PTA Launches Physical Inspections of Telecom Tower Power Backups to Ensure Uninterrupted Mobile Services.
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority launches physical inspections of backup power systems at telecom towers nationwide to mitigate load shedding disruptions. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has initiated the nationwide physical inspections of power backup systems at cellular telecom towers to ensure an uninterrupted mobile and internet services during grid load shedding. Inspection teams deployed across PTA zonal offices including Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, and Muzaffarabad are thoroughly evaluating on site generators, battery banks, and solar configurations. Operating under directives from The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Maj. Gen. Hafeez Ur Rehman (Retd), the initiative involves local stakeholder coordination to identify and resolve connectivity bottlenecks in both urban centers and rural off-grid pockets. This comes alongside parallel efforts by the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication to address structural reliability concerns across critical telecom infrastructure.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has begun physical checks of power backup arrangements at telecom towers to help maintain mobile services during power outages.
Teams from PTA’s zonal offices in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Multan, Faisalabad and Muzaffarabad have started visiting towers in urban and rural areas in their Zones. They are checking batteries, generators and solar power systems, with particular attention to areas affected by load shedding.
Local representatives and their nominees have accompanied the teams to identify places where mobile signals become weak or services are unavailable during power outages. The PTA chairman Maj. Gen. Hafeez Ur Rehman (Retired), HI (M), SI has directed zonal offices to continue the checks regularly.
