Chennai: Lakhs of BSNL mobile users were frustrated and fuming due to disrupted BSNL services for hours in Chennai, for the second consecutive day. The customers of state owned BSNL net work in the city, Coimbatore and the western regions of Chennai experienced service break down for hours.

Sources say the electrical snag at the Coimbatore switching unit had set off a crisis on the Haddows Road unit. The services were disrupted after the switching unit on Haddows Road crashed under the load of excessive call traffic.

Indian telecom giant, Bharti Airtel has declared its third quarter results. The company has posted 42 % surge in its net profit at Rs 1,722 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 1,215 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.

Total revenue of the company also grew by 41% to Rs 6,682.57 crore for the third quarter this fiscal from Rs 4,723.68 crore during the corresponding period previous year.

The company has posted above mentioned figures, on the back of a record addition to its subscriber base. The company added highest ever-net addition of 63.9 lakh customers in a single quarter.