Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is working on preparing SOPs to stop sale of free SIMs from mobile phone companies in Pakistan.
This was stated by Dr. Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA during a Senate’s standing Committee meeting on Information Technology and Telecom.
It may be recalled that mobile phone companies, during their promotions, also indulge in giving out SIMs to customers free of charge.
Chairman PTA explained during the meeting that all new sales are now carried out through biometric verification system. Despite this, new SIMs are being sold in the market without any price.
Such SIMs, that are totally free, come with free balance of Rs. 50 to Rs. 75 as well, said the Chairman.
The committee was chaired by Senator Talha Mehmood, who showed his concerns over the matter and asked why and how cellular companies continue to sell free SIMs.
Chairman PTA responded to the question by mentioning that mobile phone companies tend to sell mobile SIMs free of cost to add their subscriptions. Dr. Ismail also revealed that cellular companies absorb Rs. 200 loss on sale of each SIM card.
The Chairman also noted that customers discard SIM cards after using its free balance.
It maybe recalled that all new SIMs are sold after biometric verification system. Moreover, one CNIC holder can not have more than five SIMs on his/her name.
When discarding a SIM (after using up its free balance), customers have to remove the ownership of SIMs before acquiring a new SIM card. This is because the total number of SIMs registered against one CNIC can not exceed the allow limit of 5 SIMs per CNIC.
Mobile phone companies, to retain customers and to recover part of the costs, charge a fee when SIMs are removed from customers’ CNIC.
Companies ki marzi woh free dain ya paise lain PTA wale kon hote han puchne wale?
companies ky license documents mn ya bat complitely metion ke gae hy ky wo authoity ke recommendations ko complete falow ot krian gy
but kyun ?
bcz jb b koi crime hota hy to letters PTA ko aty hn.. bcz it is authority
to aisa kiya crime hai muft bechna?
PTI ko baki crime nazar nhi ate? 15 paisa on every call? 25 paisa on balance check? dunya k kon se mulk me balance check krne per charge hota hai? Kon se mulk me delivery reports k weekly charges hain? Kon se mulk me every call per set up charges lagta hai?
agree , PTA should work on quality and billing fraud these companies are doing
abvously
Issuing free SIM and then charging fee to remove against the CNIC… both seems logical.
Could not get the point why to stop this?
i think many people dont remove used free sim, and just throw away, so terrorist can use. . . . . :-D
So no CNIC is needed in this case. No wonder the terrorists are still able to get SIMs for free in Pakistan.
The CEOs of these top companies should be be arrested for treason.
Bhai, these free sims also needs to be verified through biometric. how come that be used by others?
Phir kaha jata hai k Cellular companies k profit kam ho rahy hain!
Lol…even though if it is at 500pkr…if some1 want to misuse it he can pay any price…i dsnt matter if all are registered
sims should be free low cost mobile be free and voice calls be free they should start earning on data usage ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Ufone charges rupees 250 for removing sim against the cnic, just did it yesterday
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Dear Any link of PTA notification regarding Sim sale Price