It is proven that a single un-registered or illegally obtained SIM can turn out to be real test for a subscriber and/or for the cellular company. We have mentioned before that all the procedures adopted by PTA, till date, for eliminating the illegal SIMs in the market, were not 100 percent successful. For instance, PTA asked Telecom companies to block...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has penalized Ufone for selling SIMs without following SOP, told us sources at authority. Decision issued by PTA said that Ufone didn’t follow 789 Standard Operating Procedure for activating new SIMs, resulting sale of illegal SIMs, told the source. Determination said that one of illegal SIM sold by the company...
We came across another scam hitting Pakistani shores – this time with a new way. Scammers pose as representative of MTN of South Africa (a cellular company), and calls young professionals offering them very catchy jobs with hefty salaries. They pose as if MTN is going to start telecom services in Pakistan, and company is large scale hiring the workforce. When...
A Team of Cyber Crime Circle Rawalpindi/Islamabad, FIA Islamabad Zone smashes an illegal VoIP exchange in Islamabad. Mr. Tariq Hanif Joiya, PSP, who is currently the Director FIA Islamabad Zone, on a complaint filed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, ordered the registration of a case the perpetrators of an illegal business running for illegally...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has seized networks of illegal gateway exchanges in Karachi and Islamabad, which were causing loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer. PTA and FIA’s National Response Center for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) in Karachi and Islamabad launched crack down on the networks of illegal gateway exchanges and...
PTA has started the campaign to call the spade, a spade. They have asked the fellow countrymen to identify all those people who are busy in Grey Calling; through an advertisement it has said to notify the authority all those local numbers, which carry calls from international destinations. According to PTA, Grey Calling is a drain on national resources. Grey...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and FIA National Response Center for Cyber Crimes (NR3C), Islamabad has unearthed two illegal international VoIP gateway exchanges in F-6 and F-7 Islamabad. Three foreigners have been arrested during the seizure of these illegal exchanges. This initiative is a part of the pursuance of PTA efforts against illegal...
Virtual piracy isn’t just something that is popular in Pakistan; it is something that our society relies on for day to day work. From software piracy to video game piracy to movie and song piracy, it is present in Pakistan in all forms. The estimated percentage is 83%, which I fear has been highly under-estimated. For today’s article, I will solely...
We have plenty of Pakistani websites that host Talk Shows and other TV programmes on their servers to serve their visitors. The idea was actually liked when ex-President Musharraf banned many of news channels in his regime, and internet became only source of electronic information. One of such website has more than 2 years of TV programmes archives...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in its effort to curb the illegal termination of International Voice traffic has set up a grey traffic monitoring facility at Islamabad. Based on the information obtained through this system grey traffic activity was suspected in an area of Quetta. Acting on the information provided by PTA Headquarters further...
We had this news reported by “The News”, couple of weeks ago that FIA Raided and seized 3 illegal exchanges from F 11, Islamabad. We are told by reliable sources that these exchanges were being run by a Chinese group, which had Mr. Xu Kun as a member. Xu Kun was assistant to CEO, Zong, China Mobile for last one year. When we spoke with...
We all know that people on internet are legitimately earning thousands of dollars per month through Adsense – of course this is nothing new to you and we have discussed many case studies before on this topic. But today, I am going to reveal those individuals and teams which are exploiting youngsters to earn illegally through Adsense. These teams are...
Recently launched 789 system will prove itself as a master solution against all frauds related to cellular phones and unregistered SIMs. Many will agree with me that 789 will completely eliminate the chances of illegal SIMs. Though possibilities of SIM displacements and then its use for criminal activities will remain there but authorities can reach...
We know that cellular operators of Pakistan did their best in utilizing every possible channel for selling their connections, and for sure they succeeded in it. But during all this they didn’t focus much on verification of subscribers’ data that resulted in increased concerns of law enforcement agencies, as there were plenty of un-registered...
A van in remote villages of Abbottabad has sold low cost SIMs with price tag of Rs. 100/-. Poor people took this offer as a good opportunity and bought connections at said price without any CNIC. These SIMs had Rs 150 balance and 50 free SMS. But, after 2 weeks or so, a message appeared on their phones which read like this “As your SIMs is not properly...
