Phone Services In Jammu And Kashmir

High-speed mobile internet services were restored as a trial in two districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night, more than a year after it was suspended. The Jammu and Kashmir administration said 4G services will resume in Ganderbal and Udhampur districts - one each in Kashmir and Jammu divisions effective from 9 pm Sunday and will remain in for...

Mobile phone services were restored in the Kashmir Valley on Friday night after remaining suspended for three days in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Riyaz Naikoo in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday, officials said.

2G mobile internet services on postpaid as well as prepaid phones will be restored in the Kashmir Valley from Saturday but can only be used to access 301 websites approved by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, an official order said.

After nearly six months, prepaid mobile phone service will be restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said voice calls and SMS are being restored for prepaid mobile connections, in the latest measure to relax some of the severe restrictions enforced since August 5 last year.

Bharti Airtel today said that it has resumed postpaid mobile services in Jammu & Kashmir and will waive postpaid plan rental charges during the service suspension phase for its ''Airtel Thanks'' customers.

Hours after post-paid mobile phone connections were restored in Kashmir Valley on Monday after 72 days, SMS services were stopped as a "precautionary measure", officials said today.

Postpaid cell phones started buzzing in Kashmir from noon on Monday as promised by the administration. But outgoing calls were another matter.

72 days after mobile and internet communications were blocked in the Kashmir Valley by the government, postpaid mobile services on all networks in Kashmir wererestored at noon today. The restoration of mobile phone connections comes over two months after the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special privileges.

Post-paid mobile services in Kashmir are likely to resume from Saturday, 68 days after they were shut down following the Centre's decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir's special status, officials in Srinagar said on Friday.

Kashmir has been facing communications blackout for the past 47 days with virtually no mobile phone and internet services, but many residents in the Valley say they have been sent bills by telecom companies for services that were not provided.

The restoration of cellphone services and overall connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir will be expedited, the home ministry said today, quoting Union home minister Amit Shah.

Hundreds of people in Srinagar are queuing up to use public landlines to get in touch with their loved ones. Several Makeshift Public Call Offices (PCOs) have come up in different localities where landline telephone facilities have been restored.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has justified the restrictions on phone and mobile internet services in Kashmir, saying it was needed to stop communication between terrorists.

Mobile phone lines have been restored in five districts of Jammu over three weeks after severe restrictions were imposed in Jammu and Kashmir. The services were restored in Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri and Poonch districts last night.

A fraction of Kashmir's schools reopened today as the administration said restrictions were being eased in phases after two weeks of a security lockdown to avoid trouble over the centre's decision to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir and split it into two Union Territories. But while teachers and staff showed up in most of these schools, stud...

High-speed mobile internet services were restored as a trial in two districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night, more than a year after it was suspended. The Jammu and Kashmir administration said 4G services will resume in Ganderbal and Udhampur districts - one each in Kashmir and Jammu divisions effective from 9 pm Sunday and will remain in for...

Mobile phone services were restored in the Kashmir Valley on Friday night after remaining suspended for three days in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Riyaz Naikoo in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday, officials said.

2G mobile internet services on postpaid as well as prepaid phones will be restored in the Kashmir Valley from Saturday but can only be used to access 301 websites approved by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, an official order said.

After nearly six months, prepaid mobile phone service will be restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said voice calls and SMS are being restored for prepaid mobile connections, in the latest measure to relax some of the severe restrictions enforced since August 5 last year.

Bharti Airtel today said that it has resumed postpaid mobile services in Jammu & Kashmir and will waive postpaid plan rental charges during the service suspension phase for its ''Airtel Thanks'' customers.

Hours after post-paid mobile phone connections were restored in Kashmir Valley on Monday after 72 days, SMS services were stopped as a "precautionary measure", officials said today.

Postpaid cell phones started buzzing in Kashmir from noon on Monday as promised by the administration. But outgoing calls were another matter.

72 days after mobile and internet communications were blocked in the Kashmir Valley by the government, postpaid mobile services on all networks in Kashmir wererestored at noon today. The restoration of mobile phone connections comes over two months after the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special privileges.

Post-paid mobile services in Kashmir are likely to resume from Saturday, 68 days after they were shut down following the Centre's decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir's special status, officials in Srinagar said on Friday.

Kashmir has been facing communications blackout for the past 47 days with virtually no mobile phone and internet services, but many residents in the Valley say they have been sent bills by telecom companies for services that were not provided.

The restoration of cellphone services and overall connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir will be expedited, the home ministry said today, quoting Union home minister Amit Shah.

Hundreds of people in Srinagar are queuing up to use public landlines to get in touch with their loved ones. Several Makeshift Public Call Offices (PCOs) have come up in different localities where landline telephone facilities have been restored.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has justified the restrictions on phone and mobile internet services in Kashmir, saying it was needed to stop communication between terrorists.

Mobile phone lines have been restored in five districts of Jammu over three weeks after severe restrictions were imposed in Jammu and Kashmir. The services were restored in Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri and Poonch districts last night.

A fraction of Kashmir's schools reopened today as the administration said restrictions were being eased in phases after two weeks of a security lockdown to avoid trouble over the centre's decision to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir and split it into two Union Territories. But while teachers and staff showed up in most of these schools, stud...