NEW DELHI, Feb 5: After 18 months of shutdown, the 4G mobile internet services will be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, its Principal Secretary of Power and Information Rohit Kansal said.
“4G mobile internet services being restored in entire J&K,” Kansal said in a tweet.
The 4G internet services were shut down in the UT after the Centre abrogated article 370 giving the erstwhile state a special status on August 5, 2019.
The UT administration had restored high-speed internet in some districts on post-paid services. Ahead of the UT district polls in November, the administration had decided to restore high-speed internet data on postpaid mobile phones in Ganderbal in Kashmir region and Udhampur in Jammu region in August.
The internet speed in other districts was restricted to 2G based on inputs from security agencies about terror modules trying to lure youths into terror ranks to disturb peace in the UT.
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “4G Mubarak! For the first time since Aug 2019 all of J&K will have 4G mobile data. Better late than never.”
(Manas Dasgupta)