The mobile phone has made it easier to operate. Social crimes, including trafficking of women and children, are rising fast thanks to the spread of mobile telephony.
As half of the local telecom market is now ready for the third generation technology, Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju said the government would introduce the 3G service from July next.
The telecom regulator BTRC chairman has said they will hold an auction to sell the licences for 3G mobile service only after renewing the 2G licences of the mobile-phone operators.
The long-standing tussle between the MoPT and the BTRC has given a new dimension to issuance of much-talked-about voice over internet protocol (VoIP) licences.
Four mobile operators last night started rearranging their frequencies in 1,800 band, which will improve their services, reducing call drops and making their networks more efficient.
The telecom regulator has finally formulated a draft of ‘Telecom VAS Operator Licensing Guidelines’ to regulate small and medium telecom businesses providing different telecom Value Added Service (VAS) to the subscribers.
Suranjit Sengupta's son Soumen Sengupta was awarded a Tk 5-crore telecommunication gateway licence yesterday, just two days after the railwaygate scandal involving the minister's close aide and two top railway officials.
Four mobile phone operators requested the telecom regulatory body to be flexible about their ‘second Generation’ or 2G licence renewal fees, spectrum assignment charges and outstanding dues with “late fine” since 2010.
The High Court on Monday declared illegal the telecom regulator’s demand of additional money for the radio frequency it sold to the country's leading mobile operator ‘Grameenphone’ four years ago.
Lack of provision in the Telecommunication Act for clear stipulation of the maximum profit that can be repatriated by foreign telecom operators has hindered the investment-income ratio in this sector, according to telecom industry experts.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman major general (retd) Zia Ahmed expressed his hope about the auction for the much-hyped 3G mobile phone will be held within June next.
