Mobile production falls 8pc in Nov

While local mobile manufacturing declined in November, the companies were optimistic about a robust new year. According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority data, local mobile production fell 8 per cent year-on-year to 2.31 million units and 35pc month-on-month in November. The local firms produced 3.53m units in October, marking the highest production after seven months. At the same time, the total sales of locally manufactured mobile sets reached 28.43mn units in the eleven months of the calendar year 2024, with an increase of 57pc against the same period last year. The data showed out of the 28.43m manufactured in eleven months, 60pc or 17.01m units were smartphones, while the remaining 11.42m were 2G feature phones.