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Malaysian cellular phone manufacturing firm ‘M’ mobile is to establish a mobile phone assembly plant in Lusaka at a total investment out lay of US$3 million. Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati said in an interview in January 2008 that ‘M’ mobile, which is to establish the plant in partnership with a local company Melcome, is expected to start operations later this year. The company would have capacity to assemble about 500,000 units annually. The minister said the assembly plant would be able to assemble cellular phones for both the local and export markets within the Southern Africa Development community (SADC) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions.