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Pakistan

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of what is presently Pakistan. Emerging from British rule in 1947, British India was separated into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with West and East sections) and largely Hindu India. In 1971 East Pakistan became the separate nation of Bangladesh. Between 2004 and 2007 GDP growth in the 6-8% range was spurred by gains in the industrial and service sectors.

  • Population: 176,242,949 (2009 est.)
  • Telephone main lines: 4.546 million (2008)
  • Mobile telephone subscribers: 91.44 million (2009)
  • Internet hosts: 226,236 (2009)
  • Internet users: 18.5 million (2008)
  • Digital leased line interface type: E1
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Telecommunications equipment is communications or networking equipment with interface(s) to public network or wide area network (WAN) services. Common telecom network interfaces include T1/E1, ISDN BRI, ISDN PRI, ADSL, serial and analogue PSTN.

Compliance International can help you understand how the following approval requirements apply to your telecom equipment products:

PTA Type Approval

Telecommunciations equipment connected directly or indirectly to the PSTN and radio equipment must be type approved by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority. PTA generally accepts foreign standard test reports as the basis for approval. The applicant for approval may be a foreign manufacturer.

Compliance International can help you complete PTA approval in Pakistan with our turnkey solution that includes building the technical application package, interfacing with PTA officials on your behalf, and end-to-end professional management of the process to reduce unnecessary delays.

Wireless and radio equipment covers any device with a radio transmitter. This includes mobile (GSM or CDMA) handsets, wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment such as Wi-Fi devices, Bluetooth devices, Zigbee devices, WiMAX devices, RFID equipment, contactless card readers, and a whole host of other products that incorporate some kind of RF transmitter.

Compliance International can help you understand how the following approval requirements apply to your wireless and radio equipment products:

PTA Type Approval

Telecommunciations equipment connected directly or indirectly to the PSTN and radio equipment must be type approved by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority. PTA generally accepts foreign standard test reports as the basis for approval. The applicant for approval may be a foreign manufacturer.

Compliance International can help you complete PTA approval in Pakistan with our turnkey solution that includes building the technical application package, interfacing with PTA officials on your behalf, and end-to-end professional management of the process to reduce unnecessary delays.

Non-telecom ITE is any information technology equipment -- essentially any device with a microprocessor -- that has no telecommunications or radio interface. This includes products such as computer printers and monitors, as well as many types of local area network (LAN) equipment.

Compliance International can help you understand how the following approval requirements apply to your ITE products:

At this time there is no approval required for this type of product. However, regulations and requirements do change, so please contact us to confirm.
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