SMS Services in Pakistan are Below Standards: PTA
Zainab SaeedLast Updated: Jan 1, 2021
According to the latest PTA’s survey, the SMS services provided by Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) in Pakistan are below the minimum required licensed standards. However. the data services provided by the CMOs are satisfactory and up to the mark. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has mentioned it in the independent cellular Quality of Service (QoS) Survey results of 4th Quarter (Q4) 2020, that it published on its official website.
SMS Services in Pakistan are Below Standards: PTA
Press Release: PTA has published independent cellular Quality of Service (QoS) Survey results of 4th Quarter (Q4) of 2020 on PTA website (https://t.co/Xdv212F9wL). pic.twitter.com/i2GOHpXQbi
Cellular Mobile Operators in the country are providing voice and SMS services below the minimum required licensed standards, a survey conducted by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority showed. AP/file
ISLAMABAD: Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) in the country are providing voice and SMS services below the minimum required licensed standards, a survey conducted by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) revealed.
Sharing details of the Independent Cellular Quality of Service (QoS) Survey for the fourth quarter of 2020 on Wednesday, the authority said that based on the findings, CMOs have been directed to rectify ‘identified anomalies’. The companies have been asked to take corrective measures for improvement of voice, SMS and data services up to the licensed standards within 30 days.
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>The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has published the results of the independent cellular Quality of Service (QoS) survey for the 4
th quarter of 2020. Based on the results of the survey, some Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) were found to be providing below standard services and have been ordered to take corrective measures for improvement of voice, SMS, and data services up to the licensed standards, within 30 days.
PTA used a newly procured automated QoS monitoring and benchmarking tool – “Smart-Benchmarker” from 23rd November to 11th December 2020 in Kabirwala, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, and Peshawar to measure the performance and service quality of 2G (GSM), 3G (UMTS / HSPA+) and 4G (LTE) of CMOs.
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