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The J&K administration has decided to continue the suspension of 3G and 4G services till February 24 but has widened the whitelist by giving access to over 1,100 more websites now.

The decision was announced after a weekly review meeting held by the Home Department on Saturday, which announced that the Internet speed on mobile data services “shall be restricted to 2G only”, adding to the delay in the restoration of high-speed Internet blocked since August last year.

The 2G Internet, which offers the maximum transfer speed of 20 kbps, is the lowest available speed bandwidth that restricts most functions of the modern-day World Wide Web. In comparison, 3G technology offers a transfer rate of at least 144 kbps and 4G at a peak speed of 100 Mbps.

The administration, in its latest review order, maintained the continuity of the stringent set of restrictions on Internet usage, which it has ordered since the restoration of the 2G services last month.