Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink had a combined 14.68 million 5G-capable handsets on their networks in July

Grameenphone, the country’s top telecom operator, saw both turnover and profit decline in 2025, while rival Robi Axiata recorded growth on both counts.

Corporate rivalry in Bangladesh’s telecom sector is nothing new. Operators have long competed fiercely on price, network quality, and subscriber acquisition. But 2025 saw that rivalry erupt not through marketing campaigns, but through formal complaints, regulatory challenges, and court petitions.

BTRC will go ahead with the auction plan, as preparations have been ongoing since 2024

The two operators are demanding a formal investigation

This marks the first-ever commercial 5G launch by a mobile operator in Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) is investigating a complaint by Robi Axiata PLC against Grameenphone (GP), accusing the country’s largest mobile operator of abusing its dominant market position through predatory pricing and excessive subsidies.

Following a successful theatrical run during Eid-ul-Azha, two blockbuster Bangladeshi films—“Taandob” and “Utshob”—are now set to stream online, offering an opportunity for those who missed the cinema screenings.

A special purpose vehicle will be formed for the development and operation of the plant

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 company’s profit hits Tk 107 crore in April-June of 2024, up from last year same period’s Tk 24 crore

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

Robi Axiata concluded the grand finale of Datathon 3.0 on Monday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC). The winners of Datathon 3.0 were awarded a total of BDT 10 lakh in prizes.

The profit margin of Grameenphone Ltd was around seven times more than that of Robi Axiata Ltd in 2023.

It made Tk 106.7 crore in 2024’s Q1, up from Tk 42 crore in 2023’s Q1

The annual fee for the licence was Tk 10 crore with a 15-year validity

Axentec PLC, a subsidiary of Robi Axiata Ltd., has recently launched Cypher, a Tier-IV commercial data centre at Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jashore. The data centre pledges an uptime guarantee of 99.995%. 

The spectrum will help improve data speed by 50 percent

Robi-Axiata Ltd, the second-largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, made a Tk 24.4 crore profit in the second quarter of 2023.

Mobile phone operator Robi is going to launch a new subsidiary "AxEnTec PLC" to sell and distribute IT solutions and digital services in Bangladesh.