ISLAMABAD: Cellular Mobile Industry has lauded the efforts of the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the announcement of business friendly budget 2014-15 and welcomes the incentives offered for the telecom industry.

The cellular operators have for the past many years been advocating for rationalization of FED on mobile phone usage at par with other sectors of the economy along with some other proposals. In this regard, various meetings were held in the Finance Ministry and the concerns of the Mobile Industry were shared with the officials of FBR as well, says a press release issued here on Monday.

The incentives offered vide the Finance Bill have been appreciated in general; however there seem to be some areas where industry concerns are far to be addressed. In this regard, the cellular industry plans to meet with the Finance Minister again very soon and expects the resolution of the issues amicably.

The industry also looks forward to the cooperation of Anusha Rehaman, Minister of State for IT and Telecom in this matter as she has always been supportive for resolution of the issues faced by the telecom industry and an important meeting is expected next week.—PR