Teletalk yesterday launched 3G modems, with 4 Megabits per second maximum speed, after operating 3G services for one and a half months.
The state-owned mobile operator launched the product, ‘Flash’, with the largest package of 10 GB data and one SIM card at Tk 2,500. The customers will have to use up the free data within 10 days of activation.
“People will have the opportunity to enjoy 3G (third generation) internet experience through mobile phones as well as modems,” said Mujibur Rahman, managing director of Teletalk.
Teletalk will launch its 3G service in Chittagong and Sylhet by February.
Two types of packages — postpaid and prepaid — were designed for the dongle service.
The prepaid plan includes 1GB, 2GB, 3GB, 10GB and unlimited packages at Tk 300, Tk 500, Tk 625, Tk 1,000 and Tk 1,500 with 512Kbps speed. Two other packages, at Tk 800 and Tk 1,200, provide 4GB and 8GB internet services with 1Mbps speed.
In the postpaid plan, customers will have to spend Tk 500, Tk 900 and Tk 1,500 to use 4GB, 12GB and unlimited packages with 512Kbps speed, while Tk 1,400 and Tk 2,500 will allow the usage of 10GB internet with 1Mbps and 2Mbps speed respectively.
Teletalk launched its 3G service in October 2012 with special permission from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission for a commercial test run.
But the company will have to pay the same fees for the service like other private operators after 3G auction.
Teletalk has 70,000 3G subscribers.
The operator plans to launch campaigns to create awareness about 3G, its officials said.
-With The Daily Star input
