PTA Blocks 200,000 IPs, Thousands of SIMs and Devices, to Control Grey Traffic

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority

Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has said that it blocked more than 200,000 Inernet Protocl (IP) addreses, 1,382 mobile SIMs and 3160 phones/devices through their International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers during last one month.

A statement issued by the regulator said that the grey monitoring system has been operational since early October 2013 and has the capability to automatically block those IPs – carrying VoIP traffic — which are not in the PTA’s whitelist.

Furthermore, after the installation of Grey Traffic monitoring equipment, as per the directions of Grey Traffic Monitoring Committee, PTA has conducted an extensive audit of the whitelist IPs. Now whitelisting of IPs is being done after a very stringent check and a strict SOP has been made in this regard.

As a result the IP whitelist has been rationalized and reduced from 51000 to 10,360.

In addition to this, PTA has launched a 24/7 complaint centre. Complainants can lodge their complaints through email ( [email protected] ), toll free phone (080055055), fax (051-2878127) and free sms (668) wherein they can report numbers in case any local number appears when receiving an international call.

Through this facility 1944 complaints have been received till date. The numbers reported are not only blocked, but are also analyzed for legal action.

In a recent case, grey traffic was detected by PTA and on further analysis it was established that a LDI (Long Distance and International) operator M/s Wise Communication (Pvt) Ltd. was involved in grey traffic.

A joint raid was conducted by PTA and FIA and illegal terminating equipment was confiscated and culprits apprehended.As per initial estimates a total of 11 Million minutes per month were being illegally brought into Pakistan by Wise Communication (Pvt) Ltd. In another two successful raids conducted in Karachi, PTA along with FIA confiscated nine (09) gateways.


  • Yar PTA waly wo international calls per tax b khtm nai kar rahy phe grey trafic b block kar rahy hian tu hum kasy appno ko calls karin gy bhir se? hume tu expensive parti han na calls

    • jo paisa aap kamaty ho, us sy call karoo
      Ya phir koi trust khola jaye aap jaisy faqeroon k call k lye ;p

      • If we stop sending remittances to Pakistan, don’t forget Pakistani economy will collapse as well as business activity in Pakistan. Don’t be so thankless like every government, PTA and many others. We send billions of dollars not only to our families but for Pakistan, otherwise we can do business here and can have more returns on investment with safety.

        • First of All Mr.Ali Salman Pakistani pplz very thankful to you all that you sending remittances to pakistan otherwise our hospitals,schools,roads,electricity,sui gas,water and value of rupee also come down in short everything come in crisis we enjoying very much just because of your remittances its not fair that government increase call rates for foreigners and decrease for local calls.:)

    • yar yahan pakistan mein jo rate barh jaye phr usi py he guzara karo. other alternative is skype

      • The cost of calls is ARTIFICIALLY HIGH on purpose by our own government. It is MUCH MUCH higher than the actual cost of the equipment, bandwidth, phone lines, etc etc.

        The cost has nothing whatso ever to do with inflation or rates in Pakistan. People with licences are earning crores per month in profit. Even cutting the price of calls by 50% will not affect quality of calls.

        Do you even understand “cartelisation” term???

  • Aisi cheezon mein barray active hain ye haram khor, jab ke 3G mein koi pesh-raft mein maut pari hui hai 10 saalon se. Those dinosaurs at PTA who are bent on keeping the 20th century technology in order to preserve their revenue streams need to be thrown out so Pakistan can move into the future.

  • Meray khayal main abhi pak main VOIP open hai. Meray paas pak main aik US ka number hai jis ko main dial kar sakta hoon. PTA iss per kuch ban laga rahi hai? koi Fine/Panelty wala scene to nahi honay wala? Please respond. Thanks.

  • bhai jaan jis tarah pakistani goverment 2 number kam me sab se agay he istarah pakistani awam bhi koi na koi rasta nikal legi inke hutkandoo se karle kuch bhi pakistani goverment chaye gray traffic block karey chaye isp par pakistani awam bhi bewaqoof nahi unke pass bhi bhaut rastey he bus tora sa dimag chalao raste khud nikal ayege

  • Great Work PTA just a big drama grey traffic still exist in short increase these monkeys just playing with legal users i know lot of call center’s ip’s block due to this because transworld not forward there request to white-listed there ips and 2nd grey traffic pplz using tunnels and using another port rather than voice port they are smart enough than these donkeys are they just coming for photo shoots. can someone ask miss rehman what is layer 2 vpn and how you will deduct it she surely run for her secretary to ask the answer and he will run to some private firm engineer :) God bless Pakistan

  • Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has said that it blocked more than
    200,000 Inernet Protocl (IP) addreses, 1,382 mobile SIMs and 3160
    phones/devices through their International Mobile Equipment Identity
    (IMEI) numbers during last one month

    OMG atlease 100000 unregistered sims surely using for grey traffic and they happy they blocked 1382 mobile sims :)

  • o bhai yah sab bagrat han jin logon nay gray trafic chalane hote hay pta un ko khood spot karta hay even fia ke protection me kam hota hay me yahan Lahore me takreban 5 asay unets janta hon jahan gray servers lagay han or rorana lakhon rupee ke trafic hote hay or FIA k director ke patee sath he hote hay hahahahahah agar kise ko janja ho to rabita karan my cell number 03234099831


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