Following the trend of July, the number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh dropped significantly in August..The mobile network operators -- Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk -- collectively lost about 18 lakh customers, taking the total mobile subscriber base to 19.24 crore..
The state coffer has been deprived of Tk 69 crore for the telecom regulator’s failure to collect the 5.5 percent of the sales price of Summit Tower’s acquisition of Banglalink’s 2,000 mobile towers.
Monopolistic accumulation of market power, especially in terms of price-setting capability, may cause an increase in price and deterioration of quality of service as well as hamper innovation and competition
The revenue grew thanks to a significant expansion in subscriber base
Banglalink has recently phased out its 3G networks, becoming the country’s first mobile operator to bid adieu to the technology, and repurposed those resources, including spectrum, to enhance the quality and speed of its 4G services
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that ICC cricket rights in Bangladesh have been awarded to TSM who will exploit the rights via Nagorik TV and Banglalink, taking cricket to more people in the country over the next two years.
Mobile network operators -- Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk -- collectively added about 9.2 lakh customers during the month, taking the total mobile subscriber base to 191.3 crore.
Banglalink today received unified licences from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)
With smartphone penetration rapidly approaching nearly 50 percent of the population in Bangladesh, telecommunications and digital services play a dual role, both in creating mass awareness before calamities and in facilitating mitigation and management efforts afterward.
Banglalink has lost the highest number of subscribers to other operators in the last one year as the users changed the carrier using the mobile number portability service.
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)
Nearly around three months after the launch of fourth-generation (4G) mobile internet, the iPhone users have started to enjoy the speedy service as the country code on the Apple handsets is unlocked.
The top three mobile operators rolled out the much-awaited 4G service in the capital and some other major cities last evening --
State-owned carrier Teletalk's failure to kill around 22 lakh unregistered connections is allowing a huge volume of illegal international calls to be made, depriving the government of revenue.
Gun-toting muggers, in two separate incidents, snatch away Tk 12 lakh under broad daylight in capital Dhaka’s Dhanmondi and Rampura.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) launches a call center where telecom subscribers will be able to register any telecom related complaint.
State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim says mobile phone operators are not cooperating with the government to ensure registration of SIM cards with subscribers’ fingerprints.
The telecom regulator directs all mobile phone operators to cap daily recharge at Tk 500 for a single prepaid mobile number in order to prevent illegal calls overseas.
SC upholds HC verdict asking Aktel, now Robi, to stop using national anthem as ringtone. In May, SC issued similar order to Banglalink and Grameenphone.
