Jammu and Kashmir, 17Apr: The Government of India has decided to ban the SMS services for post paid mobile subscribers in Jammu and Kashmir. Only pre-paid customers will have this short message service but it has been restricted to 10 SMSs per day per pre-paid subscriber.
According to sources, the decision was taken unanimously by the state and Union Govt. Earlier the Department of Telecom has also tighten the screws of private mobile service provides in verification of the subscribers identification.
This was seriously considered as the state is always under threats of terrorist attacks and the terrorists misuse the mobile services for their missions. The SMS facilities have been dropped for increased security concerns. The DoT has asked all the 12 operators of the state to withdraw text message service from their postpaid users. It has been informed by a statement issued by DoT.
Moreover, all operators have been asked to stop tariff packages offering free SMS service immediately. Apart from that, DoT has also informed that SMS from outside J&K and networks of International Long Distance (ILD) operators will not be delivered tomobile subscribers in the state.
According to sources, the decision was taken unanimously by the state and Union Govt. Earlier the Department of Telecom has also tighten the screws of private mobile service provides in verification of the subscribers identification.
This was seriously considered as the state is always under threats of terrorist attacks and the terrorists misuse the mobile services for their missions. The SMS facilities have been dropped for increased security concerns. The DoT has asked all the 12 operators of the state to withdraw text message service from their postpaid users. It has been informed by a statement issued by DoT.
Moreover, all operators have been asked to stop tariff packages offering free SMS service immediately. Apart from that, DoT has also informed that SMS from outside J&K and networks of International Long Distance (ILD) operators will not be delivered tomobile subscribers in the state.
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