Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee launched BSNL’s Cell ONE Mobile Services in J & K from “Panchvati” at his residence over videoconferencing on 20th August 2003. Prime Minister was accompanied by Sh. Arun Shourie, Hon’ble Minister of Communications and IT. Sh. Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir was present at the launch programme in Srinagar along with his Cabinet Ministers and press. NIC facilitated the videoconferencing by connecting “Panchvati” with State Secretariat, Srinagar over NICNET.