Bangladesh on track to digitisation

The international community is impressed with the progress made by Bangladesh in digitisation, said two top telecom experts.
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Citycell seeks more time to pay dues

Citycell sought time until December 31 to clear its outstanding charges as the telecom regulator has decided to cancel its spectrum for the failure to pay Tk 477.51 crore in dues despite several reminders.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM

BTRC plans to borrow €157m from HSBC for satellite

The telecom regulator yesterday sent a proposal to the government to borrow 157 million euros from HSBC for the country's first space
24 July 2016, 18:00 PM

GP ready to offer 4G services

Grameenphone is ready to offer fourth generation (4G) mobile services now, its chief executive said. Rajeev Sethi said they have enabled their 10,026 sites with faster internet (3G) technology and all these sites can provide fourth generation telecom services.
20 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Compensation for call drops within same network

Mobile phone users will soon get compensation for call drops that happen when in conversation with subscribers of the same operator.
19 July 2016, 18:00 PM

GP reports a flat second quarter

Grameenphone's net profit fell about 1 percent to Tk 509 crore in the second quarter of 2016 from a year earlier, due to voluntary retirement spending coupled with an advance fee for settling a claim by the National Board of Revenue.
18 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Telcos refuse to compensate for call drops

Mobile phone operators are delaying the process of compensating their customers for call drops in a complete disregard for the
14 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Huawei opens innovation centre in Dhaka

China's telecom equipment vendor Huawei yesterday opened its first Customer Solution Innovation and Integration Experience Centre
14 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Robi gets first Bangladeshi chief executive

Mobile operator Robi yesterday named Mahtab Uddin Ahmed as its first local chief executive officer and managing director.
13 July 2016, 18:00 PM

BTRC's revenue to fall short

The telecom regulator is once again set to miss its revenue target by Tk 2,000 crore after it failed to hold a spectrum auction last fiscal year as per their plan.
13 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Robi-Airtel merger fee set at Tk 100cr

The finance ministry yesterday finalised the fees for the much awaited Robi-Airtel merger at Tk 100 crore, while the charge for each megahertz of spectrum has been fixed at Tk 33.8 crore for the next four years.
13 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Pre-bid meeting on mobile number portability tomorrow

The telecom regulator has called upon interested entities to attend the pre-bid meeting tomorrow for the auction of the mobile number
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM

BTRC set to crack down on SIMs registered with fake details

The telecom regulator is set to formulate a directive for SIM deactivation process after a huge number of subscribers found their biometric details were forged to re-register numbers that they are not in possession of.
11 July 2016, 18:00 PM

BTRC examining need for separate 4G licence

The telecom regulator is set to explore the option of allowing operators to provide 4G services with their existing 3G licences, said a
10 July 2016, 18:00 PM

SIM re-registration takes toll on mobile money accounts

The number of active accounts of mobile financial service (MFS) declined about 6.56 percent in May compared to the previous month,
10 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Banglalink allows users to check registered SIMs against NIDs

Banglalink has become the first mobile phone operator to start sending texts to its customers to help them find out how many connections have been registered against their national identification cards.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Operators of mobile value-added services gear up before Eid

Mobile entertainment will get a boost this Eid as several music albums, music videos and other entertainment pieces will be released ahead of the biggest religious festival for Muslims.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Telecom act to be amended: Tarana

State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim yesterday said they will amend the existing telecom act in line with the newly approved
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

GP seeks to continue Jan-Dec as income year

Grameenphone has sought exemption from following July-June as the 'uniform' income year, set by the stockmarket regulator.
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Teletalk signs $39m deal with Huawei to expand network

Teletalk yesterday signed a deal worth $39.2 million with Chinese equipment vendor Huawei to expand its network for both 3G and 2G at all upazilas, growth centres and educational institutions.
27 June 2016, 18:00 PM