Reliance Jio has launched its 4G services in the remotest regions of Ladakh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said in a tweet on Tuesday. The company inaugurated four new mobile towers in Pibiting, Padium, Akshow and Abran in the remote region of Zanskar in Kargil district. The towers were built using funds from the central government's Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), Namgyal said, who launched them on Tuesday. The development comes even as neighbouring Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) faces internet restrictions in one from or another since August 2019, when the erstwhile state was bifurcated into two Union Territories, J&K and Ladakh. Namgyal, in a series of tweets, expressed his "gratitude" to Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd, for "connecting the remotest parts of Ladakh". He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Minister for IT and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad. He added that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sanctioned 54 towers for the union territory. Inaugurated 4 new Jio mobile towers in Pibiting, Padum, Akshow & Abran under USOF Scheme of GoI, connected remotely isolated Zanskar with rest of the world through 4G network. Gratitude to @narendramodi & @rsprasad for prioritising such backward areas of Ladakh to be digitalized. pic.twitter.com/eDNAASYLmM — Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (@JTNBJP) November 10, 2020 With this launch, Jio has become the only operator that offers voice and 4G data services in 10 towns and areas in Kargil district, reported PTI.…
