ISLAMABAD: In order to promote local manufacturing and assembly and discourage smuggling of mobile handsets, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has prepared a draft mobile device manufacturing regulations and authorization template in the light of mobile device manufacturing policy 2020. The policy was issued by the government in June this year.
Telecom consumers, stakeholders and the public are invited to provide their comments on the draft available at PTA website link:
https://www.pta.gov.pk/en/media-center/single-media/draft-mobile-device-manufacturing-regulations–authorization-140920
The comments can also be sent via email on [email protected] by 5th October, 2020.
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 incentivized to invest in the manufacturing of mobile handsets in Pakistan.
