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Country’s mobile users cross 70m landmark

Number of the country’s active mobile phone users has crossed 70 million landmark at the end of January, 2011 but overall monthly growth rate slowed, state data revealed. Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Tuesday released the monthly update of cell phone subscribers’ number, revealed that the country’s six operating mobile phone operators have

BTRC to dog fake IMEI users

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has told all private mobile telephone operators to install equipment identify register (EIR) devices, by November this year, to track and identify handsets using fake International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers. According to a BTRC official, the regulatory body issued the instruction to the mobile operators following failure

BTRC under pressure to reduce fee

Mobile phone companies are putting pressure on Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to reduce the fees they must pay to obtain a renewal of its licence, according to BTRC officials. The BTRC has published a draft guideline concerning the renewal of the 2G mobile licences of four mobile operators — Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and CDMA operator ... Read more

BTRC slashes bandwidth prices by 31pc

The telecom regulator has reduced the monthly rental bandwidth price for leased internet access through submarine cable by one-third to spread the communication services among the masses. The monthly rental bandwidth price for leased internet access through submarine cable will be a maximum of Tk 12,000 per Mbps, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission