The Engineering Development Board (EDB) organised a Mobile Device Manufacturing Summit in Islamabad on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
The Engineering Development Board (EDB), a department attached to the Ministry of Industries and Production, organised a Mobile Device Manufacturing Summit in Islamabad on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. The summit’s goal was to increase export of mobile phones and improve the country’s business environment.
Members of the association also displayed technology and products from Xiaomi, Realmi, Infinix, Tecno, Itel, Alcatel, G-Five, OPPO, Vivo, and D-Code.
The summit and exhibition gathered feedback from all relevant stakeholders in order to increase local assembly of mobile devices through increased investment and job opportunities in the sector. It aimed to benefit the mobile device manufacturing industry by encouraging more partnerships with international partners and, as a result, increasing competitiveness.
Localizing mobile manufacturing parts and components, localizing allied equipment such as laptops and tablets, focusing on export of mobile phones, and promoting ease of doing business in Pakistan are some of the summit’s key objectives.
The event was attended by mobile device manufacturers, government officials from the Ministry of Industries and Production, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Tariff Commission, the Board of Investment, the Ministry of IT and Telecom, the Federal Board of Revenue, and academia.
As key representatives of the association, Mian Abdur Rehman (Chairman), Muzaffar Piracha (Senior Vice Chairman), Aamir Allawala (Vice Chairman), and Zeeshan Mianoor (Deputy Vice Chairman) were present.
The Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mahmud, was the chief guest at the inaugural session, and the Federal Minister for Board of Investment, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, will attend the second session as well.
The Mobile Device Manufacturing Policy, developed by EDB in 2020, aims to promote local manufacturing of mobile devices in Pakistan and to provide an appealing environment for investors to supplement the government of Pakistan’s “Make in Pakistan” strategy.
As a result of the policy, 31 companies have been established, producing nearly all of the country’s well-known international mobile phone brands.