Kuwait's Ministry of State for Services Affairs on Wednesday urged subscribers to pay their due fees, warning that it will enforce a programmed automatic severance of telephone land lines service for this month in line with the procedure in force.

Subscribers will receive a general warning message next Sunday, and then a second will follow to the concerned ones on January 21, the ministry said in a statement.

The financial ceiling according to which the computer will include a phone line in the "severance list" is KD 50 (about USD 165) for home lines and KD 100 (about USD 330) for commercial ones, the ministry noted.

Service will be cut as of January 28 if bills are not paid, it added

Telephone lines whose bills are being paid in installments will be automatically comprised on the list once a subscriber welshes on payment. Subscribes can pay bills via the ministry's website or the official one of the State of Kuwait Government, the Kuwait Government on Line, they can also phone 123 to ask about their bills.