Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

Poor telecom service hurting customers

Regulators must ensure compliance with license agreements

BTRC officials demonstrate at commission office

Many said they have been denied promotion for years

We should be wary of the online gambling boom

Multi-faceted actions necessary to prevent this crime

Walton to make mobile phone circuit boards

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has recently decided to give approval to Walton Digi-Tech Industries to locally manufacture printed circuit boards (PCBs) specifically for handsets.

BTRC asks Meta to tackle misinformation on its platform

Meta top officials meet BTRC chairman in Dhaka

Grameenphone receives unified licence

It will work as a single licence for 2G, 3G, 4G and the upcoming 5G technologies

Teletalk, BTCL ordered to clear Tk 3,000 crore dues

The two will also face information system audits within this month

Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, new BTRC chairman

He will hold the position until May 29 of 2025

June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019

Telcos asked to charge Tk 0.25 for Bangla SMS

The telecom regulator directs all the mobile phone operators in the country to reduce the charges of each local SMS to Tk 0.25 that are written in Bengali alphabet, aiming to promote the mother language.

June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019

No additional cost for MFS users to check balance: BTRC

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has said mobile financial service (MFS) users would not bear any extra cost for balance check.

June 12, 2019
June 12, 2019

BTRC to receive complaints through social media

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to use social media platforms such as Facebook and Viber, among others, to receive complaints from the customers, says its chairman at a public hearing.

May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019

BTRC holds up audits into Banglalink, Airtel

The telecom regulator is yet to appoint auditors to conduct financial and technical inspection of Banglalink and Airtel’s system even though the formal process has started more than a year and a half ago due to irregularities within the institution itself. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019

BTRC considers to block GP’s call to realise audit claim

The telecom regulator says they will be tough on Grameenphone if they fail to pay the claimed value of Tk 12,579.95 crore and may consider to block calls volume of the market leader.

April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019

4G only in papers, not in reality

None of the mobile operators can ensure 4G services outside Dhaka city, says a report published by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019

Govt asks GP to pay Tk 12579.95 cr

The government has sent a notice claiming Tk 12579.95 crore dues from Grameenphone. Of the total amount, the leading mobile phone operator owes Tk 8494.01 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and Tk 4085.94 crore to National Board of Revenue (NBR).

April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019

GP woes over unpaid dues get worse

Grameenphone's woes over unpaid dues just got worse, with the government now likely to claim about Tk 800 crore more following

March 18, 2019
March 18, 2019

Dial 100 to lodge complaint against mobile operators

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) urges all the telecom users to lodge any complaints regarding the operators' services by calling its short code 100.

January 31, 2019
January 31, 2019

BTRC gets new chairman

The government yesterday appointed Bangladesh Tele-communication Regulatory Commission's legal commissioner as its chairman.