Lockdown Effects: How mobile users may be affected?
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Lockdown Effects: The ICEA (Indian Cellular and Electronics Association) has
expressed fears that more than 40 million users may be denied mobile phones by
the end of May if the government further increases the lockdown.
Let us tell
you that in the second phase of the lockdown, from April 20, the government
announced to relax the sale of goods on the e-commerce website, which was later
withdrawn.
The government while revising the order said that till May
3, e-commerce companies can only sell essential items.
After this, ICEA issued
a statement on Friday saying that 40 million users could become mobile less by
the end of May if the government does not include smartphones and its parts in
essential items in the lockdown.
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According to ICEA, mobile phones of more than 25 million
users are not working in the country at this time. The reason for this is the
availability of components. The supply chain providing components of mobile
devices has been broken due to coronavirus infection.
Because of which 25 million users have found mobile devices useless. If the lockdown is further
extended, by the end of May, 40 million users of mobile devices may become
unusable due to non-availability of components.
Central government lessens some restrictions:
In the fifth week of lockdown, the central government has
relaxed the sale of only essential commodities. ICEA said that the government
has included telecom, internet, broadcast and IT services in the list of
essential commodities, but has not included the mobile devices required to use
these services.
According to ICEA, a membership organization of leading
smartphone maker companies, 25 million new mobile phones are sold in India
every month. Currently, there are more than 85 million active mobile devices in
India.
ICEA cited this data as saying that in the last one month,
25 million users are using old mobile phones due to the unavailability of new
smartphones. ICEA Chairman Pankaj Mohindru said, "We have written a letter
to the government warning that 40 million users may be affected by the end of May
because mobile phones are not included in essential services."
The AarogyaSetu app launched by the government has been made mandatory by many district
administrations. If users do not have a mobile phone, then how will they be
able to install this app. This will be challenging especially for those users
who do not have smartphones and want to buy a new one.
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