Cyclone Biparjoy has made landfall in coastal districts of Saurashtra and Kutch. To ensure minimum disruption in mobile and network connectivity, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has set up a war room at its headquarters in Delhi. The aim is to ensure that the cyclone Biparjoy does not disrupt telecom connectivity or to keep the impact minimal.
DoT has issued guidelines to telcos to open a sufficient number of public calling booths, preferably free of cost, for the general public in affected areas. They should also ensure that in the disaster affected areas, no subscriber shall be denied access to voice\/SMS communication due to any commercial consideration, whatsoever, including non-payment\/insufficient balance\/recharge, etc. and this facility shall continue for at least 15 days.
The telecom operators, on their part, have commenced intra-circle roaming arrangements in the affected areas so as to allow subscribers to make calls and send messages utilising the network of any of the telecom firms, in line with guidelines notified by DoT. Here’s how users of
Apple<\/a>, Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi<\/a> and others can access any network on their devices.
States where the service is available<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n- Kutch<\/li>\n
- Jamnagar<\/li>\n
- Porbandar<\/li>\n
- Devbhumi Dwarka<\/li>\n
- Junagadh<\/li>\n
- Morbi<\/li>\n
- Rajkot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Samsung<\/span>
Settings \u2192 Connections \u2192 Mobile networks \u2192 Network operators \u2192 Turn off Select automatically toggle
Apple<\/span>
Settings \u2192 Cellular \u2192 Network selection \u2192 Turn off Automatic toggle
OnePlus<\/span>
Settings \u2192 Wi-Fi & network \u2192 Network operators \u2192 Turn off Choose automatically toggle
Oppo\/Realme<\/span>
Settings \u2192 SIM card and mobile data \u2192 Select SIM (1 or 2) \u2192 Operator \u2192 Disable Select automatically toggle
Vivo\/iQoo<\/span>
Settings \u2192 Mobile network \u2192 Select SIM (1 or 2) — Carrier\/Operator \u2192 Disable automatic toggle
Xiaomi\/Redmi\/Poco<\/span>
Settings \u2192 SIM cards & mobile networks — Choose SIM (1 or 2) \u2192 Mobile networks \u2192 Disable Auatomatically select network
Google<\/span>
Settings \u2192 Network and internet \u2192 SIMs \u2192 Turn off Automatically select network toggle
After this you\u2019ll see a list of all the networks available in your area, choose the one you want to use by tapping on it.<\/div>\n