Pakistan enters the list of 4G Smartphone exporting countries Pakistan has become a part of 4G enabled Arab Emirates (UAE) gets dispatched. The 4G Device Manufacturing (MDM) authorisation to smartphone manufacturing and exporting smartphones were manufactured by Airlink Com- manufacture phones in Pakistan. The companies in- countries of the world as the first shipment munications. clude renowned brands such as Samsung, Nokia, of 4G smartphones destined for United Adviser to Prime Minister for Commerce and In- Oppo, Tecno, Infinix, Vgotel, Q-mobile, etc. vestment Abdul Razak Dawood announced this from his official twitter account and congratulated the company for this achievement by saying “It is heartening to see that within a short period of time, Pakistan has become a 4G Smartphone exporter. I would like to congratulate Airlink Communications in playing an integral role in this process & export- ing their first batch of 1500 locally manufactured smartphones to UAE. It is a small beginning for the company but a significant milestone for Pakistan's mobile phone industry.” As part of ease of doing business in Pakistan and to attract investments from foreign players Pak- istan has introduced the Smart phone manufactur- ing policy in the country. The policy along with the strict deployment of Device Identification and Reg- istration System (DIRBS) has encouraged compa- nies to set up manufacturing plants in Pakistan. The local production of mobile phones has sur- passed the number of mobile phones imports in the country. During January-July 2021, the production of mobile phones by the local manufacturing plants was 12.27 million and number imported mobile phones were recorded at 8.29 million. To-date, 26 companies have been issued Mobile
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