PTA has notified the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for making
difference of blacklist and whitelist IP addresses used by various service providers.
The directives issued by the authority recently stated hat white list would be the list of IP addresses maintained of service providers for the purpose of allowing them for using VoIP services.
The list will be maintained by the Vigilance Directorate of PTA and will contain the IPs reported by PTA licensed operators authorized by the government of Pakistan.
As per current rules, regulations, government policies and the VoIP clarification issued by PTA, any IP address would be included in the white list which fulfills different criteria and terms of engagements under regulations and formats.
The detection of any commercial VoIP service on thsee IPs will render them a candidate for permanent blocking in-addition to action against the concerned CVAS licensee/CMO, PTA warned.
Visit http://www.pta.gov.pk/media/sop_white_list_2012.pdf for details of the instructions.
