Jammu, Jan. 30 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued work orders for 775 mobile tower sites to provide 4G mobile connectivity to uncovered and remote villages, particularly in border, hilly and far-flung areas of the Union Territory. Secretary, Information Technology department, Piyush Singla said the project is being implemented under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of the Centre, with BSNL as the executing agency.
Singla was briefing the 10th State Broadband Committee meeting, chaired by chief secretary Atal Dulloo here on Thursday, an official spokesman said.
He said the meeting was convened to review the status of key digital infrastructure initiatives, including 4G saturation project, Amended BharatNet Programme...