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

April 4, 2018
April 4, 2018

Bangabandhu-1 satellite will be ready for commercial use by Aug: BTRC chairman

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood says the much waited commercial satellite Bangabandhu-1 will be ready for use by August after its launch within next few weeks.

January 11, 2018
January 11, 2018

SC stays HC order on halting BTRC’s 4G spectrum auctioning

The Supreme Court stays a High Court (HC) order hours after the latter court halts the auctioning of 4G spectrum for the telecommunication industry of Bangladesh.

December 4, 2017
December 4, 2017

BTRC to award 4G licences Feb 14, invites application

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) fixes February 14 to award fourth generation (4G) licences to the mobile operators and invites applications.

October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017

BTRC gets 2 new commissioners

The government has appointed two new commissioners on a three-year term for separate divisions of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

October 12, 2017
October 12, 2017

Call 2872 for harmful online games: BTRC

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) requests people of all strata to call "2872" regarding harmful mobile or online games, links and apps.

August 7, 2017
August 7, 2017

Tarana sends back call mobile rate proposal

The posts and telecommunications division has sent back the voice call rate proposal to the telecom regulator BTRC to revise it as it will charge the end users.

July 24, 2017
July 24, 2017

BTRC invites application for mobile number portability licence

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission invites the much-awaited auction for mobile number portability (MNP) licence.

April 16, 2017
April 16, 2017

BTRC to run cost model analysis for data prices

The executive committee of the government's Digital Bangladesh Taskforce asks the telecom regulator to run a separate cost model analysis to formulate the data pricing guideline within a month.

April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017

No midnight bar on Facebook, minister assures

State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim today assured that there will be no bar on Facebook as proposed – for six hours every midnight.

April 3, 2017
April 3, 2017

Blocking Facebook: BTRC contradicts govt initiative

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) contradicts government’s initiative of blocking social networking site Facebook from midnight to 6:00am every day and mentions four alternative measures.