Serious crackdown on smugglers necessary

“Now, as a result of huge import of unauthorized mobile sets, 95% of the market is taken up by such sets leaving no room for those imported legally,” Hussein Payandeh told Mobna news agency.
He suggested that a 15% cut in mobile import tariff could help authorized importers to expand their activities.
“With the current sale of low-price prepaid sim cards, the demand for mobile sets has greatly increased and the authorities should create a suitable atmosphere for such consumers,” he said.
Pars ComTel is the authorized importer of Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HTC and LG mobile sets.
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