By INS
Srinagar : India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued warnings to several operators who are reported to be breaching restrictions on providing cellular coverage too close to India’s international borders. The four operators, Bharti Airtel, Hutch, Reliance and BSNL have been found to have coverage along the ‘no service zones’ which extend 500 meters along the border.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) carried out a survey last year which named 103 locations where cellular coverage was recorded within the ‘no service zones’ and passed this information to the DoT requesting that it act to shut down the coverage.
The MHA considers cellular coverage close to the borders to be a threat to national security, particularly in the Kashmir region .