PTA Suspends the Grant of CVAS License Applications

The Authority issued a statement that maintains PTA has suspended/ stopped the grant of CVAS License applications for Data and Voice (excluding Vehicle Tracking Services) in Pakistan and AJ&K and GB with effect from 22nd October 2019 for a period of six (6) months.

Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has suspended/ stopped the grant of CVAS License applications for Data and Voice (excluding Vehicle Tracking Services) in Pakistan and AJ&K and GB with effect from 22nd October 2019 for a period of six (6) months.

PTA Suspends the Grant of CVAS License Applications

PTA will not be accepting any such applications till 15th April 2020. However, Data CVAS License for Vehicle Tracking Services and CVAS Registration applications will continue to be received and processed by PTA as per the procedure for award of licenses.

For readers’ information, the Class Value Added Services has become so important in the post-deregulation era. In Pakistan, PTA had been following the pattern of issuing a license for every value-added service in the past. On the other hand, there existed some services that had gone unnoticed.

Class Value Added Licensed Service (CVALS) regime consists of only two types of licenses i.e. A Data type and a Voice type.

All class value-added licensed and registered services can only be provided through mutual interconnects and marketing agreements with Local Loop Operators, Long Distance and International Operators, Infrastructure operators and Cellular Operators,
with PTCL included.

Source: PTA

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