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PTA blocks 0.2m IP addresses in fresh drive against grey traffic

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KARACHI: One month into operation, the newly acquired grey traffic monitoring equipment seems to have enabled the telecom regulator to cause some serious damage to gateway exchanges involved in grey traffic – illegal termination of international calls landing in Pakistan. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked more than 200,000 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, 1,382 mobile SIMs […]


Minister wants check on grey trafficking

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ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rehman on Thursday directed the agencies concerned to control grey trafficking in the country. The practice of making long distance calls through illegal means from the country is known as grey trafficking. “Grey trafficking should be controlled at the earliest and those allegedly involved in […]