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sheetalthakre2019
from Pune, Maharashtra
Mar 26, 2019
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Address: Law College Square, Nagpur, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440033

I am the owner of sim - [protected]. When my mother visited airtel store, the sales people forced her to convert my prepaid number into postpaid infinity family plan without my knowledge. Even after my repeated customer care complaints via phone and email, there has been no response. Kindly remove my number from the rs.299/- infinity family plan asap and convert my postpaid [protected] to prepaid sim. Else you will loose a decade year long customer like me because i will stop using airtel sim.
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    Sriram_g
    Mar 26, 2019
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    Hello trai,
    I am an airtel dth subscriber. My digitaltv id is [protected].

    As per the new trai regulations, the customer can choose channels of their choice and change it whenever they need.
    I wanted to subscribe to star sports 1 channel only on days that i need and discontinue on other days.
    I deselected the channel yesterday and until today the channel was still being telecasted for me. When i call customer service they said it is a free channel during the ipl season and i cannot turn it off.

    Even though it is free it is a big hindrance during this critical period of exams etc. I need to have the flexibility to be able to choose it only on days i need. I need your intervention to get this facility enabled for customer's like me. I will forever be grateful to trai.

    Thank you.
    Sriram[protected].
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      Aarti A. Shirke
      from Mumbai, Maharashtra
      Mar 26, 2019
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      Address: Pune, Maharashtra, 411007

      It has been almost 15 days and not even got a confirmation for refunding the amount. The amount is big (35k) and airtel customer service is just delaying the refund with different excuses. I have filed the request on 12th of march and its still not resolved not even initiated the refund process.
      They directly closed previous 2 request without even intimating me and this 3rd request also haven't got any call for confirmation.
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        amartrai
        Mar 26, 2019
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        Address: Alwar, Rajasthan, 301019

        Dear trai,
        I am amar, a airtel dth user, i have selected 95 channel @ ₹320 as per trai guideline on 17 feb '19, and confirmation received from airtel through msg. After that i have recharge 350 on 26 feb, 19, then tv suspended on 13 mar'19,
        I have complainant multiple times on customer care numbers. But not taken any action till now.
        Kindly support

        Amar
        [protected]
        Airtel consumer no - [protected]
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          Himanshuarora85
          from Delhi, Delhi
          Mar 26, 2019
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          Address: 110032

          I have requested to port sim from karnataka region to delhi ncr region for my airtel postpaid number. Same time i transferred this number from my name (Himanshu arora) to my wife name.

          First, it took a hell lot of time and follow up from my side to get sim activated once old stopped working.

          Now, i am not able to receive any incoming as massage to dialer coming as number does not exists.

          I am very old customer of airtel and look at the level of services you are offering to customers.

          I am really fed up by airtel due to continous no network, call drops and now looking to port to jio.

          But the problem is that i cant sent sms to port number. This is 3rd class service i am experiencing so far. When contacted earlier to customer care they told revisit store. Why the hell customer to extra pain to check and replace faulty sim which was issued by you guys???

          Himanshu arora
          [protected]
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          Mar 26, 2019
          Updated by Himanshuarora85
          Please note that [protected] is my alternate number, not the one I requested to port
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            Avnish Dubey
            from Agra, Uttar Pradesh
            Mar 26, 2019
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            Address: Nehru colony Dehradun, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001

            Customer i’d [protected] has been recharged with rs 500 on 24/03/2019 but still dth is not activated and not working connection is in the name of mr awdhesh kumar saxena nehru colony dehradun. Kindly resolve the matter as soon as possible. If not resolved matter will be taken to consumer forum. Customer is facing problems because of the issue and it is not getting resolved even after repeated trials. Request you to resolve the same at earliest.
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              samuel vinoyal roy
              from Vellore, Tamil Nadu
              Mar 26, 2019
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              Address: rajivi Nager, sathuvachari,Valallar,, 632009
              Website: Niill

              I'm from vellore at sathuvachari, valallar, for the past 2 year i have keep on raising complain regarding the network connectivity issue. But there is no any development they keep on saying we are upgrading NEW tower in your area, I dont know what the _____ is going on for the past 2 years . I never experience such a telecom service .
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                Abhishivam Rishi
                from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                Mar 25, 2019
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                TRAI is a big loot and then its companies such as Airtel, etc. They charge me on their own and then say that i have added so and so channels. When I delete those channels or ask them to do it they give me utter non sense such as the system is down or it will be done it 4 hours. Since the past 3 days the employees at Airtel are doing nothing but causing stress to their customers. I have 3 connections and even after doing everything they still leave 1 of my connections unattended which causes my monthly validity to fall because they charge on their own. I keep getting text messages regarding the addition/de-selection of channels but yet nothing changes on my profile account at www.airtel.in and I'm charged the same amount of rs900+ Someone needs to teach these companies and their bigger off springs how manipulating the customers and theft will lead them to big consequences.
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                  mullickb
                  Mar 25, 2019
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                  Address: 711101

                  Hi,

                  This is regarding the new connection applied for.
                  The dth consumer number is [protected].
                  Due to some reason connection could not be established at my home.

                  So, i requested airtel digital tv to please cancel the connection and refund the amount paid by credit card to my concerned account.
                  Please note that the dth is not installed/activated.

                  The details are included:

                  Regards,

                  Name: bhaskar mullick
                  Addres: 7/1 annada prasad banerjee lane, howrah - 711101, wb
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                    Kanchan Rathore
                    from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
                    Mar 25, 2019
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                    I am a very old customer I use my number for calling sometime only I always have balance in my num n mostly I got calls from everyone I don't need to call them still ur company worst plans if a person don't want to recharge u guys forcing them to recharge if they have minimum 5rs bal also for the cause of validity y who are u guys to tell we should recharge our num or not everymonth because o[censored]r ### validity make me to charge n most imp I found airtel network is not so good u guys only advertise for network but not take any action.
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                    Airtell is not air carrer.
                    It is possible to rechage the phone at the recharge outlet in your city / town within 15-30 minutes from 09:00AM till 07:00 PM,
                    if you have
                    - your phone
                    - money (~300-400 for best deals for 3 months).
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                      tsan
                      from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
                      Mar 25, 2019
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                      Address: East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, 831004

                      Airtel sim on my handset is not working since 23-03-19. Called on customer service, but no help provided. Was asked to go through app. When my sim is not working, how can i go through app. Tried sim on other handsets. Everywhere it is showing "sim error". Sent mail to [protected]@airtel.in. They asked me to call. When i wrote i am unable to call from my phone as the sim is not working, they again sent a mail to call and tell the problem.
                      Meanwhile i went to jamshedpur airtel office and got a new sim, after due authentication from airtel. To utter dismay, the "new" sim is also ahowing "sim error" in different handsets.. Request airtel to stop harassing consumers like me
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                        Thahseen Judas
                        from Badvel, Andhra Pradesh
                        Mar 25, 2019
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                        Address: 560037

                        I have ported my [protected] number from Docomo to Airtel. It's been a month since I ported, I tried recharging more than 20 different times from Airtel app, Paytm, Google pay and Airtel website as customer care of Airtel suggested. No success.

                        I wrote a dozen e-mails to Airtel csr and also the Airtel nodal escalations. They just wasted my time asking more time to research, but not fixing the issue. I shared a couple of screenshots.

                        I feel like I have been harassed.

                        Regards,
                        Shaik Thahaseen Basha
                        Mar 26, 2019
                        Complaint marked as Resolved 
                        Airtel didn't email me or call after this consumer complaint filed. Till now no response. They're trying to escape. What a company to deal business with. Now I cannot even port my number from them since it's just less than a month Prepaid connection. I am crying...
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                        Mar 26, 2019
                        Updated by Thahseen Judas
                        This issue is NOT resolved. They are escaping
                        Still no response from Airtel. My incoming and outgoing are stopped. Unable to recharge to get the services. Issue still not resolved by Airtel.
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                          KRUPAKAR Annam
                          Mar 25, 2019
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                          Airtel has faslefully re-activated post paid connection and charged my credit card for 7 months.
                          They agreed to process and pay back the amount but stopped responding after sharing bank details.

                          When I try to track about the status, a new executive promises that problem will be solved in 2 days. it is almost 2 months nothing has moved an inch.

                          Airtel Ombudsperson is a big joke. Never responds to any complaints.
                          I have raised complaint at national consumer forum.

                          will wait for a week and going to approach consumer court.
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                            Geo Andrew
                            Mar 25, 2019
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                            Address: 72 H Colony 1st Stage Indiranagar, 560038

                            I had given a request to change my post paid airtel connection to pre-paid on last friday (22nd march). Not sure what changes airtel has done my phone stopped working from saturday saying i do not have balance. I tried re-charging multiple time ranging from 100 to 1000 with no luck. Calling the customer care too did not help much. Then i finally send email complaint.
                            I got a response yesterday (24th march) that they are working on this and will be resolved by 27th march.
                            That is a a good 6 days without any connection.in today's age and time it is very difficult to stay without mobile. Now all the callers get a message that i do not have balance or something like that - a message that's forced upon due to provider issue. Since my number is more than a decade old i receive all my call on the same number.
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                            Mar 25, 2019
                            Updated by Geo Andrew
                            Message from Airtel :

                            I would like to inform you that your concern has been registered with reference number CPONR[protected] and the same would be resolved by[protected] at 11:40 AM.
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                              Rajkumar.N
                              from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
                              Mar 25, 2019
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                              Address: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641402

                              One of the worst network in india. We are facing lots of issues on our corporate numbers with this network provider even after our payments on time. Monthly two days our numbers are not working due to wrong billing from airtel team. Our marketing team is totally stuck because of call barring and network disconnection.

                              Lakhs and lakhs of losses during the month ends due to this idiotic network. On top of this, there is no response from the dedicated account manager. Still this issue is not resolved and is getting dodged by airtel team every time i call for a solution
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                                નીરજ કુમાર તેજસવી
                                from Anand, Gujarat
                                Mar 25, 2019
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                                Address: Krishna heights, 382470

                                Dear airtel team,

                                Connection-[protected].

                                I am totally harassed despite of continuous payment of recharge but the service is very poor.

                                I was suggested to recharge as mentioned below images.

                                I, ve spoken with the customer care they all doing bad job without any customer satisfaction. I, ve tried to explain my grievances more than 1 hour but they didn't solve my issue. All the female staffs are busy with their own life, i, d like to mention few name- miss deeksha time 12:30

                                Miss kiran time 12:40

                                Miss somika time 13:05

                                I recharged my account on 7 march for 1 month but illegally it was stopped on 24 march.

                                It should be activated till 6 april.

                                This is totally theft from my account and symbol of bad service & harrasment of customer.

                                These days everybody is busy & airtel is the reputed company but the name is defaming due to such employee & such kind of service.

                                I look forward to continue my connection as per recharged by me for one month and acclerate my grievance do the next level.

                                Moving forward suggest you implement the service.

                                Neeraj kumar tezasvi

                                [protected]
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                                  Victoria Sony
                                  Mar 25, 2019
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                                  Address: Kottayam, Kerala, 686603

                                  I am sony thekkethil and my airtel customer id is [protected]. I tried a lot to add some channels to my exising package. I even called customer care and tried through airtel app. But nothing has worked out. They are very hesistate to send reply to my emails and not doing what we request. We called cutomer care people and when we get option to talk to them its get disconnect. And when we tried through airtel app the sent reference id and messeges as it will be activate shortly. Now half day passed but its not processed. Realy we are very greedy to their service and its first time we face this much problem from airtel dth company.
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                                    Rama18
                                    Mar 25, 2019
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                                    For my used old sim recently last year - march updated 4g sim, in madurai. Which i was used for 9 years but suddely in december number was blocked and issued to some else, while checking with airtel customer service they said number blocked, i asked again to issue they said need come out from portal. But the fact was issued to some one in kanchipuram area more over he not using the sim, i am asking to provide back saying fishy rules
                                    My mobile no was - [protected], they took money also from my account for international roaming
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                                      Omprakash_7
                                      from Shillong, Meghalaya
                                      Mar 25, 2019
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                                      Currently having a sim of airtel having contact no [protected]. Want to port out to bsnl, but from last two days not receiving the upc code from airtel. Airtel is not even allowing the message to get delivered to 1900. I have tried to contact the customer care in 121, but they refuse to help. Airtel centres show their inability to assist. It seems a planned gimmick by airtel to increase their profitability. Most unethical way to restore the customers.
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                                        akhilred90
                                        Mar 25, 2019
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                                        I bought an aircel number back in 2010 and later ported to airtel postpaid in 2014. I tried converting it airtel prepaid in 2015 and provided the service center all the required proofs and the costs for converting. Few days later when it didn't get converted, i inquired again and they said its in the process and made me pay more money. Meanwhile i had to go out of country and when i inquired after few months, i was told, something went wrong with the process and now i was made to pay the postpaid fees for these months i was out. Again after paying all the fees and trying to have it converted, it failed again. As i was out of country, i couldn't get hold of the service center guys and my number stopped working (My sim was in india itself). When i contacted airtel (This time their email support), they said, my number was inactive and i had to pay some due for it to be active again, which i paid again. After the payment, when i inquired about the number, they said, i have to go to customer care center and pay some required fees (Activation fees) and get the number and is subject to availability. And when inquired at the customer care center, they said the number is deactivated and is with 'aircel' now and 'airtel' cant do anything about it.
                                        After aircel filed bankruptcy, there aren't any aircel centers and neither is their customer support working. I need help on getting my number back.
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