Karachi : A successful raid to seize illegal Gateway Exchange was conducted by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) along with Federal Intelligence Agency (FIA) in Lahore on Friday.
According to the details, PTA and FIA teams through combined efforts not only traced the exact location but also carried out raid in PMA Trade Centre, Ferozepur Road Lahore. One person running the setup was apprehended.
This successful raid, which was made possible because of continuous monitoring, shows the commitment and persistent efforts. PTA is putting in curbing menace of grey traffic. The confiscated illegal setup consists of gateways, switches, routers, and numbers of different SIM operators.
Moreover, the campaign against illegal telephony has resulted in blocking of more than 55,000 Mobile SIMs along with IMEIs.
It may be added that PTA with the state of the art monitoring facility is observing the international traffic coming into the country, round the clock. The aim of monitoring is to identify the illegal Gateway Exchanges and track the elements operating them. Such exchanges bring huge loss to the national exchequer as well as to the telecom industry. PPI
