Centre bans SMS facility for post-paid mobiles in Kashmir
By ANIFriday, April 16, 2010
NEW DELHI - The Union Government today banned short message service (SMS) for post-paid subscribers in Jammu and Kashmir.
With the Government decision, henceforth only prepaid customers would enjoy the SMS facility from midnight tonight.
The decision has been taken in the backdrop of increased security concerns.
The Department of Telecom has asked all the 12 operators, including the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL),Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, to withdraw text message service from their postpaid users in the State.
“In case of existing post-paid users, the service should be withdrawn immediately,” a statement from DoT said.
In case of prepaid subscribers, the facility has been restricted to 10 SMSes per day per subscriber.
“SMS messages originated outside J and K service area in India and from the networks of International Long Distance (ILD) operators should not be delivered to mobile subscribers in J and K service area,” the statement said.
The DoT has also asked all operators to immediately stop tariff packages offering free SMS service. (ANI)
