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]]> The telecom regulator is set to start a field-level monitoring drive Saturday in three districts to gauge the quality of data service following complaints from customers.
The drive will eventually cover 45 upazilas in 15 districts. Other than checking the internet speed with equipment, the team from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will also seek users’ opinion.
During the drive, representatives from the top three mobile phone operators will also be present alongside the BTRC team.
The move comes after the regulator got inundated with complaints of poor mobile internet speed in rural Bangladesh.
Some even said that they were charged for 3G price plans but were in fact receiving 2G speed. The regulator is very serious about data pricing and user satisfaction, said Md Sarwar Alam, spokesperson for BTRC.
It will take action against the operators after receiving the findings from the field team, he said.
In January 2014, BTRC issued a ‘quality of service’ directive following a trend of increasing call drops, poor network coverage and unsatisfactory customer care support.
Alam said all mobile phone operators must comply with the service quality directive.
Meanwhile, the telecom regulator has also requested a consultant for data pricing from the government. Depending on the report from the field monitoring team, BTRC will then fix a price and data speed for the operators.
The service quality directive stipulates that the operators must ensure call success rate of 95-97 percent; the maximum call drop rate will be 2-3 percent.
The monthly completion rate for short message service (SMS) has to be at 80 to 85 percent, it said. The directive also set an acceptable number of customer complaints for the operators and the response time for customer care services.
Meanwhile, BTRC instructed operators to stop the auto-renewal feature of data packs, as many subscribers opt for it without even knowing.
In the SMS sent out yesterday, the operators said subscribers will have to send a text message to 5000 stating ‘on’ to continue with their renewal packages; otherwise, it will be suspended.

-With The Daily Star input

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]]> 84660 GP, Jaago to launch pilot ‘online classroom’ https://dhakamirror.com/news/business/gp-jaago-to-launch-pilot-%e2%80%98online-classroom%e2%80%99/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:26:59 +0000 http://www.dhakamirror.com/?p=36917 Grameenphone (GP) in partnership with Jaago Foundation is going to initiate a venture named “Online Classroom” with the aim to ensure high quality education in both sub-urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. A signing ceremony between Grameenphone and Jaago Foundation took place in this regard recently. Tore Johnsen, chief executive officer, GP and Korvi Rakshand, ... Read more

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]]> Grameenphone (GP) in partnership with Jaago Foundation is going to initiate a venture named “Online Classroom” with the aim to ensure high quality education in both sub-urban and rural areas of Bangladesh.
A signing ceremony between Grameenphone and Jaago Foundation took place in this regard recently. Tore Johnsen, chief executive officer, GP and Korvi Rakshand, founder, Jaago Foundation, inked the agreement.
Among others, Debashis Roy, head of corporate responsibility, GP, was also present.
The concept of “Online Classroom” is extremely simple. The basic idea is that a sub-urbanm or rural classroom of Bangladesh will be connected to a classroom in Dhaka via video conference technology and internet. Both the classes will be conducted by a single instructor while the necessary books, stationeries and other equipments will be provided.
Tore Johnsen said, “The concept of online classroom is extremely ground breaking. If it can be successfully put into operation in Bangladesh, not only will the quality of education will increase but also we will be another step forward towards our goal of a Digital Bangladesh.”
Initially, this project will set off as a pilot to make certain that online classroom is a feasible concept to achieve this particular goal. Thus, Grameenphone will utilise their four Alokdeeps (Cyclone Center and school), located in the southern coastal belts of Bangladesh to facilitate the project and acquire practical knowledge.

-With The Independent input

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