PTA Warns to Dismantle Illegal Mobile Phone Jammers | InfoZonePK

PTA has warned against the installment, supplies and imports of mobile phone jammers in different places and asked to dismantle them at the earliest before any legal action by the authority.

The authority has also directed all traders of telecom equipments not to imports mobile phon jammers without prior ermission of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT).

However, the telecom watchdog may authorize any comany or individual for setup jammers and imports its equipments as per policy.

The telecom watchdog has been witnessed to carry out a continuous drive against installment of illegal jammers that block frequency of GSM-enable mobile phones services in the installed surrounding areas, affecting quality of service of mobile phone operators in the particular region.

It has been witnessed that mobile phone jammershave been equipped in mosques, educational institutions, hospitals for avoiding ringtone noises and loud verbal communication. Moreover commercial banks at large setup jammers for security purposes in the wake of increasing bank heist in the commercial area.

Last days car lifter was caught in Chakwal, who used Mobile Phone Jammers installed in Car Lifter to jam the GSM-Tracking system in the car.

These jamming instruments crate its waves cyce disables frequencies of GSM networks within certain areas, resulting mobile sets fail to accept signals of celular services.

Analysts said the jammers coverage areas vary from half to two kilometer – mostly depending on the environment and frequencies of the GSM networks.