PTA denies being responsible for disruption in Amazon Web Services

Since a few days there have been speculations circulating on social media platforms that PTA is responsible for the disruption in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced by some users. Some have even connected the issue with that of the recent ban on PUBG.

In response to these PTA issued an official statement today denying that the two are connected and that the authority has anything to do with the disruption.

“The ban on PUBG is in place since 10 July whereas AWS users faced issues reportedly on 23 July. Complaints received by operators from AWS users also show that they experienced intermittent accessibility issues and not complete blocking of AWS IPs or services. Furthermore, this phenomenon was not specific to Pakistan only but users in other countries including United States also experienced similar issues. PTA has already clarified the matter through its social media accounts as well when this trend was first seen on social media.”

https://pk.mashable.com/tech/4365/pta-denies-being-responsible-for-disruption-in-amazon-web-services

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PTA further extends the deadline for VPN registration on the recommendation of industry experts

For sometime now there has been a lot of speculation around PTA blocking VPNs. Though Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), has announced that the registration process has been made compulsory and the process has been initiated, the authority is not blocking them at the moment.

https://pk.mashable.com/tech/4413/pta-further-extends-the-deadline-for-vpn-registration-on-the-recommendation-of-industry-experts

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