May 24, 2011

Illegal SIMs to be blocked after May 17: PTA


STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has advised the mobile phone subscribers to visit Customer Service Centres (CSC) of concerned mobile operator to get their SIM data corrected if there is any discrepancy in their antecedents.
“PTA has sought subscribers’ cooperation in streamlining the SIMs data to achieve target of 100% corrected data,” said spokesman of the PTA in a statement.
He said that in this regard, the telecom authority has also directed cellular mobile operators to take all possible measures for the verifications of post and prepaid mobile connections of their subscribers within specified time period through “SIM information System 668”.

PTA introduced “SIM Information System 668” for the verification and correction of mobile SIMs data. Through this service subscriber can send his/her CNIC number to 668 through SMS and in return he/she would receive detail of total SIMs against his CNIC along with name of the mobile company.

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