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Articles tagged with: Kashmir and Jammu
India Bans PrePay Phones in Kashmir
India's Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that no pre-paid mobile connections should be issued and existing pre-paid SIM cards should not be renewed in Jammu & kashmir from the beginning of next month. more
Related Tags: ministry-of-home-affairs, security, India
RCom Asked to Clarify Kashmir Network Launch Details
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has questioned Reliance Communications (RCom) as to why the network has launched a GSM network in Jammu and kashmir without clearance from the security services. The DoT has instructed the company to demonstrate that its network can be monitored by the security services. more
Related Tags: department-of-telecom, reliance-communications, rcom, reliance, bsnl, gsm, security, India
Militants Bypassing Mobile Evesdropping in Jammu and Kashmir
Militants operating in Jammu and kashmir are reported to be using mobile phones which belong to high ranking officials as they are not routinely monitored by India's security services. The phone call recipients then pass on the messages to the militants by other means. more
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Pakistan Confirms Formal Mobile Licenses in Two Regional Zones
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) says that it has deposited Rs.1.2 billion (US$20 million) with the Azad Jammu & kashmir (AJ&K) Council Secretariat and Northern Areas (NAs) Secretariat on account of Initial License Fee (ILF) collected from 4 mobile operators to whom licenses were issued for AJ&K and NAs. more
Related Tags: telenor, earthquake, pta, vsat, Pakistan
Telecoms Exchange Fire Disrupts Telecoms Services in Northern India
A fire at a telephone exchange operated by India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in Chandigarh over the weekend has significantly disrupted telecoms across the region and disconnected subscribers across Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. It is reported that it could take a couple of days to repair the damage and get telephone services back to normal. more
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Hutchison Essar Planning US$2 Billion Network Tender
India's Hutchison Essar is reported to be pressing ahead with a tender for GSM equipment which could be worth as much as US$2 billion. The tender is expected to go ahead, even though the problematic purchase of a majority stake in the firm by Vodafone is mired in controversy about India's cap on foreign shareholders. more
Related Tags: department-of-telecom, essar-group, hutchison, essar, hutchison-essar
GSM Licenses Awarded in Pakistan Kashmir
As reported here in April, Pakistan's Telecoms Authority has now formally awarded GSM coverage licenses for its Northern provinces of Azad Jammu and kashmir. The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has said that the development of telecommunication infrastructure in the AJ&K areas through increased investment by the newly licensed operators would lay the foundations for a modern and state of the art telecom network in the area which will have positive impact on the standard of living of the people of AJ&K and NA. more
Related Tags: pta
Siemens Wins Additional GSM-R Contracts in India
Train engineers, conductors and stationmasters in the Indian regions of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Jammu an kashmir will in future be able to communicate with one another over a new mobile system. Indian Railway is gradually migrating its rail communication to GSM-Railway (GSM-R) with the aim of increasing the safety, security and reliability of rail traffic. Indian Railway has awarded two additional contracts to the Siemens Communications group to supply the new technology. Siemens will thus equip 2,200 kilometers of the rail network with GSM-R technology. more
Related Tags: conductors, gsm-r, weather, railway
Bharti gains national network license capacity
India's Bharti Tele-Ventures (BTVL) has signed and received Unified Access license to provide GSM services in 5 circles including Uttar Pradesh (East), West Bengal & Andaman Nicobar, Orissa, Bihar and Jammu & kashmir. The license has been granted to Bharti Cellular Limited (BCL), the cellular arm and subsidiary of BTVL. more
Related Tags: bharti, bihar, west-bengal, rajasthan