• September 20, 2013
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)’s orders to crack down on “immoral” love chat services offered by mobile phone companies has only been compiled with by one cellular company, The News has learnt. The regulator tightened the ban late last month, ordering telecommunication companies to scrap immediately “all kinds of chat services, irrespective of the […]

• September 1, 2013
• Information Technology

IT was a move that left many scratching their heads in disbelief in the first place, and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has just made it worse. Last year, the PTA issued a directive to cellular mobile operators that late-night talk and SMS packages offered at cheap rates be curtailed because it was an issue of […]

• August 31, 2013
• Freedom of Expression

THE PTA has created further confusion among those who are already paying heavy taxes on mobile usage. The orders appeared on the web. The most important matter for the PTA to look into right now is unregistered SIMs upon which action has been sought for quite some time. Unregistered SIMs are blatantly used by gangsters […]