Dear Pakistani mobile phone operators, do you have any shame?

[fitpOsitive]

So I am suffering with this problem since I bought a Pakistani mobile Sim card, but only recently started to getting annoyed with it.
I receive 4 to 5 advertisement messages from my mobile phone operator daily. Almost alway have to come and check out my message box in my mobile.
I never subscribed to such advertisements. Why I and other Pakistanis are shamelessly bombarded with such useless peace of annoying art? Can PTA do anything about it?

 

[lastofthepatriots]

So I am suffering with this problem since I bought a Pakistani mobile Sim card, but only recently started to getting annoyed with it.
I receive 4 to 5 advertisement messages from my mobile phone operator. Almost alway have to come and check out my message box in my mobile.
I never subscribed to such advertisements. Why I and other Pakistanis are shamelessly bombarded with such useless peace of annoying art? Can PTA do anything about it?

That’s nothing. When I went to lahore I started getting whatsapp messages for massage parlors.

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

This is really huge problem
I have Jazz and Zong sims.
Ye a$$holes jan hi nahi chorte
Har waqt koi na koi message karte rehte hain.

 

[cocomo]

Have you tried calling their help center and asking them to unsubscribe to any ads/promotions. That may work.

 

[MisterSyed]

So I am suffering with this problem since I bought a Pakistani mobile Sim card, but only recently started to getting annoyed with it.
I receive 4 to 5 advertisement messages from my mobile phone operator. Almost alway have to come and check out my message box in my mobile.
I never subscribed to such advertisements. Why I and other Pakistanis are shamelessly bombarded with such useless peace of annoying art? Can PTA do anything about it?

Wow , I have never experienced any thing like this... Which Operator are you using right now?

 

[Catalystic]

Last week i kept getting phine calls from lahore (I’m in Islamabad) from JAZZ selling me some type of health/life insurance. Told them to take my number off their list
Daily these companies send so many ad msgs to extract even more money from people…..

Ye haramzaday ab sehat aur bima policy baichainge jabke when thry can’t even fix quality of their networks

 

[RealNapster]

So I am suffering with this problem since I bought a Pakistani mobile Sim card, but only recently started to getting annoyed with it.
I receive 4 to 5 advertisement messages from my mobile phone operator. Almost alway have to come and check out my message box in my mobile.
I never subscribed to such advertisements. Why I and other Pakistanis are shamelessly bombarded with such useless peace of annoying art? Can PTA do anything about it?

Well I faced same issue with my ufone SIM. But then there was a code which you have to send some text to. And after that all the promotional message blocked and since then I don't recieve any promotional texts from ufone.

You should look for the code on internet. Use relevent keywords..

"How to block /unsubscribe promotional text from ufone/song etc".

 

[Catalystic]

Well I faced same issue with my ufone SIM. But then there was a code which you have to send some text to. And after that all the promotional message blocked and since then I don't recieve any promotional texts from ufone.

You should look for the code on internet. Use relevent keywords..

"How to block /unsubscribe promotional text from ufone/song etc".

Doesn’t work on Jazz at all….tried it several times its bullshit

 

[crigar]

A few years back, a suicide bomber was also killed by this ad message when his mobile phone attached bomb goes off on receiving an ad msg.
You guys are lucky I receive phone calls from these assh*les every other day.

 

[RescueRanger]

This is a real problem with pre paid SIM card numbers the shop keepers sell the numbers on the back of the sim jacket to marketing companies.

Always buy your SIM card from a regional retail sales office or authorised franchise - if you are still receiving the spam messaging here is the process to report them to PTA:

 

[Catalystic]

That PTA number 9000 doesn’t work, says service not available

 

[RescueRanger]

That PTA number 9000 doesn’t work, says service not available

If your sms failed to get through - don’t worry - send it and then take your phone with the non deliverable message to an official retail office for your telco provider - by law they have to take the report from you and replace your number and block the offending number

 

[RescueRanger]

The worst are the flash messages, which are supposedly for emergencies only, will stop everything on your phone to display the message. This stuff should be illegal. Every scheme has its own number so no matter how many you add to the block list they keep coming. Then there are the endless scam messages and local businesses getting a hold of your number most probably from illegal means to advertise and so on. I remember when I applied to a university and gave them my no. every educational institute in the city started sending me messages, I think one even called, I'm not sure.

Yes bulk sms marketing is a major problem in Pakistan sadly.

 

[RescueRanger]

All of these little things add up to really hamper the quality of life in Pakistan. I have no doubt our national productivity takes a hit because of all these inconveniences.

It’s because there is no real control mechanism - I remember in 2005 when bulk sms was just coming out - even then it was a curse. 6/7 messages every day when your phone could only store 12 messages in its history.

 

[Falconless]

So I am suffering with this problem since I bought a Pakistani mobile Sim card, but only recently started to getting annoyed with it.
I receive 4 to 5 advertisement messages from my mobile phone operator. Almost alway have to come and check out my message box in my mobile.
I never subscribed to such advertisements. Why I and other Pakistanis are shamelessly bombarded with such useless peace of annoying art? Can PTA do anything about it?

The worst ones are when they use system alerts for advertisements, a system made for emergency government announcements.