The government today asked cellular operators of J&K to put in place a foolproof verification process before allowing resumption of pre-paid mobile services in the bordering state.
The cellular service operators were asked by government to travel to the state for having discussions with the officials there for fine tuning the procedures in issuing the per-paid service to customers.
The 38 lakh pre-paid customers, which comprise 95 per cent of total clientle in the state, was hit after Union Home Ministry imposed a ban on the connections.
The CEOs of various telecom companies, who had come to attend a meeting chaired by Union Home secretary GK Pillai, were told in categorical terms that government had no objection in starting the services if a foolproof verification process was ensured by them, official sources said.
The meeting remained inconclusive as no decision could be taken on resumption of pre-paid mobile services and some more rounds of meeting will take place with cellular operators to sort out the problem, the sources said.
Representatives of BSNL, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Telecom, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Aircel participated in the meeting as these companies offer mobile services in the state.
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