ISLAMABAD: Pakistan mobile phone handset market is expanding with every passing year and during 2005-06 the total value of handsets imported in the country crossed US$1 billion and forecasted growth in this import is 25 percent annually.
Sources in the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told Online that there are 12 to 15 thousands mobile phone shops across the country and generated huge employment opportunities. They said that about 60,000 people directly and indirectly are employing in this sector.
They said that according to estimates provided by local resellers of the mobile phone handsets, the number of handsets imported currently at around 750,000 and 800,000 per month. Advanced technology and sophisticated sets are now commonly available in the local market and handsets with camera and music are now becoming very popular and this trend looks to grow in the next two years as these features will become standard in the future, they said.
They said that four major players dominate Mobile Phone Handsets market, Nokia leading with 55 percent, Sony Ericsson 22 percent, Samsung 17 percent and Motorola 5 percent.
They said that due to the increasing trend of import of handsets through proper channel, the reduction is observed in availability of smuggled sets. | 
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