Page 8 - Device Identification News Today

Data usage increased by 77pc to 4,498 petabytes.

Telecom sector has emerged as a prominent contributor to Pakistan’s economy. Its contribution to the national exchequer increased by 129% in 2020, compared to 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The sector contributed Rs278 billion in FY 2020 as compared to Rs121 billion in FY 2019, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said in its annual report Friday. A surge in demand for telecom services due to the lockdown resulted in significant growth. Today, the report said, the data usage stands a...

The telecom sector has emerged as a prominent contributor to Pakistan’s economy and its contribution to the national exchequer has shown an increase of

StaffLast Updated: Dec 21, 2020 In March 2020, the government came up with a smartphone manufacturing mobile policy. In that smartphones policy, the tax differential was kept at Rs1,720 for phones with prices ranging $30-100 (effective difference 11-15%) between locally-assembled (CKD) and imported units (CBU). Similarly, a certain advantage was kept for higher phone prices in the range of $100-200 and $200-350. Some assemblers were of the view that 4 per cent WHT from manufacturing to retail w...