A New Chapter Begins in Bangladesh’s Mobile Handset Industry Through NEIR Implementation
The journey of mobile phone manufacturing in Bangladesh began alongside mobile handset import in 2017. At present, around seventeen domestic and foreign companies are producing mobile phones in the country. These companies have invested over Tk 2500 crore and created employment for more than one lakh people.
Locally produced mobile phones are now not only meeting national demand but have also opened possibilities of export, creating a new scope for earning foreign currency. Alongside handset production, associated industries for packaging, printing, batteries, chargers, headphones and data cables have developed with investments exceeding Tk 1500 crore, employing an additional fifty to sixty thousand people.
There are nearly twenty thousand authorized mobile phone dealers across the count...