Mobile Phone Companies to Set Assembly Lines in Pakistan
Five mobile phone companies have submitted their applications to make mobile phone assembly lines in Pakistan. After authorization the move will attract foreign direct investment of billions of dollars. It is going to decrease imports that are continuing to along with fiscal trade deficit.
The Companies
The companies that are seeking government approval for the establishment of assembly lines are:
Mobo mobiles
G5
Foxconn and
Jio phone
The PTA is hoping that the companies will start the operation soon. An official said that, we are expecting from these companies to start making phones I their plants soon.
After, the reorganization of the growing market.
In Pakistan mobile phone users are shifting to hi tech products; 24 million mobile sets are being imported in a year, almost half of them are smart phones.
PTA provided the guideline to attract foreign investment from the mobile companies. This is a strategy to bring down the price as there demand is continuously increasing.
Assembled In Pakistan
Till now china has been the home to all the big companies all thanks to their cheap labor. This had helped in the country economy, as the exports have increased in china, the labor prices has also increased. For the reason companies are looking for more similar markets like Pakistan and India.
The famous companies have built their markets in India during the past few years.
Mobile Phone Companies to Set Assembly Lines in Pakistan
Pakistanis contacted the Samsung Company to bring in investment and one of the official of the company replied to the email saying.
The government should make policy to provide incentives to the companies establishing assembly lines in Pakistan.
The reply from the Samsung brand clearly shows that the Pakistan need to built a policy to support multinational brands. Something akin to the auto policy could help the smart phone companies in setting up new assembly lines.
Till now there are no rules and regulations to prevent infringement and cheap copies in Pakistan. We have seen that the Nokia’s new 3310 was been copied by a local brand even before its launch. And same was the case of Samsung’s galaxy S8.
On the other hand, PTA said to all companies to put “assembled in Pakistan” on all the devices that are going to be assembled in the country.
Guidelines By PTA
PTA has given some relief to the new mobile companies as they will be issued with a NOC for the first six months. After those 6 months the PTA will do thorough examination to make sure that the international standards are being followed. PTA official said,
After the evaluation and verification, the PTA will issue formal NOC following inspection of the assembly lines keeping in view the health, safety and technical standards.
Mobile Phone Companies to Set Assembly Lines in Pakistan
This will also make a decrease in the smuggling of the phones nearly about $1 billion phones are being smuggled to the country every year.
