Bangladesh trails behind 14 low, middle income countries in internet usage gender gap
When it comes to accessing digital services, Bangladeshi women are lagging way behind men with just 16 per cent having access to the internet compared with 33 per cent of the opposite gender, according to a GSMA report published recently.
4y ago
Fair Group announces car assembly tie-up with Hyundai
Fair Technology yesterday announced it has entered into an exclusive partnership with South Korean automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motors to set up a car assembly plant in Bangladesh within the second half of next year.
4y ago
To tighten purse strings, software maker moves office to rural backwater
Most companies have been put in harm’s way because of the ongoing pandemic, but a local software and mobile application developer stands to benefit from the new normal.
4y ago
Digital Bangladesh held back by service delivery bottlenecks: Robi CEO
There is a very big gap between the reality and vision declared by the government on digitalisation as a huge number of bottlenecks lie behind service delivery processes, said a top executive of a Bangladeshi mobile carrier yesterday.
4y ago
Bangladesh lags behind Asia Pacific peers in telecom services: GSMA
In the digital age, Bangladesh’s mobile telecom market is still dominated by the second generation (2G) services while scenarios in other Asia Pacific countries are quite different and are predominated by 4G services, according to a GSMA report published on Monday.
4y ago
A whopping 46 lakh mobile connections vanished amid pandemic
Mobile phone operators are struggling to retain their active subscribers despite offering lucrative packages, including free minutes, SMS and extra data, as the coronavirus-induced economic downturn has affected all sectors and curtailed people’s income.
4y ago
First SMP restrictions come into effect after nine years
Today will be the first time a restriction will come into effect on Grameenphone since the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) started working on Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines nine years back to enhance competition and bring balance to the market.
4y ago
Japan, the land of rising promise for Bangladesh’s ICT sector
Japan -- ever at the forefront of science and technology thanks to its culture of intensive mathematics education and reverence for engineers.
4y ago
November 28, 2019
Rohingyas use 3 lakh mobiles
Rohingyas of Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar are using around three lakh mobile connections of local carriers, a technical committee of the telecom regulatory commission has found out.
November 17, 2019
Smart accessories making life smarter
Smart mobile accessories and smartphone-related wearable product imports are soaring on the back of the rising propensity towards a digital lifestyle.
November 14, 2019
Submarine Cable Company’s profit jumps eightfold
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd’s (BSCCL) net profit climbed eight times last fiscal year, on the back of a boost in bandwidth usage through a second undersea cable.
November 13, 2019
Robi to shed jobs
Robi is set to offer its first voluntary separation scheme (VSS) to its 1,650 employees as a few hundreds of them have been sitting idle for almost a year thanks to the operator’s ongoing tussles with the regulator.
November 6, 2019
BTRC’s Audit Claim: Robi may go to int’l body for arbitration
Mobile carrier Robi yesterday hinted that it may move to an international arbitration body to settle the government’s audit claim worth Tk 867.23 crore if the operator fails to get justice in Bangladesh.
November 5, 2019
Banglalink’s user numbers raise questions
Banglalink has reported two different numbers of active subscribers in two separate reports—one submitted to the telecom regulator and the other to its parent company—with one being 5.77 percent higher than the other.
November 4, 2019
Mobile Tower shortage: Users denied quality service
Over the last one year, 62 lakh new mobile connections became active, 57 lakh new users started using mobile data, and about 2 crore people switched to the much faster 4G connection. But only two new cell towers have been set up in the entire country.
November 4, 2019
Oppo opens local plant
Chinese handset maker Oppo is all set to launch its “Made in Bangladesh” smartphones in the local market this month as its mobile assembly plant goes into commercial production.
October 31, 2019
Will be able to call 999 even without your network
Mobile phone users will soon be able to call 999 or any other emergency numbers without a mobile SIM card or internet access during natural disasters. Any live mobile network can be used to make the call.
October 30, 2019
Telcos compensate for only 8.48pc cases of call drops
Mobile operators have cut back on compensation for call drops in recent months, in a worrying development for customers.
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