Prepaid mobile services restored
Prepaid mobile connections were restored in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday and 2G services resumed in two districts of the valley after being disconnected in August last year, official said.
Voice and SMS facilities were restored for all local prepaid mobile phones across the union territory.
Rohit Kansal, the principal secretary to the administration of Jammu and Kashmir, said the order came into effect from yesterday.
In order to consider giving mobile internet connectivity on such SIM cards, the telecom service providers will have to verify the credentials of the subscribers, he said.
Internet service providers have been asked to provide fixed line Internet connectivity in all the 10 districts of Jammu region and two districts, Kupwara and Bandipora, in North Kashmir.
Telecom services were shut in the entire Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 when the Centre abrogated special status to the erstwhile state and also bifurcated it into two union territories.
Early this week, government announced to restore broadband internet for institutions and government offices in Kashmir Valley. Social networking sites, however, will remain under complete restriction, the government order said.
The government said it will establish 400 internet kiosks after installing firewalls and whitelisting of sites to run essential services only.
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