Country produces 1.21m cellphones in Jan-Feb

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Country produces 1.21m cellphones in Jan-Feb
High production achieved as a result of significant drop in phone smuggling


Our Correspondent March 04, 2021

PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
With a significant drop in cellphone smuggling, Pakistan’s mobile phone assembly segment grew by leaps and bounds and produced 1.21 million mobile phones in just two months (January and February) of 2021.
The output was significantly higher than just 119,639 mobile phones assembled in the entire 2019.
According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday, the implementation of Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) in 2019 led to a notable increase in legal imports of mobile devices.
It also helped to establish over 33 assembly plants of mobile devices in Pakistan, it said.
“These plants have produced over 25 million mobile devices including 4G smartphones after the introduction of DIRBS,” the PTA revealed. “Following successful execution of the system, the local assembly segment evolved from infancy to maturity stage with a significant growth in local assembly of smartphones.”
In light of the tremendous impact of DIRBS, the government introduced a comprehensive mobile manufacturing policy to attract international manufacturers to set up their plants in the country.
PTA highlighted that it recently issued the Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) Regulations following which a large number of mobile device manufacturing applications started flowing in.
“This initiative will help create more jobs in this technical sector as well as enable consumers to buy locally manufactured mobile devices,” it stated.
It pointed out that Pakistan had the distinction of implementing the world’s first open-source, full-fledged DIRBS.
The regulatory authority emphasised that DIRBS had the ability to identify all International Mobile Equipment Identities (IMEIs) connected to Pakistan’s mobile networks and categorise them according to their compliance status.
In recent times, the telecom sector has emerged as a prominent contributor to Pakistan’s economy as its share in the national exchequer soared 129% in 2020 compared to 2019, despite economic pressure arising from Covid-19.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 4th, 2021.
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Country produces 1.21m cellphones in Jan-Feb
High production achieved as a result of significant drop in phone smuggling


Our Correspondent March 04, 2021

PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
With a significant drop in cellphone smuggling, Pakistan’s mobile phone assembly segment grew by leaps and bounds and produced 1.21 million mobile phones in just two months (January and February) of 2021.
The output was significantly higher than just 119,639 mobile phones assembled in the entire 2019.
According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday, the implementation of Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) in 2019 led to a notable increase in legal imports of mobile devices.
It also helped to establish over 33 assembly plants of mobile devices in Pakistan, it said.
“These plants have produced over 25 million mobile devices including 4G smartphones after the introduction of DIRBS,” the PTA revealed. “Following successful execution of the system, the local assembly segment evolved from infancy to maturity stage with a significant growth in local assembly of smartphones.”
In light of the tremendous impact of DIRBS, the government introduced a comprehensive mobile manufacturing policy to attract international manufacturers to set up their plants in the country.
PTA highlighted that it recently issued the Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) Regulations following which a large number of mobile device manufacturing applications started flowing in.
“This initiative will help create more jobs in this technical sector as well as enable consumers to buy locally manufactured mobile devices,” it stated.
It pointed out that Pakistan had the distinction of implementing the world’s first open-source, full-fledged DIRBS.
The regulatory authority emphasised that DIRBS had the ability to identify all International Mobile Equipment Identities (IMEIs) connected to Pakistan’s mobile networks and categorise them according to their compliance status.
In recent times, the telecom sector has emerged as a prominent contributor to Pakistan’s economy as its share in the national exchequer soared 129% in 2020 compared to 2019, despite economic pressure arising from Covid-19.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 4th, 2021.
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Masha 'Allah excellent progress.

I suggest some of the assembly units do backward integration and produce their own circuit boards. That way they can produce their own cellphone (as well as LED TV, Laptop) designs and won't be dependent on East Asian suppliers.

It's not just to lower costs but the time it takes to open back to back letters of credit, bank formalities, production overseas, then shipment taking up over a month, takes away a lot from flexibility to supply the market with new products on time (say during Eid or Ramadan demand).

A couple of companies in Bangladesh already produce local circuit boards for cellphones. laptops and other devices (including screens) and have invested in Pick-and-place SMD technology as well as wave soldering lines. They are slowly planning/implementing solid state device (SMD) production as well. Eventually we in Bangladesh and Pakistan should aim to produce solid state devices as well to reduce dependency on outside suppliers. Both of our countries have enough population and consumers to support such initiatives.

This is from three years ago,

Some visuals from the circuit board plant for cellphones, LED TV's and laptops

 

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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said it has issued Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) regulations and has started receiving applications for mobile device manufacturing.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, PTA said that the implementation of the authority’s Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DRIBS) in 2019 had resulted in significant increase in legal import of mobile devices and establishment of over 33 local assembly plants of mobile devices in Pakistan. These plants have produced over 25 million mobile devices including 4G smartphones since the implementation of the system.
The PTA said that with the successful execution of DRIBS, the local assembly industry had evolved from infancy to growing stage, with significant growth seen in local assembly of smartphones.
In 2019, only 119,639 smartphones were assembled locally whereas in 2020, the number of such devices grew to 2.1 million. It is important to highlight that the end of the second month of 2021, around 1.21 million smartphones had been assembled in Pakistan.
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In the light of the tremendous impact of DRIBS, the government has introduced a comprehensive Mobile Manufacturing Policy to encourage and attract manufacturers to Pakistan and establish their plants.
The PTA has issued MDM regulations and has started receiving mobile device manufacturing applications. This initiative will help create more jobs in this technical sector, as well as enable consumers to buy locally manufactured mobile devices.
The PTA said that the country had the distinction of implementing the world’s first open-source, full-fledged DRIBS. This system has the ability to identify all IMEIs latched on Pakistan’s mobile networks and to categorize them based on their compliant status.

PTA issues mobile device manufacturing regulations

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said it has issued Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) regulations and has started receiving applications for mobile device manufacturing.In a statemen

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PTA issues mobile device manufacturing regulations - Profit by Pakistan Today
By News Desk

2-3 minutes


Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said it has issued Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) regulations and has started receiving applications for mobile device manufacturing.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, PTA said that the implementation of the authority’s Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DRIBS) in 2019 had resulted in significant increase in legal import of mobile devices and establishment of over 33 local assembly plants of mobile devices in Pakistan. These plants have produced over 25 million mobile devices including 4G smartphones since the implementation of the system.
The PTA said that with the successful execution of DRIBS, the local assembly industry had evolved from infancy to growing stage, with significant growth seen in local assembly of smartphones.
In 2019, only 119,639 smartphones were assembled locally whereas in 2020, the number of such devices grew to 2.1 million. It is important to highlight that the end of the second month of 2021, around 1.21 million smartphones had been assembled in Pakistan.
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In the light of the tremendous impact of DRIBS, the government has introduced a comprehensive Mobile Manufacturing Policy to encourage and attract manufacturers to Pakistan and establish their plants.
The PTA has issued MDM regulations and has started receiving mobile device manufacturing applications. This initiative will help create more jobs in this technical sector, as well as enable consumers to buy locally manufactured mobile devices.
The PTA said that the country had the distinction of implementing the world’s first open-source, full-fledged DRIBS. This system has the ability to identify all IMEIs latched on Pakistan’s mobile networks and to categorize them based on their compliant status.

PTA issues mobile device manufacturing regulations

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said it has issued Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) regulations and has started receiving applications for mobile device manufacturing.In a statemen

profit.pakistantoday.com.pk