To promote local manufacturing and assembling, and to discourage smuggling of mobile handsets, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has drafted a template of mobile device manufacturing regulations and authorisation in the wake of mobile device manufacturing policy issued by the government of Pakistan on June 2, 2020. Telecom consumers, stakeholders and the public have been invited to provide their comments on the draft available on the official PTA website. Comments can also be sent via email to mdmconsultation@pta.gov.pk by October 5, 2020. Furthermore, PTA has taken substantial steps to promote local manufacturing of handsets. PTA is envisaging domestic production of low, medium and high-end smartphones and foreign companies will be incentivised to invest in the manufacturing of mobile handsets in Pakistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2020.
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