter.
Reviewed July 20, 2010
I live in a joint family and we have near about 13 mobile phones at home out of which 8 are AirTel numbers (**, **, **, list continues). I am facing no signals problem at my home from the last 9 months and I am regularly complaining to AirTel through emails, customer support, telephone calls to Nodal Officer and I have proofs for all my complaints. We pay nearly about $6,000-$8,000 of bills every month for this ridiculous service.
The billing people follow-up on complaints regularly and we pay the amount with the fear of our connection getting barred. We are into business and have to take calls from customers for which we are carrying 2 mobile phones (the other one is Non-AirTel). Every other mobile service works perfectly except AirTel. I got fed-up with the response from AirTel. Now, I feel consumer court of law is the only way to get justice. Please let me know the process to lodge complaint against AirTel. AirTel Nodal Officers are of no use, they just give false commitments and nothing will be taken care.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2010
I am cell phone prepaid costumer with Airtel in India. The Airtel firm are sending unwanted messages and deducting from my account. I have asked them to discontinue, but still they’re sending a number of messages and deducting amount from cell phone. This should be stopped immediately. The messages are being received from Airtel: 532101, sending messages, unlimited, and deducting amount from my prepaid balances. I have asked them to stop. Otherwise, I shall report to the Telephone Regulatory Authority of India. Still, the firm is doing mischief. Ensure the stop of it and punish the firm firmly with your efforts. I’ve lost maybe more than RS 100.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2009
I am using Airtel for a lot of years and my mobile number is **. I have always faced network problems but my concern is not the network. I have taken Blackberry Enterprise Services, Rs. 899 monthly rental plan wherein I get unlimited browsing and downloading in that package. Yesterday, 19/10/2009, I received a message: Get uncensored videos and gossips from Big Boss House Season3! Unlimited download! Today, 20/10/2009, I clicked on the link given above from my mobile and the very next moment, I got a message from Airtel Live: Thanks for downloading Mp3 Tone from Airtel. You have been charged Rs 99. Play games **.
I called up to the Customer Care (121) immediately and they said that they cannot help it. Since I have clicked it, I have to pay Rs. 99 as rental. I just want to know where you people have mentioned in that message that it is chargeable or the terms and conditions are applicable. Please note down the reference number that I got from customer care: **. See it’s not a matter of Rs. 99, but it’s a matter of cheating customers. I am really not interested in any such activity. Now, tell me if I have already taken unlimited downloading plan, then why would I pay Rs. 99 extra for a service wherein nothing is mentioned that whether it’s chargeable or not.
Apart from this, I have activated Missed Call Alert service on my number. Since 4 to 5 months, I have been charged monthly rental for the same but I don’t receive a single message from your end about same. Despite the fact that I always get complaints from my colleagues, friends, family and etc. that my mobile is always not reachable because of network problems. I am really fed up with the service that’s why I am writing this mail. Kindly help the needful or else I have to opt for some other options.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2009
AirTel has been continuously debiting money from my prepaid service for some unwanted jobs provider service since the 16th of September 2009. No use of any do not disturb frantic efforts. On Sept. 14, I got a message stating that I will be getting some 2-day free trial of Jobs on Mobile. I did not pay much attention to it considering it as usual promo messages. On Sept. 16, I got another message mentioning that my trial of 2 days and I am supposed to call some number to deactivate the service. As I did not apply for any activation and even did not avail the service in any manner, I was sure that nobody can cut my money just like that without my consent!
But alas, after 15 minutes, I got another message saying that I was registered with Jobs on Mobile. I checked and found that Rs 10 for 10 days, they have debited from my account. DND was of no use. Now it has become a big headache for me as there is no mention in the SMS where to contact to unsubscribe the service and how. They have further cut my Rs 10 again today, Sept. 26, 2009 and this will continue! How do I stop these thieves from looting me in this way for Rs 10 per 10 days? Please help!
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2009
I am using Airtel Prepaid mobile service. On this mobile, I have not subscribed for any value added services but they activated it directly and are charging me 3RS/SMS. After I complained with customer care, they stopped it for some days and again started after some days. What do I do with Airtel mobile? Please help me.
Reviewed July 23, 2009
My one month old Blackberry Bold is defective. I bought a Blackberry Bold a few weeks back. I was very happy with it but suddenly last week, the handset LCD started shaking and all color resolution of the handset disappeared. I was certainly very shocked to see this, as paying such a nice amount and getting such shocking results in weeks was bad. I have launched a complain with Airtel (Kolkata, India) (complaint no. **). My complaint to you is paying a big price, getting a damaged piece which is just a week old. I have lost my faith in that piece. I want a DOA or a GRN to be done. Please help. I have also contacted Airtel for the same but no help. I am awaiting for your eager response.
Reviewed June 3, 2009
My two Airtel mobile nos are in CUG group of HCL technologies BPO services, Noida and as per their plan, all the CUG calls are free but I have been charged for all such CUG calls. As per plan, all CUG calls between all CUG numbers (Airtel to Airtel) are free. When I have contacted them, they are saying that my above two numbers are under different parent groups however, it was never told to us when the connections was taken. There is two or might be more parent groups under one CUG and they are cheating us by distributing the CUG connections and taking charges for CUG calls under different parent groups and giving false information that all CUG calls will be free.
Reviewed April 27, 2009
I am using an AirTel Postpaid connection since August of 2008. I have even activated GPRS (internet) service in my connection until February 2009. I didn't have any problem with it. I am using this internet service for data entry work. Now since March 2009, they have charged me $809.00 + tax for making calls to an international number ** which always says "Number does not exist." I called 121 customer care and complained many times. I even went to the nearest AirTel office and complained about it. A lady said it might be a technical error and they will give me waiver. Hence, I waited for it and I got a call from AirTel. They said it's a pure call made from my mobile to the above mentioned number.
Later on another day, a call came from AirTel and said they have detected a new type of virus. All the calls were made because of this virus; hence, I need not have to pay. Suddenly they barred my outgoing calls on 09-04-09. Because of this, I was not able to use GPRS (internet). Now what will I do to claim this? Please give me a solution.
Reviewed March 21, 2009
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Reviewed Oct. 13, 2008
I have started using Airtel SIM card 7 months before. I have activated its GPRS service for which it deducts Rs 15 every day. But this time, they took Rs 90. When I asked its customer service executive why did they did so, they told me they have not deducted from my balance from last 3 days. Even though if you deduct from my balance for last 3 days, it's Rs 45. Then where is my rest of the 45 Rupees? When asked to transfer the call to manager, they hang up the phone. After badmouthing for continuously two days to its customer executive, they register my complaint and I get Rs 15 back. Then where the heck is my 30 rupees? On 12/10/2008, the same thing happened. They deducted Rs 15 in the name of VAS but are not ready to look into my problem.
Reviewed July 11, 2008
In 2003, I purchased a mobile sim card from AIRTEL India with life time validity, from Neethu's Shop, at Bishop Jerome Nagar shopping complex, Kollam district, Kerala state, South India. The card was used by me for calls to and from my husband , working abroad, and the early stages were smooth service. We had to shift abroad, and during our visits back to India, we were able to use the mobile service without any interruption, until 2007.
Now, in 2008 june, when we were in our mother land for a short visit, we couldn't use the sim card to give calls. On enquiry, the officials at the shop said, the sim's validity is delated. I doubt, why they did this? If the card was purchased with a life time validity, then how can it be blocked? I didn't get any proper replies from the company officials, but only abuse. This is totally hard to accept. Since I had trust in the company, I purchased again, a sim card from Airtel, for my calls, now.
Due to this irrespectable approach from the company, I was hurt mentally. Is it good for such a reputed company that provides mobile service throughout India to blush at their customers? Do they respect us? I doubt, they deliberately did this to me. If they are practising these type of irresponsible service to the customers, that is bad. I need to get back the mobile number that I purchased with my earnings. I hope this forum helps me to the best. Thank you.
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