$\"\"$ NEW DELHI: The home ministry<\/a>'s new year gift to its foreign tourists from 161 countries will be a pre-loaded sim card at 12 major airports of the country after home minister Rajnath Singh formally launches the scheme this weekend.
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The ready-to-call sim cards<\/a> will be available to foreign tourists arriving at airports in Panjim, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Lucknow, Delhi and Varanasi to start with. The move is aimed at projecting India as a global tourist destination among foreign travellers as well as addressing the security concerns by equipping the tourists with mobile phones to make calls in case of any distress, an official at the home ministry said.
\n
According to MHA officials, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the initiative planned in association with BSNL<\/a> this weekend by distributing free pre-loaded Sim cards to tourists arriving in India on e-Visa. “The sim cards will be given to the tourists at the immigration itself. We are starting this in a phased manner.
\n
\nIt will pilot in Delhi and a few select cities next week,” said an official said. The proposal for this move was initiated by the Ministry of Tourism earlier this year.
\n
\nSources at MHA said it was only after a detailed interministerial committee comprising officials from Tourism, Home, Telecom and Finance Ministries, the idea was given go-ahead.
\n
\n“There were some security concerns but after consultations we have taken the required the steps and decided to implement the programme. Mandatory checks have already been done with the documentation required for e-visas,” an MHA official said.
\n
\n“Foreign tourists face problems while procuring a Sim card, making them dependent on telephone booths. The cards can be recharged as and when required and will be functional from the moment they step out of the airport,” the official added. The Sim card will come with a ‘welcome kit’ which would also consist of maps, tourism booklets with information about emergency numbers.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":56194273,"title":"With mild response to SP's smartphone, UP govt mulls strategy","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/with-mild-response-to-sps-smartphone-up-govt-mulls-strategy\/56194273","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"seoschemas":false,"msid":56194391,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Foreign tourists to get ready-to-call BSNL SIM cards at 12 airports","synopsis":"Ready-to-call Sim card will be pre-loaded with maps, tourism booklets.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/foreign-tourists-to-get-ready-to-call-bsnl-sim-cards-at-12-airports","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Vasudha Venugopal","author_link":"\/author\/479235709\/vasudha-venugopal","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479235709.cms?width=250&height=250","author_additional":{"thumbsize":false,"msid":479235709,"author_name":"Vasudha Venugopal","author_seo_name":"vasudha-venugopal","designation":"Correspondent","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2016-12-27 08:49:56","lastupd":"2016-12-27 15:35:17","breadcrumbTags":["BSNL","Home Ministry","Sim cards","Indian airports","3G\/4G","Foreign trourist"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/foreign-tourists-to-get-ready-to-call-bsnl-sim-cards-at-12-airports"}}" data-authors="[" vasudha venugopal"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2016-12-27" data-index="article_1">

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外国游客已准备BSNL SIM卡12个机场

已准备Sim卡将预装地图、旅游小册子。

Vasudha Venugopal,
等局

更新2016年12月27日03:35点坚持

新德里:内政部的新年礼物的来自161个国家的外国游客会预装sim卡12个主要机场后内政部长辛格Rajnath正式启动这个周末计划。

已准备的sim卡将提供给外国游客到达机场Panjim,艾哈迈达巴德,阿姆利则,斋浦尔,班加罗尔,钦奈,勒克瑙,德里和孟买瓦拉纳西。此举旨在将印度作为全球旅游目的地在外国旅客装备以及解决安全问题的游客用手机打电话的任何痛苦,内政部的一位官员说。

根据尼古拉斯官员,内政部长Rajnath辛格将启动主动与计划BSNL这个周末通过分发免费预装Sim卡在电子签证游客抵达印度。“sim卡将给游客在移民本身。我们开始以分阶段的方式。

将在德里和飞行员下周几选择城市,”一位官员表示说。这一举动的提议是由今年早些时候中国旅游。

源在尼古拉斯说,这是只有在一个详细的从旅游委员会组成的内阁官员,家里,电信和金融部门,这个想法得到了批准。

“有一些安全问题但在磋商我们所需的步骤,决定实施计划。强制性的检查已经完成了电子签证所需文件,”尼古拉斯一位官员说。

“外国游客面临的问题,同时采购一个Sim卡,让他们依赖电话摊位。卡片可以充电和在需要时,将功能从他们走出机场的那一刻起,”这位官员说。Sim卡将有一个“欢迎套件”,这也包括地图、旅游小册子与紧急号码的信息。

发布于2016年12月27日08:49点坚持

$\"\"$ NEW DELHI: The home ministry<\/a>'s new year gift to its foreign tourists from 161 countries will be a pre-loaded sim card at 12 major airports of the country after home minister Rajnath Singh formally launches the scheme this weekend.
\n
The ready-to-call sim cards<\/a> will be available to foreign tourists arriving at airports in Panjim, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Lucknow, Delhi and Varanasi to start with. The move is aimed at projecting India as a global tourist destination among foreign travellers as well as addressing the security concerns by equipping the tourists with mobile phones to make calls in case of any distress, an official at the home ministry said.
\n
According to MHA officials, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the initiative planned in association with BSNL<\/a> this weekend by distributing free pre-loaded Sim cards to tourists arriving in India on e-Visa. “The sim cards will be given to the tourists at the immigration itself. We are starting this in a phased manner.
\n
\nIt will pilot in Delhi and a few select cities next week,” said an official said. The proposal for this move was initiated by the Ministry of Tourism earlier this year.
\n
\nSources at MHA said it was only after a detailed interministerial committee comprising officials from Tourism, Home, Telecom and Finance Ministries, the idea was given go-ahead.
\n
\n“There were some security concerns but after consultations we have taken the required the steps and decided to implement the programme. Mandatory checks have already been done with the documentation required for e-visas,” an MHA official said.
\n
\n“Foreign tourists face problems while procuring a Sim card, making them dependent on telephone booths. The cards can be recharged as and when required and will be functional from the moment they step out of the airport,” the official added. The Sim card will come with a ‘welcome kit’ which would also consist of maps, tourism booklets with information about emergency numbers.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":56194273,"title":"With mild response to SP's smartphone, UP govt mulls strategy","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/with-mild-response-to-sps-smartphone-up-govt-mulls-strategy\/56194273","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"seoschemas":false,"msid":56194391,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Foreign tourists to get ready-to-call BSNL SIM cards at 12 airports","synopsis":"Ready-to-call Sim card will be pre-loaded with maps, tourism booklets.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/foreign-tourists-to-get-ready-to-call-bsnl-sim-cards-at-12-airports","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Vasudha Venugopal","author_link":"\/author\/479235709\/vasudha-venugopal","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479235709.cms?width=250&height=250","author_additional":{"thumbsize":false,"msid":479235709,"author_name":"Vasudha Venugopal","author_seo_name":"vasudha-venugopal","designation":"Correspondent","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2016-12-27 08:49:56","lastupd":"2016-12-27 15:35:17","breadcrumbTags":["BSNL","Home Ministry","Sim cards","Indian airports","3G\/4G","Foreign trourist"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/foreign-tourists-to-get-ready-to-call-bsnl-sim-cards-at-12-airports"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/foreign-tourists-to-get-ready-to-call-bsnl-sim-cards-at-12-airports/56194391">