RAWALPINDI: (Parliament Times) As a part of its commitment towards social responsibility in complementing the
national efforts to coup up COVID-19, Special Communications Organization (SCO), the
leading telecom operator in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) took
a lead and launched a free internet access for online educational platforms to help students
to continue their education.
Microsoft 365 online educational content access extended on gratis basis to SCOM
subscribers. In addition students package for SNET users of AJ&K and GB has also been
made free of cost for the month of April 2020.
To further support Internet access to communities across the region, data bundles
have been doubled without any additional cost. This initiative comes in line with SCO,
continuous efforts to support the local students to facilitate access for distant learning
programs initiated as a result of a nationwide closure of educational premises in the wake
of the Covid-19 pandemic.
