Shutdown of services across Valley costs companies nearly Rs5 crore per day Archives

The telecom sector in Kashmir has repeatedly been ordered to shut services during the past four years. It suffered the most crippling closure during the ongoing unrest, which significantly impacted its revenue. The latest shutdown of telecom services in the Kashmir valley was ordered by the state government on July 8 immediately after the encounter of militant commander Burhan Wani. Even though most of the services had been restored, mobile Internet services continued to remain shut for the past 108 days. Jammu and Kashmir has a subscriber base of approximately…