I tried every network repeatedly for 15 minutes,she says.I finally connected to Airtel. I got a full signal, but I couldn't call. I borrowed another passenger's mobile to call my hosts.
She had better luck on the drive to her hotel. She managed to call her husband in Belgium. The call dropped twice, though.
For a generation of Indians brought up on mobile phones - many of them haven't ever used a landline - poor call quality and call drops are part of life.
It wasn't always so