Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- With 12 days to go before the National Equipment Identification Registrar (NEIR) comes into force, major players in Dhaka's grey market remain without an agreement with the interim government.

The system, set to start on Dec 16, will require all mobile devices to be registered to access networks legally.

The government is considering lowering import duties, though rates are yet to be finalised.

Grey-market traders say they have received no communication, despite holding billions of taka in unsold handsets.

Several thousand traders are anxious over the devices' future.

The NEIR poses a threat to handsets brought in via duty evasion, which dominate the grey market.

Official estimates put the grey market's share at ove...