A fire at a data centre at India's largest telecom carrier Reliance Jio caused a nationwide network outage for its users on Tuesday, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Reliance Jio experienced a nationwide network outage this week, leading to widespread service disruption for millions of users across India.

Reliance Jio faced a severe outage across its network rendering users unable to make calls or use internet services

Reliance's Jio users on Tuesday reported a network outage across India, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. More than 10,000 Jio users have reported the issue, according to Downdetector,

A data center outage has brought down Reliance Jio Internet services for customers in India. According to a report from Reuters, which cited a source with "direct knowledge of the matter," the cause of the outage was a fire in one of Reliance's data centers.

Reliance Jio users reported connectivity issues across India, primarily in Mumbai. The company confirmed that the minor technical problems have been resolved.

Jio users across India reported widespread network outage on September 17, with over 10,000 complaints registered, mainly about "No Signal."

A spokesperson for Reliance Jio stated, "This morning, some Jio customers in Mumbai faced problems in availing seamless services on account of minor

Downdetector, which monitors outages, registered over 10,000 reports of network errors from Jio customers, indicating a significant disruption, as the platform only reports incidents when the number of problem reports far exceeds the typical volume for that time of day.

Reliance Jio faced a major network outage due to a fire at one of its data centers, impacting mobile and broadband services nationwide. The issue has been resolved, with full service restoration confirmed by the company.

According to Downdetector, a platform that keeps track of real-time service disruptions worldwide, there were around 10,369 Jio users complaining about network outage at around 12PM. The website also reported that about 62 per cent of these reports were about “No signal” while 20 per cent complained about internet connectivity issues.