As per PTA declaration, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is closely working with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on the draft of “Third Party Mobile Banking Regulations” which will be finalized soon. Once finalized, it will connect all banks of the country with cellular mobile operators for mobile transactions. Chairman PTA said that...
Days back we seen PTA launched SIM Information System 668 service that can be used to check number of SIMs issued against one CNIC. Service can be accessed via PTA's site but we seen other sites - Hamariweb.com using this service on their site maybe for promotion but using this PTA's website may be flooded ......
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have raided illegal gateway exchange operator in Commercial Area, Defence Phase-IV, Lahore and arrested two persons. More than 50 Tellular devices along with allied accessories have been recovered from the scene. This raid was conducted based on the information obtained...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in order to facilitate mobile users seeking correction in their SIM data, has removed the condition of CNIC copy being provided by the consumers. Presently, extensive monitoring of the “SIM Information System – 668” is being carried out after its successful deployment throughout the country. In view...
We had Already covered Mobilink offered 668 Complaint Form. This Time Zong come up with the same thing, if number of Zong SIMs issued against your NIC is wrong, as per PTA 668 service, contact Zong via Complaint Form and you will get your issue solved. Procedure is same as previously described. Following is the simple ......
Days back we seen when PTA introduced 668 Service, came up with a lot wrong information. Stats showed many a connections issued against one person's NIC while they claimed to have only one or two. PTA asked to visit respective customer service centers to get your data corrected. Here Mobilink launches online complaint form for ......
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) have joind hands to setup a new framework for the promotion of mobile banking in Pakistan. A meeting held between Syed Salima Raza - Governor State Bank of Pakistan and Muhammad Yaseen - Chairman PTA, at SBP Karachi. Both the authorities agreed to setup ......
PTA in a meeting with representatives of cellular companies, authority did not object over the withdrawal of SMS packages during Eid by leading operators, and said that value-added services offered by mobile operators such as SMS are un-regulated services in terms of pricing and validity. Official statement issued by PTA said that bundled packages...
The Inspector General of Police NWFP, Malik Naveed Khan has once again urged the mobile phone customers to verify the ownership of their SIM cards as soon as possible for their safety and in the larger interest of the country. In a statement issued from Central Police Offices Peshawar here on Monday, the IGP revealed ......
According to PTA, import of cellular handsets decease by 66 percent falling to a total of $130 million which was previously $446 million. Since the duty of Rs. 500 has been imposed by government on each handset, the grapgh has a big fall down showing the clear trend of public. The regulatory duty applied was previously ......
The growth in cellular phone subscribers remained sluggish amidst aggressive marketing efforts of the operators, showing addition of only 1.561 million connections in the last three months. According to the latest subscriber’s data updated by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the cellular phone users’ base widened to 95.90 million by...
The State Bank of Pakistan and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority have agreed to introduce a unified regulatory framework for enhancing mobile banking in the country. It has been decided to set up a ‘Joint Regulatory Committee,’ according to a ‘Joint Statement’ released after a meeting held at SBP, Karachi between State Bank of Pakistan...
Internet service providers (ISPs) in Islamabad have registered complaints with the ministry of information technology against what they called ‘unfair’ market practices and ‘unreasonable’ policies. ‘Blocking voice packages on internet indiscriminately’ topped their list of worries. ‘The authority has been blocking internet IP addresses...
Around 1.5 million SIMs have been removed from the names of mobile subscribers while around 1,34,000 irregular SIMs have been regularised after the correction of relevant data. PTA official informed APP on Friday that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked more than 85,000 irregular SIMs since the launch of SIM Information System...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR3C), launched crack down against illegal telecom operation at Mansehra and Batagram and arrested two persons, one at each place. A person named Tahir Khalil, owner of the Abasin Link Franchise, Batagram was arrested on the...
