Seventeen various assembly plants have produced 17.62 million Mobilelink handsets including 4G-enabled Smartphoneslink in Pakistan in the past two yearsto cater to the increasing local demand of the country.
According to the annual report of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority(PTA), these plants produced over 11 million mobile devices, including 4Gsmartphones in 2019, only. In the first nine months of 2020, the plantsassembled around 6.62 million devices, out of which 0.68 million were4G-enables devices.
The telecom regulatory under the ministry concerned has issued licenses to29 local assembly plants across the country, of which 17 plants areoperational at present.——————————
Some of the companies producing Mobile Phoneslink as local assemblers are Haier, Qmobile,Tecno, Mobo Mobiles, G5, and Jio Phone.
The increasing number of local assembling plants created healthycompetition among the market players. Furthermore, this reduced the burdenof imports bill from the overall imports of the country and createdemployment opportunities for hundreds of skilled workers.
PTA claimed that healthy competition provided a level playing field forlocal manufacturing. The increased production of 4G devices reflects theinterest of local players in establishing such manufacturing plants withinPakistan.
In 2020, the two big names, Vivo and Samsung, also showed interest insetting up their assembly or manufacturing plants in Pakistan.
The high demand for mobile phones, including features and smartphones,paved the way for companies to set up local assembling plants and theregulatory measures taken by the telecom watchdog also played a pivotalrole in setting up high-tech of industries in Pakistan.
The encouraging development could be possible because of the advent of theDevice Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) thatblocked the grey channels, including the influx of unregistered andunlawful imported handsets in the local market.——————————
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Recognizing this healthy trend, the government decided to introduce acomprehensive mobile manufacturing policy to encourage and attract mobilemanufacturing entrepreneurs and companies to establish their units inPakistan.
As the Federal Cabinet approved the policy in 2020, several manufacturersare already investing in the local industry. As a result, mobilemanufacturing within Pakistan is expected to grow at an even faster pace,creating employment opportunities, among other allied benefits.
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