ISLAMABAD – Successful implementation of the new mobile phone registrationsystem by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has resulted in asignificant increase in the commercial import of mobile phones.
According to statistics from the media, the commercial import of mobilephones has increased by 110 percent in one year. In 2018, 9,564,424 mobilephones were imported, whereas, in 2019, the number stands at 19,834,465mobiles.
The documents say that a substantial decrease in illegal imports and thesmuggling of mobile phones were recorded.
At the local level, the production of mobile devices has been recorded withan increase of 72 percent. Since the introduction of the mobile phoneregistration, custom duties of more than Rs. 1.27 billion have beencollected.
The government has been taking steps to increase domestic manufacturing ofmobile phone devices as well.
PTA has blocked millions of devices with unregistered International MobileEquipment Identity (IMEI) numbers. The new system has helped the governmentgenerate revenue from the legal import of cellular phones.