Aircel services hit in Tamil Nadu, customers line up to port number

Aircel's Twitter account, which has around 6,74,000 followers, was also filled with customer requests and complaints related to portability

Crisis-hit telecom major Aircel is facing customers' fury in Tamil Nadu as its network was affected by the cessation of services by tower infrastructure provider owing to financial dispute.

With panic-stricken customers pushing for mobile number portability in large numbers, Aircel's server crashed, forcing customers to throng its limited number service centres across Tamil Nadu.

Aircel has around 15 million customers in Tamil Nadu, largest among states, out of the total 89 million customers across the country. 

Aircel, promoted by Malaysian firm Maxis Communication, has been in financial crisis in the recent past due to severe competition and credit restrictions