The ministry of telecommunication has recommended reduction in SIM tax in the upcoming fiscal budget to boost mass users’ penetration, said officials. They said the ministry already sent a proposal to trim the value added-tax at Tk 200 from the existing Tk 600 to relieve the small operators from
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Mobile operators evading SIM tax
The officials from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have alleged that the mobile phone operators in Bangladesh evade SIM tax, by hiding the number of their actual subscriber base. The NBR officials said that some investigations of the board had revealed that lots of mobile numbers, from different operators, were found “active”, while as ... Read more
SIM tax weighs down telecom growth: analysts
The tax on new mobile connections is the main constraint to achieving the government’s vision of a ‘Digital Bangladesh’, said the head of the parliamentary standing committee on telecom ministry yesterday. “The Tk 800 tax on SIM cards is inhumane, and it should be removed,” said Hasanul Haq Inu, addressing a seminar, Telecom for the Common ... Read more