According to an official from PTA, there is an increase of about 34% of cellular tele-density in Balochistan as compared to that of 2002, when it was about 0.17%. Chairman PTA, Dr. Muhammad Yasin said that there’s a sudden growth in total tele-density from 28.6% in 2008 to 36.86% in May 2010. He also mentioned an increase of 600% mobile phone users. There were about 13000 mobile users in Balochistan in 2002. And in May, 2010 there are...

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is holding a Telecom Consumer Forum with the theme “Together for Consumer Rights” in Quetta on July 8, 2010. State Minister for Industries and Production Dr Ayatollah Durrani will be the chief guest on this occasion, while Chairman PTA Dr Mohammed Yaseen will preside over the forum. Representatives from the IT & telecom industry, telecom consumer groups, renowned social workers and...

In a recent announcement, PTA has asked all those cellular subscribers (belonging to any company) to update their SIM registration to computerized National Identification Card (NIC). PTA says that old NIC is not a valid documentation and you must update your SIM registration with the new computerized NIC from the nearest customer services center. All those subscribers, who have old NIC in their records, will be notified about the change...

The court previously ordered PTA to ban 12 websites including search engines which are of extreme importance to students, researchers, lawyers, think tanks, doctors, engineers, architectures and a lot of people hailing from other professions. Most judges on principal seat in Lahore decreed that in case of any offensive material, only the specific links would only be blocked instead of entire websites. Yesterday, Lahore High Court’s...

Is PTA trying to intercept telephone traffic? Two weeks earlier Pakistan Telecommunication Authority suddenly announced the news of telecommunication traffic monitoring, and drafted a regulation called “Monitoring and Reconciliation of Telephony Traffic Regulations, 2009”. PTA ordered all network providers to install such systems that make telephone traffic monitoring possible. Instruction goes as follows: All landing station and...

Pakistan Government caring for car owners by providing GPS vehicle tracking system: Pakistan government in collaboration with Pakistan telecommunication authority (PTA) has started online car tracking system, few years back. Government has taken such outstanding step in order to take a firm grip over ever increasing car stealing activities and to execute this wonderful plan PTA started installation of GPS devices in vehicles. Few...