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Pakistan becomes smartphone exporter, sends first consignment to UAE
Pakistan has become an exporter of smartphones by sending first-ever shipment tagged ‘Manufactured in Pakistan’ to the UAE.
The first consignment of 5,500 mobile sets of 4G smartphones manufactured by Inovi Telecom was exported to the UAE on Friday, the Dawn News reported on Sunday.
However, the local manufacturers of mobile phone sets have stressed the need for an export supportive policy, allowing Pakistan to beat competitors in the Middle East region.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Saturday congratulated the company for the achievement and hoped the exports of smart phones would increase further. “This is the result of concerted efforts for the development of the mobile device manufacturing ecosystem in the country,” said the regulator in a statement.
Inovi Telecom Pvt Ltd was issued authorisation for mobile device manufacturing in April and it has managed to fulfill its first export order within four months.
Chief Executive Zeeshan Mian Noor said that their main target was to penetrate low-end markets of the Middle East including Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.
“We are manufacturing the Chinese brands and there are a large number of expat workers in the Gulf countries,” he said, adding the high-end consumers of Gulf countries prefer top world class mobile brands and we should not even try to get involved in that market.
He said that the mass market of Gulf countries was their primary target, while the ordinary citizens of Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan too preferred mobile sets up to USD 100 each.
IT and Telecom Minister Syed Amin ul Haque told Dawn that “favourable” government policies have helped achieve the milestone of transforming Pakistan from a net mobile phone importer to an exporting country.
He added that a conducive environment was being provided to the local mobile device manufacturing companies and the smuggling of mobile phones has been stopped through Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS).
The minister added that the local manufacturers would eventually start moving towards assembling high-end phones too after the production of spare parts for mobile sets commence next year.
On the other hand a senior player in the field has said that the government’s approach towards enhancing export markets was slow, keeping in view the changing scenario.
Transsion Tecno Electronics CEO Amir Allahwala said that overall exports of mobile sets by China is over USD 140 billion, but that was only due to low labour cost, which has now increased significantly.
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