New Delhi (NVI): The US has welcomed resumption of 4G mobile internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that it marks an important step for local residents.
“We welcome the resumption of 4G mobile internet in India’s Jammu & Kashmir. This marks an important step for local residents and we look forward to continued political & economic progress to restore normalcy in J&K,” the US State Department said in a tweet this evening.
We welcome the resumption of 4G mobile internet in India’s Jammu & Kashmir. This marks an important step for local residents and we look forward to continued political & economic progress to restore normalcy in J&K.
— State_SCA (@State_SCA) February 10, 2021
4G or high speed mobile internet services were restored in the entire Union Territory of J&K on February 5, after being suspended for close to two years.
The services are being restored exactly 18 months after it was suspended in August 2019 when the Centre abrogated Article 370 that gave a special status to the erstwhile state of J&K and bifurcated it into two Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
The internet services were suspended in J&K on August 4, 2019, a day before the Centre’s announcement to strip the erstwhile state of its special status. Although 2G services were restored in some places in J&K, high-speed services were not restored.
-ARK
