Government bans SMS services in J&K

DoT directive to mobile service providers in J&K

samirsachdeva

Samir Sachdeva | April 16, 2010



The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directives to 12 unified access services (UAS) and cellular mobile telephone service (CMTS) licensees providing service in Jammu & Kashmir service area on short message system (SMS) management.

As per the directive the service providers will immediately stop schemes offering free SMS service, withdraw SMS services to post-paid subscribers and impose a limit of 10 SMS per day in case of pre-paid subscribers.

The directive adds that the SMS messages originated outside J&K service area in India and from the networks of ILD operators should not be delivered to mobile subscribers in J&K service area.

The DoT directive also proposes to stop all bulk SMS facility and voice-call facility to telemarketers.

The directive will come into effect from 2400 hours on April 16, 2010 and is applicable to all twelve service providers - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Bharti Airtel Limited, Dishnet Wireless Ltd., Reliance Communications Ltd., Vodafone Essar Spacetel Ltd., Datacom Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Idea Cellular Ltd., Loop Telecom Pvt. Ltd., S Tel Pvt. Ltd., Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd., Tata Teleservices Ltd. and Unitech Wireless (North) Pvt. Ltd.

 

Comments

 

Other News

`Focus on infra, reforms, digital connectivity has created strong foundation for growth`

In a step towards the operationalisation of the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA), union minister of commerce & industry Piyush Goyal launched the BHAVYA Portal on Monday in New Delhi.   Addressing the gathering, Goyal said that the BHAVYA scheme will adopt a competit

Govt, RBI announce major reforms to attract FPI

The finance ministry on Friday announced a series of measures aimed at enhancing the ease of investment for individual Persons Resident Outside India (PROIs) and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), and to attract stable long-term foreign capital flows.   Building on the recent in

Lessons in climate adaption from world’s largest inhabited river island

Majuli Island, perched between the Brahmaputra River to the south and east, the Subansiri River to the west, and a branch of the Brahmaputra to the north, has been severely affected by recurrent flooding and intense riverbank erosion. Despite its global importance in acquiring UNESCO tentative status for

Careless whispers and the impossible trinity

Time can never mend, the careless whispers of …    As the RBI marches ahead, for the upcoming monetary policy meeting this June, whispers from the corridors echo around several policy options to defend the rupee – by deploying forex reserves, raising in

Bullet Train Project: Third mountain tunnel breakthrough achieved

A major engineering milestone has been achieved in the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project with the successful breakthrough of the third mountain tunnel (MT-07) at Ambesari village in Dahanu Taluka of Palghar district, Maharashtra.   With this achievement, three mountain

Supreme Court gets five new judges

Five new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court of India on Monday. "Vide Notifications of even number dated 01.06.2026, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the Hon’ble President of India is pleased to appoint (i) Shri





Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter