Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has taken serious note of providing illegal internet services by unlicensed third parties, which is harming the business of licensees.
Official documents available with ProPakistani revealed that these unlicensed parties try to produce various agreements with licensees to cover up the illegal business.
In order to eradicate this deep-rooted mushroom growth of the illegal provision of internet services, PTA has chalked out guidelines for FLL and CVAS licensees for providing internet services through agreements.
All FLL and CVAS licensees are required to revise their existing agreements and sign new agreements as per the following conditions:
All licensed operators shall be responsible for reporting the revenue on yearly basis to PTA generated through each contracted party.
Above in view, a three-month grace period is being given to all FLL and CVAS licensees for the correction of anomalies in contracts. After the expiry of said period, PTA will start a nationwide survey and enforcement action will be taken on any breach of the above guidelines.
However, the grace period will not stop PTA to initiate action under section 31 of the Act.