Internet slowdown to end in Oct: PTA chairman

Talking to reporters, he said there has been 93% compliance of social media besides X
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Chairman Major General (retd) Hafeezur Rahman has said that the authority has no ability to sluggish sown the net and the problem will cease via stop of October.

Talking to newshounds, he said there was 93% compliance of social media besides X. “The decision to shut X is that of the federal government. We will open it while the authorities asks for it. Our compliance rate from X may be very excessive however it only complies with 27%,” he added. The PTA chairman stated that during 2023, the net changed into close down 116 instances in India at the same time as it turned into shut down seven instances in Pakistan. “I do not protect net shutdown but country wide protection is a priority. This time on Muharram 10, the cell carrier become not widely shut down. The net provider changed into close down in sure regions simplest at certain instances.”

He maintained, “The cell service became suspended in Bangladesh at some stage in the elections as every u . S . Has its very own security situation. The choice of shutdown is based totally on intelligence reviews. Mobile records is presently blocked in Panjgur due to safety and no security enterprise at once writes to us. There became a request to close down the mobile carrier in the course of the MDCAT examination which become rejected.”

He delivered that he had written to all social media platforms to use AI to block unlawful content. “We had adversarial blocking SIMS on FBR orders and it made its very own arrangement with telecom corporations. No doubt the GSM provider is terrible, India has 470 MHz spectrum. Pakistan has 274 MHz spectrum and call drop will cease after 5G public sale. Pakistan has a hundred and sixty,000 km of fiber and 4G service pleasant can even enhance on 5G spectrum, while 5G auction could be held in April subsequent year,” he introduced.