The Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) fined state-run Teletalk Tk 5 crore, Robi Axiata Tk 2 crore, Grameenphone Tk 50 lakh and Banglalink Tk 15 lakh.

The mobile phone operators owe Tk 13,068 crore to the government, Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar told the parliament yesterday.

The telecom operators owed Tk 13,068 crore to the government, Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar told parliament today.

A staggering 5,25,820 counts of malware infections have been identified in the four telecom operators in the country, according to the Horizon Scanning Report for Bangladesh Telecom Operators prepared by the cyber threat intelligence researchers of Bangladesh e-Government CIRT (Computer Incident Response Team).

Bandwidth use increased by 513 times in the country in the last 14 years, said Shyam Sunder Sikder, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Grameenphone employees have observed “Grameenphone Green Week 2022” from May 16 to 19 this year.

Leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone has launched “GP Academy”, a future skills academy to prepare the young minds for the digital future through transformative upskilling.

A joint operation by the Enforcement and Inspection Team of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-4) confiscated the handsets from eight shops at Mirpur Shopping Complex.

Indian tax officials froze $478 million worth of deposits lying in local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi Corp in February as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, according to two sources and a court filing reviewed by Reuters.

Banglalink posted 8.6 per cent year-on-year rise in revenue in the first quarter of 2022 on the back of strong data sales.

Sweden sees enormous potential in Bangladesh's human resources in the IT sector and the Scandinavian nation believes both the countries can benefit by utilising this human resource.

Telecom operator Banglalink today signed an agreement with 17 banks in the country to secure a five-year syndicated term loan of Tk 1,200 crore.

The bar on launching eSIM services has been finally removed as the National Board of Revenue (NRB) has set the tax regime for the sale of eSIM by operators.

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company will increase its planned investment to connect to a third submarine cable by 25 per cent to avail double the bandwidth.

The telecom operators today wrote a letter to the telecom regular seeking steps to stop the further spread of the network interference devices such as repeaters, jammers and boosters, which cripple the networks to deliver quality services.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) today launched its prepaid services enabling the customers to avail telephone and internet services without prior deposits.

The government should consider the operators’ demand on slashing corporate tax as the mobile operators have to continue investing big to cope up with rapidly changing technology, said Shyam Sunder Sikder, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

The European Union on Monday extended for another 10 years its ban on mobile phone roaming surcharges for people using their European handsets while travelling in the 27-nation bloc.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission fetched around $1.23 billion or Tk 10,645 crore from spectrum auction as all operators acquired a total of 190MHz spectrum.

Spectrum auction for 2022 started today for bands that can support both fourth-generation (4G) and 5G technologies.