Srinagar, 12 Jul 2010(KMW): The government has called an urgent meeting on Monday with the telecom operators after "reports of wide scale distribution of SIM cards in Jammu and Kashmir without verification was brought to its notice."
The meeting will be chaired by Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, where representatives of Aircel, Airtel, RCom, the Tatas, BSNL, Vodafone and Idea Cellular will be present.
During the meeting, the violations committed by these operators while issuing mobile connections will be brought up.
It may be mentioned that the Union Home Ministry had asked security agencies to conduct a secret audit of whether the telecom operators were following the revised guidelines.
It was found that from out of a sample of 500 mobile phones, in 65 per cent of the cases, the verification norms were violated, thus raising security concerns.
During the meeting, a proposal of the Jammu and Kashmir police for slapping heavy fines running into crores of rupees, besides booking the violators under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Disruption Act as well as under section 121 of the IPC (waging war against the country) is likely to be considered.
A notice for the meeting has gone out to seven operators — Aircel, Airtel, RCom, Tatas, BSNL, Vodafone and Idea Cellular.
The meeting will be chaired by Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, where representatives of Aircel, Airtel, RCom, the Tatas, BSNL, Vodafone and Idea Cellular will be present.
During the meeting, the violations committed by these operators while issuing mobile connections will be brought up.
It may be mentioned that the Union Home Ministry had asked security agencies to conduct a secret audit of whether the telecom operators were following the revised guidelines.
It was found that from out of a sample of 500 mobile phones, in 65 per cent of the cases, the verification norms were violated, thus raising security concerns.
During the meeting, a proposal of the Jammu and Kashmir police for slapping heavy fines running into crores of rupees, besides booking the violators under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Disruption Act as well as under section 121 of the IPC (waging war against the country) is likely to be considered.
A notice for the meeting has gone out to seven operators — Aircel, Airtel, RCom, Tatas, BSNL, Vodafone and Idea Cellular.
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