By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad: Pakistan has become an exporter of smartphones by sending first-ever shipment tagged 'Manufactured in Pakistan' to the UAE. The first consignment of 5,500 mobile sets of 4G smartphones manufactured by Inovi Telecom was exported to the UAE on Friday, the Dawn News reported on Sunday. However, the local manufacturers of mobile phone sets have stressed the need for an export supportive policy, allowing Pakistan to beat competitors in the Middle East region. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Saturday congratulated the company for the achievement and hoped the exports of smart phones would increase further. "This is the result of concerted efforts for the development of the mobile device manufacturing ecosystem in the country," said the regulator in a statement. Inovi Telecom Pvt Ltd was issued authorisation for mobile device manufacturing in April and it has managed to fulfill its first export order within four months. Chief Executive Zeeshan Mian Noor said that their main target was to penetrate low-end markets of the Middle East including Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. "We are manufacturing the Chinese brands and there are a large number of expat workers in the Gulf countries," he said, adding the high-end consumers of Gulf countries prefer top world class mobile brands and we should not even try to get involved in that market." He said that the mass market of Gulf countries was their primary target, while the ordinary citizens of Iraq,...
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