According to an official of Department of Telecom the current permission which ended in March 31, 2013 got an extension till March 31, 2015. He added that the decision was taken after the security situations in these places were investigated and no mal-practice of the telecom technology was observed. Even though, officially the number of subscribers using prepaid connection after the government imposed ban in January 2010 could not be stated but an estimation of fifteen lakh is suspected. Kargil, the border state of India now has got mobile coverage by India's largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel and in this region seamless voice and data connectivity will be provided. With this great achievement Airtel becomes the first private operator to be operational in the border district of Jammu and Kashmir and now has network coverage in all 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to an official of Department of Telecom the current permission which ended in March 31, 2013 got an extension till March 31, 2015. He added that the decision was taken after the security situations in these places were investigated and no mal-practice of the telecom technology was observed. Even though, officially the number of subscribers using prepaid connection after the government imposed ban in January 2010 could not be stated but an estimation of fifteen lakh is suspected. Kargil, the border state of India now has got mobile coverage by India's largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel and in this region seamless voice and data connectivity will be provided. With this great achievement Airtel becomes the first private operator to be operational in the border district of Jammu and Kashmir and now has network coverage in all 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir.