Skype has published a free mobile application for Symbian in the Ovi Store, which is going to enable over 200 million Nokia handset users to easily download the program and start making free Skype-to-Skype calls from their phones. Skype for Symbian, which you can download straight from the Skype website, will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian^1,...
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...
Internet service providers (ISPs) in Islamabad have registered complaints with the ministry of information technology against what they called ‘unfair’ market practices and ‘unreasonable’ policies. ‘Blocking voice packages on internet indiscriminately’ topped their list of worries. ‘The authority has been blocking internet IP addresses...
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) 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...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in collaboration with Federal investigation Agency (FIA) officials has busted five illegal international gateway exchanges in residential areas of Islamabad and Karachi in the last few weeks. This initiative is a part of the pursuance of its efforts against illegal telecom traffic. PTA detected illegal set-ups...
In response to PTA’s directive, Internet service Providers of Pakistan have responded to PTA negatively – and said that that they cannot monitor voice traffic over their networks, due to lack of infrastructure. It merits mentioning Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had asked all Internet Service Providers to ensure that their bandwidth is not...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has asked all Internet Service Providers to ensure that their bandwidth is not used for voice or VoIP for any other un-authorized purpose, told us a high level official at PTA. Moreover, ISPs were directed to take strict action against the customers involved in such illegal acts – and such instances should be reported...
Post by Farhan Chawla Voice over IP is nothing new in Pakistan from – VOIP has played an important role for people to stay close to those who are far away from them. In the current times when life is becoming more mobile, keeping oneself attached to PC, is very cumbersome and the increasing power crises in the country makes it more difficult to...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has issued a clarification over the use of IP telephony services. Apparently, PTA observed that IP Telephony services on managed networks or public Internet are being provided by the licensees outside the scope of their licenses. The Authority, therefore, deems it expedient to issue a clarification to remove the...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is now capable of automated blocking of Internet Protocol Addresses (IPs), that carry illegal voice traffic that is termination and/or origination of voice packets in a bid to check grey traffic flowing into the country, as reported in ‘The News’ PTA says that the facility will be operational within the...
