Egypt to disable imported phones unless users pay tax

Egypt to disable imported phones unless users pay tax

Pledge to protect phone makers Tax on imported devices ‘irreversible’ Major producers set up in Egypt Owners of imported mobile phones in Egypt will have their devices disabled next week unless they pay tax as part of a drive by Cairo to protect international phone producers operating in Egypt. When the most populous Arab nation invited South Korea’s Samsung and other major smartphone manufacturers to produce their devices in Egypt four years ag…