Telcos are Yet to Submit Compliance Report for PTA’s Directive on Chat Rooms

Cellular companies have not submitted any compliance reports to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority regarding a directive that was issued last week by authority on chat room services.

PTA had directed the operators to stop chat rooms immediately and to submit compliance report by September 2nd, 2013.

Govt to Advertise PTA Members Jobs Again, Interim Chairman Likely to be Appointed This week

Government of Pakistan will advertise the jobs for the Chairman and Members of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority afresh, while an interim chairman for the authority is likely to be appointed during the on-going week.

This was stated by a deputy attorney general and IT Ministry’s counsel in Lahore High Court last week when a petition challenging the advertisement of Chairman and Members of PTA was being heard court.

Update: Voice and SMS Packages to Continue, Only Chat Rooms to End

It appears that the telecom sector was yesterday stormed with the biggest ever mis-understanding, as a directive coming from PTA ordered telecom operators to dis-continue Voice and SMS Packages. Same was interpreted by media and the telecom operators with whom we had confirmed the directive.

However, it is now emerging that that only voice and SMS chat rooms are to get blocked, and the usual SMS bundles and voice bundles that telecom companies offer are going to remain intact.

Breaking: PTA Orders Telcos to Stop All Kind of Voice and SMS Packages

Yes, you read it right. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has directed all telecom operators to dis-continue all kind of voice and SMS bundles that are offered for any time of the day.

Telecom companies are asked to stop all kind of Voice and SMS bundles, that include daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly packages by September 2nd, 2013 and submit a compliance report to the authority.

The letter from PTA, a copy of which is produced below, has made the social morality as a reason for the stoppage of voice and SMS bundles. The letter that reads “Directive Relating to Packages Offered by CMTOs Contrary to Moral Values of Society” reasons a survey conducted in November 2012 which suggested PTA that voice and SMS bundles were still active.

PTA Urges Removal of Illegal Mobile Jammers

In view of service problems faced by consumers, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has asked all the users of illegal jammers to remove the unauthorized devices immediately otherwise action will be initiated against violator as per Pakistan Telecom (Re-Organization) Act 1996.

It has been repeatedly informed that jammer(s) installed in public and private places across Pakistan are causing problem in cellular mobile networks and their Quality of Service. Those jammers seriously impact the service quality and resultantly increase the dissatisfied customers and complaints.