When mobiles suffer from ‘sunstroke’

BALASORE: It seems the heatwave has also taken mobile phones in its grip. A number of mobile phones in the coastal district of Balasore has been staying out of service during afternoons leaving a message on the screen ‘paused by temperature’. The phones are restored to their normal condition once they are placed in an air conditioned room.The problem is seen with all mobile service providers including BSNL, Reliance, Airtel, Aircel and Vodafone. Many customers have also complained that during the ‘paused’ period, they are neven ot able to see the stored numbers.Sources said, for the last one week, temperature in the city has been hovering between 37 and 40 degree Celsius.Abinash Das, a mobile repairing mechanic, said this usually occurs to mobile phone sets whose batteries are old as these cannot tolerate excess temperature.General Manager of BSNL, Balasore telecom district, S Adak said, he had not received any complaints in this regard. ‘‘It may be a problem in the handset but not in the service