How to use a SIM in a non-PTA approved phone? Consumers are forced to choose non-PTA mobile phones as smartphone prices have skyrocketed in Pakistan due to import restrictions and exorbitant PTA approval fees.
Pakistanis could buy any phone they wanted back then without any difficulties because PTA approval for phones was not a concept. But today, everything has changed.
After a phone is imported into Pakistan, it can be used with any SIM card for two months before the PTA disables it. Pakistani mobile marketplaces are currently swamped with Non-PTA phones as a result of store owners’ lack of concern for investing additional dollars for PTA clearance and their choice to let customers decide whether they wish to pay the hefty cost of PTA approval for using a SIM.
Because the sim on these phones expires after two months, people use a different phone to keep their sim active. Few people are aware that SIM cards are still supported by non-PTA phones.
Here’s how to use a SIM in a non-PTA approved phone
Customers can buy a SIM card from the SCOM mobile network and activate their number.
For those who are unaware, SCO launched the first GSM mobile services in Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan in 2004 under the name SCOM.
SCOM provides the area’s broadest network coverage with an equal footprint in rural and urban terrain in over 450 major cities, towns, and villages in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan, but it may also be used throughout the whole country.
SCOM SIM is not available everywhere, which is a drawback for inhabitants of other areas of Punjab. You can browse OLX or go to SCOM’s official website to order a sim because many individuals are selling SCOM connections online.
Since PTA-approved phones are now fairly pricey, many buy non-PTA phones, such as iPhones and other flagship models from Samsung, One Plus, Sony, Xiaomi, and other manufacturers. The sim on these unauthorized phones expires after two months, thus people are obliged to carry a second phone to keep their sim operational.
The PTA approval fee makes these phones significantly more expensive, despite the fact that they may appear to be less expensive at the time of purchase.
