Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday proposed an increase of the corporate tax by 5 per cent on publicly listed mobile phone and tobacco manufacturing companies. Muhith in his budget speech for the financial year 2013-14 proposed that the corporate tax for listed mobile phone companies and tobacco companies
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Undue frequency allocation by BTRC causes Tk 840cr govt loss
CAG audit finds GP, Banglalink, Robi get frequency at lower rate The government lost Tk 840 crore in revenue as Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in 2008 allocated additional 12 MHz frequency to three mobile phone companies for 18 years with lower charges, a government audit found. The BTRC unduly allocated the 12 MHz frequency to
Telcos could use surplus funds for 3G payments
Clarifies BTRC The mobile phone companies would be allowed to use own surplus funds for paying the licence fee, spectrum acquisition fee and roll-out expense for obtaining 3G licence, the telecom regulator has recently clarified the operators. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
BTRC to go tough on mobile phone operators
Bill Shocks After Promotional Offers BTRC to go tough on mobile phone operators The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is likely to go tough on the mobile phone operators as many subscribers are facing bill shocks after availing themselves of different promotional or campaign offers. BTRC officials said the commission would issue a directive to the ... Read more
GP, Banglalink fail to meet BTRC deadline
10-Second Pulse GP, Banglalink fail to meet BTRC deadline Two leading mobile phone operators failed to implement the directive of telecom regulators to introduce 10-second pulse on each mobile call within the latest deadline that ended on Saturday. Four other companies also failed to introduce flat call rate or same rate for every minute of ... Read more