Teletalk, Summit Towers sign tower-sharing deal

Summit Towers Limited (STL) has signed an agreement with Teletalk Bangladesh for sharing towers under the guideline of the government.
15 January 2022, 10:12 AM

Samsung may regain top spot in global chip market

Samsung Electronics is expected to regain the top spot in the global semiconductor market by revenue this year, outpacing its archrival Intel for the first time in three years.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh launches 5G

Bangladesh entered into a new era of digital connectivity as the state-run mobile phone operator Teletalk launched fifth-generation (5G) of mobile internet connectivity today.
12 December 2021, 14:45 PM

Samsung to merge mobile, consumer electronics units

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will merge its mobile and consumer electronics divisions, the firm said on Tuesday, naming new co-chief executives in the biggest reshuffle since 2017 to simplify its structure and focus on the logic chip business.
7 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Mobile users count losses as call drops pile up

Mobile phone users in Bangladesh incurred a loss of nearly Tk 18.50 crore in the fiscal year of 2020-21 because of the telecom operators’ reluctance to compensate them for the disruptions they faced during calls.
6 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Parag Agrawal: New CEO sheds low profile to take Twitter helm

Parag Agrawal, who took over Monday as the new head of Twitter, shot from relative obscurity as the platform’s technology expert to becoming the latest India-born talent to lead a US tech giant.
30 November 2021, 18:00 PM

HMD Global launches Nokia smartphones made in Bangladesh

HMD Global Bangladesh today announced the launch of 'Made in Bangladesh' Nokia smartphones.
25 November 2021, 07:15 AM

Sweden’s Ericsson to buy US cloud operator Vonage

Ericsson said Monday it was acquiring US cloud-based communications provider Vonage, in the Swedish company’s biggest acquisition in recent memory as it widens its operations beyond its traditional telecommunications equipment business.
22 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Telenor, Google Cloud partner to digitalise telecom operations

Telenor and Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud have formed a partnership to digitalise the Norwegian telecom company’s global operations and are exploring ways to jointly offer services to customers, the two companies said on Monday.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Unused data to be added to new pack: BTRC

Users who access internet on their mobile phones are going to see their unused data from one package being carried forward to any other new packs.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Grameenphone users now can use Facebook messenger without internet

Grameenphone in partnership Meta has launched an app called "Discover"- and a feature named “Text-Only Facebook” that will allow people stay seamlessly connected through Facebook messenger without internet.
9 November 2021, 12:15 PM

Brazil raises $8.4b in 5G tender

Brazil raised $8.4 billion in investments and license fees in an international tender to build and operate one of the world’s biggest 5G data networks, Communications Minister Fabio Faria said Friday.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Yahoo, Fortnite exit China as tech crackdown bites

US internet services company Yahoo said on Tuesday it has pulled out of mainland China, becoming the latest tech firm to withdraw as a crackdown by Beijing on the industry gathers pace.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Mobile data users to double by 2030

Bangladesh’s telecom sector is expected to thrive in the current decade on the back of a spike in demand for mobile data, according to a new report.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Huawei announces expansion of partner network

Huawei has announced the expansion of its partner network through several new collaborations with Horangi, ZIONEXT, USEA Global, Advocado, 4Paradigm, YonYou, and Cloudwise.
27 October 2021, 13:19 PM

Grameenphone signs deal with D24 Logistics to promote entrepreneurship

Grameenphone has signed an agreement with D24 Logistics Ltd in a bid to promote entrepreneurship, drive startup and agility culture across the organisation.
27 October 2021, 07:41 AM

Grameenphone to provide tailor-made voice, data, ICT solutions to RAB

Mobile operator Grameenphone has signed a deal with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to provide the law enforcing agency with tailor-made voice, data and ICT solutions for the next five years.
21 October 2021, 14:53 PM

No mobile handset will be shut down: Jabbar

The telecom ministry has decided not to shut down the network of any mobile handset whatever or not it is registered with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
21 October 2021, 14:21 PM

Xiaomi opens smartphone manufacturing plant in Gazipur

Xiaomi has announced that it will now manufacture its devices locally in Bangladesh, as the leading smartphone company has opened a manufacturing plant in Gazipur.
21 October 2021, 10:08 AM

Bioscope, MyGP users now can enjoy T20 World Cup live through Rabbithole

Bioscope and MyGP app users can now enjoy live broadcast of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 through Rabbithole, the authorised digital broadcaster from Bangladesh of the cricket tournament.
16 October 2021, 13:00 PM