Kashmir Fumes As Crawling 2G Internet Hits Businesses, Academics; Stricter Norms In Place To Verify Pre- Paid Customers firstpost.com

Authorities in Kashmir have announced fresh regulations asking telecom companies to verify their pre-paid customer base and have restricted access to only government-approved websites fueling concerns in the Valley that the businesses and academic activities would continue to remain hit after these measures. A fresh set of regulations which have been issued here by the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir’s home department has asked the telecom service providers to verify the “credentials” of pre-paid subscribers as per the “norms applicable for the post-paid connections.”

Kashmir fumes as crawling 2G internet hits businesses, academics; stricter norms in place to verify pre-paid customers. A top official of the home department said that telecom service providers have been asked to “ensure that the security agencies should be able to locate the subscribers” and the “know your customer (KYC) details are properly ascertained” in the case of existing and new users. An official of a private telecom company said that while the documents that are required to be submitted for getting the pre-paid SIM cards were same as that for the post-paid in the latter case additionally “address verification was done to check credentials.”