Minister of State for IT and Telecom Shaza Fatima on Tuesday revealed that the Law Department has vetted the ‘Smartphone for All’ policy and will be introduced soon.

The telecom industry had earlier presented a payment plan scheme called ‘Smartphone for All’, to equip more citizens with smartphones and drive up the number of connected citizens.

Talking to media persons, the Minister of State further said that the policy was presented by the telecom industry, however, due to some lacuna and resistance from Zong, a China Mobile operator, it could not move forward. 
 
She said that as per the earlier draft policy, no company would issue SIM to a defaulter of this scheme as well the defaulter would not be allowed to open an account. However, Zong objected to this policy while insisting on issuing SIMs.

She said that the Ministry is working on the policy and has been vetted by the Law Department which is expected to come out very soon.