Tag: Pta

PTA directs operators to block obscene SMS

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed all telecom operators to censor obscene, indecent, false and fabricated content transmitted through short message service (SMS), however,...

NADRA launches Free SMS Service for verification

National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has launched a mobile SMS service in collaboration with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and all operating telecom companies...

Pakistan, Indonesia agree to sign PTA agreement

Pakistan and Indonesia have agreed to sign Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) under which both countries would enjoy market access on a preferential rate. The...

PTA determining consumer perception

Instead of strengthening its enforcement through the quality of service parameter, the telecom sector regulator, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has come up with a...

Fall in PTA’s margins temporary: Analysts

On account of better cotton arrival, lint prices witnessed its second round of easing that was further amplified by the recent plunge in commodity...

PTA to formulate national broadband strategy

Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Mohammed Yaseen on Monday said that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani had directed the ministry of information...

PTA suggests Rs80b USF for broadband proliferation

Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Dr. Mohammed Yaseen has proposed to the government that Rs80 billion funds generated under the Universal Service Fund (USF) should...

PTA ensures safety against spamming

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday took strong notice of the generation of spamming from individual mobile subscriptions and short codes causing nuisance...

PTA seizes illegal telecom setup

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) alongwith Federal Investigation agency (FIA) conducted a successful raid in Multan and seized three operational VoIP Gateways. According to details,...

PTA signs MOUS With CASE and IST for mutual cooperation

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Center for Advance Studies and Engineering (CASE) and Institute of Space Technology...

PTA blocks 16m unregistered SIMS

Around 16 million unregistered mobile SIMS have been blocked in the country, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Dr Yaseen said on Thursday. Addressing media at...

PTA blocks 16 million unregistered SIMS

Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Yaseen has said that some 16 million unregistered mobile SIMS have been blocked in the country While talking...

Chairman PTA gets Best Regulatory Leadership Award

In recognition of his significant contributions for the proliferation of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the country, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Dr. Mohammed...

PTA awards gold medals to best research projects

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has awarded gold medals with cash prizes to the students of two best research projects in IT & Telecom for...

PTA rescinds suspension of LDI operator licenses

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued orders rescinding the license suspension notices of 3 LDI Operators issued by the authority on June 30 2011,...

Lotte PTA expanding Port Qasim plant

Lotte Pakistan is in the process of expanding its PTA plant located at Port Qasim in hopes that the Pakistan government will accede to...

Audit highlights incompetence of PTA

At a time when the government is taking desperate measures to bridge the fiscal deficit by offering exchangeable bonds of Rs50 billion of its...