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Bangladesh trails behind 14 low, middle income countries in internet usage gender gap

30 July 2020
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.
30 July 2020
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Fair Group announces car assembly tie-up with Hyundai

25 July 2020
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.
25 July 2020
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To tighten purse strings, software maker moves office to rural backwater

25 July 2020
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.
25 July 2020

Digital Bangladesh held back by service delivery bottlenecks: Robi CEO

21 July 2020
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.
21 July 2020
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Bangladesh lags behind Asia Pacific peers in telecom services: GSMA

8 July 2020
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.
8 July 2020
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A whopping 46 lakh mobile connections vanished amid pandemic

6 July 2020
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.
6 July 2020
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First SMP restrictions come into effect after nine years

30 June 2020
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.
30 June 2020
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Japan, the land of rising promise for Bangladesh’s ICT sector

29 June 2020
Japan -- ever at the forefront of science and technology thanks to its culture of intensive mathematics education and reverence for engineers.
29 June 2020
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3G internet finally gets momentum

Internet usage by way of the faster third generation mobile telephony technology data has finally got the traction befitting of the
25 November 2017
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ICT awaits a fillip

The government has recently appointed US-based management firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to help persuade leading global
22 November 2017
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Lives to change with 4G

A major digital transformation is coming up in Bangladesh with 4G changing citizens' way of life alongside uplifting
15 November 2017

Smartphone sales tepid

Smartphone sales failed to hit expectations in the first nine months of the year, because of a rise in import duty,
15 November 2017

Walton gets nod for mobile assembly plant

Tech giant Walton has received a provisional licence from the telecom watchdog to assemble mobile phones in
13 November 2017
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Banglalink's revenue falls 4.57pc in Q3

Banglalink's revenue in the third quarter of the year declined 4.57 percent to Tk 1,170 crore -- the lowest in nine
11 November 2017

Handset vendors revving up for 4G

Handset vendors are now gearing up for the rollout of 4G service in Bangladesh such that customers can enjoy the fastest data service as soon as it becomes available in the first quarter of 2018.
8 November 2017
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App makers get a boost

Local mobile software developers can now get a slice of the lucrative Android app market after Google allowed merchant registration from Bangladesh for its Play Store.
8 November 2017
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Internet business in pause mode

It has been around 17 months that the government halted issuing and renewing internet service providers' licences,
6 November 2017
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Telenor to invest more, seeks clear terms

Telenor Group, the majority shareholder in Grameenphone, is keen to invest heavily in Bangladesh to broaden its digital services, especially in 4G segment, but wants to be clear on terms and conditions first, said its top executive.
1 November 2017
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Ride-hailing accelerates

The popularity of ride-hailing apps Uber and Pathao that brought in convenience in commuting within Dhaka is tempting other local
31 October 2017
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Industry experts contest BBS survey result on telecom

About 92.50 percent of the people in Bangladesh are using mobile phones, indicating the breakneck speed at which
28 October 2017

MFS providers oppose new pricing model for short messages

The mobile financial service providers are opposing the session-based pricing model for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
24 October 2017
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15 SIMs per NID: govt

The telecom regulator has reduced the number of SIMs that can be registered against one National Identity Card (NID) from 20 to 15.
23 October 2017
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Govt meets mobile operators' demands

In a surprise move the government yesterday decided to amend the guidelines on 4G service by incorporating the mobile operators'
19 October 2017
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Make 4G guidelines more investment friendly

The government should revisit its recently-approved 4G guidelines to make them more investment-friendly and help operators roll out the fourth-generation technology, said the president of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh.
18 October 2017

Nuisance of marketing SMSs

Hasanullah, a 65-year-old surgery patient, was lounging in his hospital bed one afternoon when his peace was
16 October 2017
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Road to transformation

Shahin Islam, a flood victim in Bogra's Kuripara village, never thought it would be so easy to withdraw money using Bangladesh Post Office's Electronic Money Transfer Service. All he had to do was go to Sariakandi post office, show the official concerned the pin code he received on his mobile phone and collect Tk 5,000 sent by Bangladesh Red Crescent Society as financial aid.
8 October 2017
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Aamra to start local assembly of handsets in Dec

Local ICT service provider Aamra Holdings plans to start test production of smartphones in its assembly plant in the capital's Mirpur in
8 October 2017

Licensing process turns dubious

The beauty contest for awarding the licence for the much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service turned
30 September 2017

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