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Broadband subscriptions in Pakistan reach 100 million > Dawn, PTA said there were fewer than 2m subscriptions in 2012, but after the introduction of 3G service the figure jumped to 16m in 2014 and now stood at 100m. The telecom sector regulator claimed that currently around 87 per cent of the country’s population had access to internet/broadband services at one of the lowest rates in the region. Moreover, broadband is provided over 3G/4G networks with an average download speed of 17.7Mbps and...

Islamabad: Pakistan’s mobile phone manufacturing industry witnessed an encouraging trend with the production of 1.21 million mobile phones in the first two months of 2021. These phones were manufactured at the 33 local mobile devices assembly plants in Pakistan. The number of smartphones assembled and produced in January and February 2021 indicate a significant increase as compared to the last two years. The country produced 2.1 million smartphone devices in 2020 and 119,639 in 2019, accordin...

The implementation of PTA’s Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) in 2019 has resulted in a significant increase in legal import of mobile devices and the 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. With the successful execution of DIRBS, the local assembly industry has evolved from infancy to a well-growing s...

Travellers and overseas Pakistanis paid 34.5% more when compared to the first seven months of last year for bringing mobile phones to Pakistan.

The duty was collected from expatriates and travellers on import of mobile phones under baggage. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected Rs4.99 billion in the first seven months of this fiscal year on import of mobile devices through Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBs), which is 34.47 per cent higher over the preceding year. The duty was collected from expatriates and travellers on import of mobile phones under baggage. Since July 1, 2019...

news Mobile imports nearly double despite tattered economy Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Feb. 20 -- Nepal imported mobile phones worth Rs24.06 billion in the first seven months of the fiscal year 2020-21, an 84.67 percent year-on-year jump. Traders said imports nearly doubled even though the economy flatlined due to the coronavirus, and tens of thousands lost their jobs. One reason why smartphone sales swelled is that students had to attend classes due to the virus threat, traders s...

87% of Pakistanis Have Internet Access: PTA The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has claimed that Internet services are available to 87 percent of the population in Pakistan at the lowest rates in the region. The demand for Internet services grew immensely in Pakistan during the lockdown in 2020 due to increased use of social media and communications applications, video streaming, and online sessions. However, the quality of the services remains comprised and has been termed as ‘poo...

While most inbound travelers who bring luxurious items attempt to evade the taxes by illicit means, a fraction of those who abide by the law face a wide

Seventeen various assembly plants have produced 17.62 million mobile handsets including 4G-enabled smartphones locally in Pakistan in the past two years to cater to the increasing local demand of the country. According to the annual report of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), these plants produced over 11 million mobile devices, including 4G smartphones in 2019, only. In the first nine months of 2020, the plants assembled around 6.62 million devices, out of which 0.68 million were...

Telcos Earned Rs. 537.2 Billion and Contributed Taxes of Rs. 137 Billion in FY2020: PTA The Telecom sector in Pakistan withstood the impact of COVID-19 and showed sustainable revenues of Rs. 537.2 billion in the fiscal year 2019-20 (FY2020) as compared to Rs. 550.4 billion in FY2019. The sector also made a significant contribution of $622.5 million (24 percent) to the total net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country. This was revealed by the Annual Report 2020 released by the Pakistan T...