Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has suspended the LDI license of Redtone Telecommunications (Pvt.) Ltd on account of concealment of minutes pertaining to the international incoming traffic.
According to the details Redtone Telecommunications was issued a Long Distance & International (LDI) license. Under the license conditions, the company was supposed to deposit Access Promotion Contribution (APC) for Universal Service Fund (USF) on the total number of minutes of international incoming traffic.
The details of international traffic (CDR) for the month of October 2009 provided by Redtone Telecommunications were compared with the CDR of licensee’s interconnect partner (access provider) and the analysis of these CDRs highlighted discrepancy in minutes terminated on mobile network which were not found in the licensee’s CDRs.
The decision was passed pursuant to the Show Cause Notice issued to the company by the Authority on March 1, 2010 in response to which the company could not satisfy the Authority during the hearing thus resulting in the immediate suspension of the LDI license of the company.
Lahore High Court suspends PTA’s order and restores Redtone’s LDI License
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had suspended the Long Distance International (LDI) License of Redtone Telecommunications Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. (Redtone) through its Enforcement Order dated 23.04.2010.
Through its lawyers, M/s Azam & Rai (Advocates & Legal Consultants), Redtone filed an Appeal (F.A.O. No. 81 of 2010) against the PTA’s Enforcement Order in the Rawalpindi Bench of the Hon’ble Lahore High Court on 26.04.2010 in which Redtone has challenged the suspension of its LDI License by the PTA on the grounds of it being, inter alia, illegal, discriminatory and arbitrary. While granting interim relief to Redtone, the Hon’ble Mr. Justice Asad Munir, vide his Order dated 27.04.2010, has suspended PTA’s Enforcement Order, thereby restoring Redtone’s LDI License.
Its serious action taken by PTA i agree that these kind of action should be taken because Pakistan Telecom have to improve its standard