India, March 26 -- The Centre on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have achieved near-universal mobile connectivity, though a small number of villages in both Union Territories remain without coverage.
Replying to a starred question by MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said Jammu and Kashmir has a total of 6,474 villages, of which 6,226 are connected with mobile networks, leaving 248 villages still uncovered.
In terms of technology, 6,208 villages in J&K have 4G connectivity, while 3,704 villages have been covered under 5G services. Additionally, 530 villages have access to 3G and 6,030 villages are covered by 2G networks.
For Ladakh, out of 243 total vil...