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]]>In August, the operator got its cellular phone (2G) licence renewed for the next 15 years after paying Tk 333 crore for 10 Megahertz frequency in the 850 MHz band.
The total price was Tk 450 crore at Tk 45 crore for per MHz spectrum.
The operator was supposed to pay the remaining amount in the next instalment.
But while receiving the licence, the operator found the regulator allocated 8.82 MHz to it.
Citycell officials said the company received a demand note from the regulator to submit Tk 450 crore for 10 MHz frequency and it did so.
But the regulator finally allocated 8.82 MHz spectrum in Dhaka and 6.30 MHz outside the capital.
However, the operator instantly requested the regulator to provide the 10 MHz it asked for.
Mehboob Chowdhury, chief executive officer of Citycell, said they will pay the rest amount after getting the entire frequency.
He said, “We have submitted our representation to the BTRC to solve the problem and I firmly believe the regulator is making all efforts to ensure the allocation through a transparent process.”
But officials at Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said they do not have enough frequency in the 850MHz band to allocate to Citycell.
BTRC Chairman Sunil Kanti Bose said they have told Citycell to adjust the extra amount it had paid with the existing frequency. Bose said, when they will have allocable frequency, they will give it to Citycell.
But the operator did not agree to adjust the amount and requested the regulator to rearrange the frequency band as a number of fixed-phone licences were cancelled earlier and enough frequency was idle in the 850MHz band.
In 2010, the BTRC scrapped five fixed-phone licences for their alleged involvement in illegal call termination business but later the licences were returned.
But so far only one private land phone operator took back its licence and frequency and came back to operations last year.
Citycell is a joint venture between Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd — with 55 percent stake — and Singapore-based SingTel with the rest. The company is the country’s lone CDMA (code division multiple access) operator with around 16 lakh subscribers and a 1.64 percent market share. There are six mobile operators in Bangladesh.
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]]>of cellphone towers established by different operators has increased significantly in the last few years, following the expansion of mobile networks on a large scale.
In 2008, the Bangladesh Regulatory Commission (BTRC) formed a committee to assess the impact of mobile tower radiation on plants, as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) had complained to the regulator that installation of such towers was hampering coconut and betel nut production in Barishal and Khulna divisions.
Field workers with the NGO had found that the sizes of these two species of plants were becoming gradually smaller, and showed black spots on the plants near mobile towers. The BTRC committee, however, did not produce a complete report as, according to it, the evidence was not conclusive, and so, mobile towers could not be blamed.
An expert panel of the Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications, a world-renowned telecom research organization, conducted a small study in 2010. It did not express any opinion about the harsh impact of mobile tower radiation on human health and ecology in Bangladesh.
The study, however, indicated that the number of different types of birds has been decreasing in Dhaka city, owing to the radiation caused by the growing number of mobile towers.
Currently, Grameenphone, the largest mobile operator, has 14,000 towers. Banglalink, Robi, Airtel, Citycell and Teletalk have 5,200, 8,200, 4,100, 2,900 and 1,400 mobile towers, respectively, across the country.
Talking to The Independent, Dr Satyaprashad Majumder, professor of telecommunications engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), said the radiation emanating from a mobile tower per square metre ranges from 17,100 micro-watts to 72,000 micro-watts.
The human body can tolerate radiation up to 1,00,000 micro-watts, but birds and other flying animals cannot tolerate more than 40,000 micro-watts, he explained. “Sometimes, we find that the tolerance level of some people has decreased to 50,000 micro-watts. If they are directly exposed, they might suffer from skin diseases, as well as from cancer,” he warned.
Wasim Hussain, a BUET lecturer currently carrying out his PhD research on mobile tower radiation at the University of Toronto, told The Independent by e-mail that such radiation is emitted continuously and is more powerful at close quarters. On the other hand, field intensities drop rapidly with distance as one moves away from the base of the transmitters, because of the attenuation of power with the distance, he explained.
Hossain wrote that the sector antenna, which is a popular design of mobile phone towers, has a coverage of 120 degrees on the horizontal and about +/-5 degrees from the vertical. The sector antenna, which works as a base transceiver system (BTS), should be established at a minimum height of 300 feet for better coverage and radiation safety.
But, as Hossain pointed out, cellphone companies in Bangladesh are flouting internationally prescribed rules and are installing towers in populated localities by taking leases of pieces of land or roofs of buildings, some of which are not as tall as 300 feet.
In Western countries, such mobile phone towers are installed at a height of at least 400 feet and are located far from educational institutions, hospitals and similar buildings as there are regulatory guidelines. Bangladesh, however, is yet to have any such guidelines.
Another expert said the minimum distance of a tower from a residential building should be at least 30 metres. But in Bangladesh, especially in metropolitan cities, mobile towers with antennae have been established right on top of residential buildings.
Several other studies conducted in different countries have found that even low levels of radiation have resulted in damage to cell tissue and DNA. This has also been linked to the onset of various forms of cancer, brain tumours, suppressed immune function, mental depression, miscarriage in pregnant women, Alzheimer’s disease and a number of other serious illnesses, according to material sourced from the internet.
In India, a national committee comprising officials and experts from the departments of telecom and science and technology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Institutes of technology (IITs) and telecom operators conducted an extensive year-long research study on mobile tower radiation.
India, earlier, had the worst cellular tower radiation norms in the world. But after the research, which was completed a few days ago, the committee suggested a new set of guidelines to eliminate health hazards caused by radiation by reducing the amount of radiation the towers emit to one-tenth of the current level.
The Indian government recently implemented new guidelines, which stated that cellular towers will have to reduce the amount of radiation they emit to one-tenth of the current level.
The Independent talked to top officials of the six mobile operators in this connection.
Kazi Monirul Kabir, chief communications officer of Grameenphone, said the company had co-operated with the BTRC study of the impact of mobile tower radiation on plants in 2008. Kabir said it is ready to cooperate if the government wants to conduct further studies.
Mahmudur Rahman, executive vice-president of the operator Robi, said the company is thinking of installing greener and environment friendly towers.
Mehbub Chowdhury, chief executive officer of Citycell, said such a study should be conducted at the government and regulatory levels.
An industry expert, who preferred anonymity, said mobile towers emit radio frequencies which are a sub-category of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Such radiation is of little concern because of the fact that EMR is not classified as an ionizing form of radiation. Non-ionizing radiation only causes harm in large doses, and poses a threat to people only through the heat energy it generates. According to the expert, this has meant that the potential health risks and consequences of cellphone tower radiation have been downplayed.
BTRC consultant and a former director-general with the regulator, Rezaul Quader, said the commission has already held talks with the telecom ministry for conducting a nationwide study to find out the impact of mobile phone tower radiation on human and animal life.
The regulator has, in principle, also approved some rapid infrastructural changes, including handing over of maintenance of mobile towers to third parties and incorporation of a provision to introduce a network-sharing mechanism to reduce operational costs, Quader said. “This will create better and greener maintenance work of mobile towers,” he said.
BTRC director of spectrum, Col. Rakibul Hossain, said there has been no large-scale investigation into the harmful effects of radiofrequency fields from mobile phone towers. “While many theoretical studies in the world have said it is harmful, on the other hand there are many other studies which have said it is not,” he said.
He, however, admitted that the telecom regulator currently lacks guidelines regarding construction of mobile phone towers. Hossain said the BTRC will carry out a large-scale investigation soon. Guidelines will be published after the investigation is completed.
Courtesy of The Independent
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]]>The large taxpayers unit (LTU-VAT) of NBR sent a letter to all commercial banks to freeze all the accounts of Robi, Banglalink and Citycell and requested the banks to adjust the dues of NBR from the bank accounts within 15 days, he said.
The banks were also requested to suspend withdrawal or transfer of money kept in the accounts of the mobile companies.
An official of Eastern Bank told New Age that they had already frozen the accounts of Robi, Banglalink and Citycell following the instruction of the NBR.
Officials of a number of banks also said that they were freezing the accounts in the evening.
Of the unpaid amount, Robi’s dues are worth Tk 181.79 crore, Banglalink Tk 164.64 crore and Citycell Tk 47.06 crore which they did not pay as supplementary duty and VAT on SIM and RIM card sales from August 2006 to March 2007.
After a long legal battle, in August 2012, the NBR got a verdict from the high court which ordered the operators to pay the money to NBR.
Admitting the freeze of their bank accounts, mobile operators told New Age that officials from some banks had informed the operators about the NBR’s decision and mobile companies will talk with the NBR.
NBR officials said that mobile operators did not pay the above mentioned money in spite of court order and repeated warnings from the revenue board.
In last week, the LTU served notice to the operators including GrameenPhone to pay a total of Tk 741 crore which has been unpaid by them as supplementary duties and VAT, they said.
In the letter, LTU warned the operators that their bank accounts would be frozen if they failed to pay the money.
But the mobile operators, except GP, failed to pay the money. GP paid Tk 348 crore following the NBR’s direction, officials said.
On Thursday, the banks were asked to inform the NBR in 15 days if they adjusted the dues from the bank accounts.
The bank accounts will automatically be opened as soon as the dues are adjusted to the NBR account, officials said, adding that the revenue board has taken the decision to freeze the bank accounts in accordance with Article 56 of VAT act 1991.
Currently, all the bank accounts of state-owned
Teletalk have also remained frozen for not paying taxes, NBR officials said, though he could not inform the unpaid amount owed by Teletalk.
Mehbood Chowdhury, chief executive officer of Citycell, also chairman of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB), said that they have heard about the NBR decision.
‘We will take our decision after examining the decision. We will also talk with the NBR as we have some points of discussion with them,’ he said.
However, Robi was reportedly planning to go to the court against the decision of NBR.
Robi vice-president Mohiuddin Babar told New Age that they did not find a certified copy of the verdict of the high court and they were waiting for that.
‘We have some queries and sought a hearing with NBR on this issue, but without giving us a chance the tax administration froze our bank accounts,’ he said, adding that they will go to court against
the NBR’s decision next week.
Courtesy of New Age
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]]>The licences would stay valid for the next 15 years.
The licences were supposed to be renewed in November last year but the process was delayed due to a number of court battles between the telecom regulator, carriers and the tax administrator.
The carriers had objections to fees related to spectrum allocation and value added tax and they had taken the issues to the High Court.
Although some of the cases are still pending with the apex court, the operators got the licences at the intervention of the telecom and finance ministries.
Telecom Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju handed over the licences to the carriers at the office of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in the capital yesterday.
BTRC Chairman Zia Ahmed, Grameenphone CEO Tore Johnsen, Robi CEO Michael Kuehner, Citycell CEO Mehboob Chowdhury and Banglalink’s Chief Technical Officer Ahmed Fady were present.
The four carriers are paying over Tk 7,562 crore to the government as spectrum assignment and renewal fees, while another Tk 1,134.45 crore will have to be paid as VAT.
However, the carriers will get a rebate on the VAT. Each operator will have to pay Tk 5 crore as annual licence fee.
The largest carrier, Grameenphone, will pay Tk 3,241 crore for its 14.6 Megahertz spectrum, Banglalink Tk 1,971 crore for 12.4 Mhz, Robi Tk 1,900 crore for 12.8 Mhz, and Citycell will have to pay Tk 450 crore for 10 Mhz. The amounts exclude VAT.
They will pay Tk 10 crore each as licence renewal fee.
The carriers have already paid 49 percent of their licence renewal charges to the government, and will pay 29 percent of the amount on August 31, and the rest at the yearend.
There has been controversy over the spectrum assignment charges as different operators are paying different charges per Megahertz spectrum. Grameenphone, for instance, is paying more than Tk 220 crore per MHz allocation, while Citycell is paying Tk 45 crore.
The policy for the spectrum charges was suggested by the regulator on the basis of market shares of the carriers and the policy was finally approved by the prime minister.
Last year, the telecom regulator proposed a total of Tk 11,704 crore as spectrum charges for the four carriers. Later, the telecom ministry revised the proposal and sent it to the finance ministry, which again modified the proposal and the Prime Minister’s Office finally gave a go-ahead.
The 800MHz, 900MHz and 1800MHz bands have been priced at the same rate.
The carriers now share 5.5 percent revenue with the government and 1 percent more for a social obligation fund (SOF), meant for the development of the information and communication technology sector. The SOF was introduced with a new guideline.
Among the carriers, Citycell’s licence was issued in 1989 for 20 years while the other threes’ were given in 1996. The then government did not charge any fee for spectrum allocation and the carriers used to pay $400,000 and had shared 1 percent of their revenue with the government for the first five years.
For the second five years, the operators paid $800,000 and shared 1 percent revenue with the government, according to the licence conditions. But in July, 2006, the regulator made it mandatory for them to share 5.5 percent revenue until November, 2011.
Of the other two mobile phone carriers in the country, state-owned Teletalk got its licence in 2004 and Airtel (former Warid Telecom) in 2005. Their licences will expire in 2020 and they will follow the conditions of revenue sharing and SOF.
The BTRC chairman said six mobile phone carriers have so far invested Tk 50,000 crore and contributed around Tk 19,009 crore to the state coffer.
The telecom minister said he recommended awarding GSM frequency to Citycell, which recently applied for it.
More than nine crore people are currently using mobile phones in Bangladesh.
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]]>Zia Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), said they have sent letters to the operators yesterday asking them to send their representatives to collect the licences.
The telecom regulator made the move upon receiving a letter from the telecommunications ministry on Wednesday. The letter asked the BTRC to issue the licences to the operators within a week and sign a tripartite agreement with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the operators.
The mobile phone operators yesterday expressed their gratitude to the regulator and ministry officials concerned for resolving the outstanding differences.
The validity of the four operators’ licences ended on November 10 last year; but disagreement between the regulator and the operators over determining the renewal fees and collection of value added tax (VAT) delayed the licence renewal process.
The four operators will pay around Tk 9,200 crore including VAT as their licence renewal fees. They paid 49 percent of the amount in November last year as the first instalment.
The second instalment (29 percent) was due by August 1, but the BTRC has extended the deadline to August 31 as per the recommendations made by the ministry, said Zia.
The operators will now be able to deposit the second instalment within the extended deadline without paying any late fee.
The third instalment, however, is payable within December.
Under the agreement, the operators will get rebate from their earlier payment of 15 percent VAT to NBR, opportunity to waive late fees and get back the extra amount that was collected from them against the sale of spectrum in the 1800 band in 2008.
This was decided at an inter-ministerial meeting on July 23 at the finance ministry.
Asked about the agreement, Zia said it was beyond his understanding why the regulator should enter an agreement with the operators. “We will consider signing the deal.”
However, several cases are still pending with the High Court and Supreme Court over the renewal of licences, where the BTRC, NBR and the four operators are parties.
All the parties will withdraw their cases, according to the draft of the agreement.
Contacted, Mahmud Hossain, chief corporate officer of Grameenphone, said they are happy to receive the licence, for which had been waiting for a long time.
“If the government ensures a business-friendly environment, the operators will be able to contribute more to the country’s economy,” he added.
Mahmudur Rahman, executive vice-president of Robi, expressed his satisfaction over the fruitful solution to the issue.
“If we sit together, all the issues will be resolved amicably now and in future,” mentioned Mahmudur.
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]]>My-Fi is basically a mobile Wi-Fi router.
The router is available at Tk 8000. However, you can also buy the router with pre or post-paid connections. Citycell offers three packages with it 300kbps, 512 kbps and 1Mbps.
Price of the router with packages is available at Citycell’s website.
My-Fi works across the country as Citycell has nationwide coverage.
The router lets its users make their own hotspots and can connect up to 5 Wi-Fi enabled devices (smartphones, tablet PCs, notebooks) simultaneously.
The pocket-sized router weighs 80g and can be kept inside pocket or bag while using.
It has a rechargeable battery that can serve up to 4 hours of working time and 100 hours of standby time.
The router covers a distance of 30 meter indoor and 50 meter outdoor.
It can also be used as a modem.
The pocket router comes with default password for security reason and can be changed afterwards.
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]]>Officials of Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell yesterday met Zia Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, and expressed their stance on payment. They are supposed to pay a combined amount of Tk 857 crore for licence renewal.
The operators are ready to pay the amount but they want to get the certified copies first in hand, Ahmed said. “But no licence will be renewed as long as there are dues,” he said.
The operators urged the regulator to write off the late fees on renewal charges that piled up since November 10 last year. But Ahmed said BTRC has no authority to waive any money.
Barrister Khandaker Reza-E-Raquib, a lawyer for BTRC, said they have submitted an application to the High Court to issue the copy of the verdict.
Mahmud Hossain, chief corporate officer of GP, said he handed a letter to the BTRC with some queries on the letter that the regulator issued on February 15, asking the operators to pay off all the dues for licence renewal.
Zakiul Islam, director legal and regulatory affairs of Banglalink, said they requested the BTRC chairman to discuss the financial issues after the judgement’s copy was issued.
Mahmudur Rahman, executive vice president of Robi, said the operator should clearly know about the court’s financial directives.
According to a verdict by the High Court on February 13, Grameenphone will have to pay fees on licence renewal to BTRC without any deduction, and deposit additional 15 percent money to the National Board of Revenue as VAT. The operator will receive a rebate on VAT.
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]]>Telcos puzzled by regulator’s new letter
Four mobile telephone operators are confused over a letter from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission that asked them to pay a due amount and late fees for licence renewal.
The BTRC on Wednesday asked Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell to deposit a combined amount of Tk 857.46 crore within 10 days to renew their licences.
The BTRC sent the letter when two cases regarding licence renewal fees are pending with a court.
The deadline to renew the licences was November 10, 2011, but the operators went to the court due to disputes.
The BTRC letter also asked the operators to pay an additional 15 percent interest on the renewal charges. Also, the 15 percent Value Added Tax deducted at source since 2010 and paid to the National Board of Revenue must be returned to the BTRC by the operators, the letter said.
Officials of the mobile operators said the confusion arises as the cases filed by two operators, Banglalink and Robi, are still pending with a court.
Even though the High Court delivered a verdict Monday last on the issue of Grameenphone, one of the four operators, its officials are yet to get the certified copy of the verdict.
The four mobile operators, Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell, will seek clarification from the regulator, the officials said.
BTRC Chairman Zia Ahmed said the operators will sit with him tomorrow (Sunday).
He, however, said, “We have sent them the letter after consulting with lawyers.”
Officials of the operators said even though two cases are pending with the court, the BTRC has issued the letter demanding renewal charges. The officials said they do not have the certified copy of the High Court judgement on Grameenphone. So it is not possible to know what the court said in its verdict, they laimed.
Mehboob Chowdhury, chief executive officer of Citycell, said, “We have received a letter from the BTRC that has confused us. We can’t understand the content of the letter. We will seek clarification from the regulator.”
Citycell is the only operator that did not go to court on licence renewal dispute. But it will have to pay more than Tk 8 crore in late fees, said its officials.
Kazi Monirul Kabir, chief communications officer of Grameenphone, said they did not get the certified copy of the judgement. He said they have an option to go to the higher court in 30 days, but the regulator did not give them enough time to do that.
Officials of Banglalink and Robi claimed that if they deposit licence renewal fee to the regulator, they would face contempt of court charges as their cases are still in the court.
Mahmudur Rahman, executive vice-president of Robi, said, “We are looking into the letter and will respond to the regulator. We will pay any amount we owe the government as per law.”
Another official of Robi said the High Court delivered the verdict on licence fee but did not say anything about the 5.5 percent revenue sharing amount. But the BTRC has asked the operators to pay the previous revenue sharing amount with late fee from 2010 which has already been deposited to the National Board of Revenue, he said.
The court did not say anything about the fine or late fees but the regulator has imposed the charges, the official said.
A Banglalink official said the Grameenphone’s verdict is not applicable to them.
BTRC Chairman Zia Ahmed said as the operators did not pay 15 percent Value Added Tax deducted at source to the regulator since 2010, they will have to pay the amount now. “It’s not a matter of court’s verdict, it’s a due,” he said.
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]]>At least 1.64 crore new users were brought under the mobile network in the last one year.
According to the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, the number of subscribers was 8.4 crore in November and 1.63 lakh new subscribers were added in the month.
As the December figure is not available yet, the BTRC has put the figure of the month on the basis of a calculation of the previous months.
Leading operator Grameenphone still stays ahead with 3.61 crore users, while Banglalink has now 2.33 crore, Robi 1.58 crore, Airtel 58 lakh, Citycell 17.39 lakh and state-owned Teletalk 11.98 lakh.
However, second largest operator Banglalink added the highest number of subscribers in November at 6.86 lakh, beating its rival Grameenphone that roped in 4.22 lakh customers.
Robi netted three lakh customers, Airtel 2.31 lakh and Citycell 3,000 in the month. But Teletalk lost its 9,000 connections.
Abu Saeed Khan, secretary general of Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh, said mobile penetration is still not satisfactory as the network coverage is almost 100 percent but 50 percent population is still out of connectivity.
Moreover, the total subscription reflects connections or sold SIMs (subscriber identity module) only, not the number of people, he said.
Khan also said the growth in November last year is only 7 percent, which was 150 percent in the same month the previous year.
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]]>This year’s award giving ceremony in entering into international platform and it will focus on 40 years celebration of the country’s independence.
These awards will be given in 16 categories. These are- Tagore songs, Nazrul songs, folk songs, modern songs, classical -vocal, motion picture sound track, band music, underground band, song-writing, new artiste (male/female), sound engineering, cover design, music direction, music video. There will also be the award by popular choice category based on listener or viewers’ votes through SMS in 15 categories.
This was disclosed at a press conference held on the rooftop of Channel i office in the city’s Tejgaon area yesterday where CEO of Citycell, Mehboob Chowdhury, Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations of Citycell, Taslim Ahmed, Managing Director of Impress Telefilm Ltd, Faridur Reza Sagor, Director of Channel i and Director of News of Channel i, Shykh Siraj spoke at the conference.
The organisers said at the press conference that besides the award giving ceremony, a fair titled “Bangladesh Mela” will also be organised beside Jamuna River from 10:00am to 3:00pm on that day. Snake play, stick play, stalls of local handicrafts and others will be kept as arrangements in the fair, said the organisers.
Like previous years, the music award was divided into three stages – primary, secondary and the final selection. The main process of the award programme started through asking for entries for audio-cassettes, audio CDs and VCDs from individuals and production houses released last year. The music albums for this year’s awards were received from July 12 to August 12 at Channel i office. Reputed personalities of the country – Boshir Ahmed, Abdul Jabber, Emon Saha, Subir Nandi, Sudhin Das, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Fahmida Khatun and others were the judges of different categories of this years awards, they said.
-With The New Nation input
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