ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) As part of the government’s National Action Plan against terrorism, the cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have processed more than half of 103 million Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards using the biometric verification system (BVS) by February 15, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) revealed on Tuesday. Since theRead More →
UPDATED…..SIMs re-verification Till 15 feb, 2015: After the launching of the campaign of Biometric Verification System (BVS), so far 47.4 million SIMs has been verified, against 35.6 million CNIC, while 5.6 million SIMs were blocked so far. 26th February is dead line. Mobile subscribers till December 2014 135.76 million.Read More →
UPDATED…. Latest news more than 30 million Sims have been verified till Monday. ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) According the official statement, 25.5 million SIMs have been verified so far, including 8,747,777 Telenor, 7,055,753 Mobilink, 4,186,141 Zong, 3,544,538 Ufone and 2,005,789 Warid SIMs. SIM re-verification process will change the numberRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Nadra system it seems to have failed to face the first pressure after awareness of SIM reverification was started by telcos on electronic and social media. It was shocking for many stakeholders that the process nearly overwhelmed NADRA capacity. The main question that everyone wantsRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Mobilink has launched a country-wide SIM re-verification drive for the journalist fraternity of Pakistan by setting up Biometric Re-Verification kiosks at Karachi, Islamabad, Abbottabad, Faisalabad, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra and Bahawalpur Press Clubs. The kiosks were set as a means to facilitate and encourage journalists, their friendsRead More →
ISLAMABAD (ABRAR MUSTAFA) An important meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday in Pakistan Telecom Authority, Islamabad. This meeting will discuss Overseas Pakistani SIMs re-verification issue. More than 0.8 million overseas SIMs are being actively used on international roaming. According to the SOPs issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority thereRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) In first ten days 30 to 40% of SIMs across the country have been re-verified with biometric system. 140 million consumers exist in the country as per record of PTA. Another source informed TelecoAlert.com that the authority has received three million SIMs record after re-verificationRead More →
ISLAMABAD (ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Pakistan Telecom Authority issued Draft of SOP for re-verification of all Sims with in 90 Days. As per guide line No new SIM sales shall be made through Retailers and Temporary Outlets during 91 days of exercise so that efforts can be concentrated on re-verification processRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) A working group constituted by interior ministry and comprising members from interior and information technology ministries, mobile phone operators, Nadra, the Federal Investigation Authority, Intelligence Bureau and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) began verifying over 100 million unverified SIMs (subscriber identification modules) on Monday, PTA chief saidRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The SIMs re-verification is slated to begin from day after tomorrow as Pakistan Telecom Authority is to share standard of Procedure ( SoP ) with Telcos on Thursday. The Sop were expected to be shared on the previous weekend and were then expected on Monday.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Telecom companies are awaiting guidelines from Pakistan Telecom Authority regarding SIM re-verification. After long discussions between Interior Ministry and Telecom companies it was decided that re-verification of SIMs process will be completed within 90 days. It was expected that the re-verification process will start fromRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Ch Nisar Ali Khan announced today that 90 days schedule have been identified and agreed to for the verification of the 10 crore un-verified SIMs As reported earlier, Telecom companies will be starting to block and re verify SIMs across the country within 90 days.Read More →