Stalemate on mobile towers hits credit cards
The ripples of the mobile tower crisis in Noida spread wider on Thursday, with several shops at high-end malls in the satellite town reporting difficulties in swiping credit cards.
By Dwaipayan Ghosh & Ruhi Bhasin, TNN |
NOIDA/NEW DELHI: The ripples of the mobile tower crisis in Noida spread wider on Thursday, with several shops at high-end malls in the satellite town reporting difficulties in swiping credit cards. Already, cellphone users are facing call drops and frequent disruption of connectivity; now, shoppers are being turned away, triggering fears of related services being hit.
Sneha, a resident of Sector 49, complained that she had to cut short her shopping at a mall in Sector 18 Atta Market. "The card could not be swiped. I needed some accessories for my friend’s sangeet function. I will have to come back another time," she said.
Anand Prakash, of Sector 50, received over half-a-dozen cross-calls from unwitting users who had ended up reaching the wrong number. Cellular services were affected in east Delhi too.
Shopkeepers say the crisis is hitting business already. J P Aggarwal, a jeweller at sector 34, said he "had little business as the swiping machine developed a snag that lasted all day". Blaming the Noida authority for ignoring the problems of residents, he said, "why are we being dragged a problem essentially between two agencies?"
Sneha, a resident of Sector 49, complained that she had to cut short her shopping at a mall in Sector 18 Atta Market. "The card could not be swiped. I needed some accessories for my friend’s sangeet function. I will have to come back another time," she said.
Anand Prakash, of Sector 50, received over half-a-dozen cross-calls from unwitting users who had ended up reaching the wrong number. Cellular services were affected in east Delhi too.
Shopkeepers say the crisis is hitting business already. J P Aggarwal, a jeweller at sector 34, said he "had little business as the swiping machine developed a snag that lasted all day". Blaming the Noida authority for ignoring the problems of residents, he said, "why are we being dragged a problem essentially between two agencies?"
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