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Muhammad Zahidul Islam

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Bangladesh trails behind 14 low, middle income countries in internet usage gender gap

When it comes to accessing digital services, Bangladeshi women are lagging way behind men with just 16 per cent having access to the internet compared with 33 per cent of the opposite gender, according to a GSMA report published recently.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Fair Group announces car assembly tie-up with Hyundai

Fair Technology yesterday announced it has entered into an exclusive partnership with South Korean automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motors to set up a car assembly plant in Bangladesh within the second half of next year.
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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To tighten purse strings, software maker moves office to rural backwater

Most companies have been put in harm’s way because of the ongoing pandemic, but a local software and mobile application developer stands to benefit from the new normal.
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Digital Bangladesh held back by service delivery bottlenecks: Robi CEO

There is a very big gap between the reality and vision declared by the government on digitalisation as a huge number of bottlenecks lie behind service delivery processes, said a top executive of a Bangladeshi mobile carrier yesterday.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Bangladesh lags behind Asia Pacific peers in telecom services: GSMA

In the digital age, Bangladesh’s mobile telecom market is still dominated by the second generation (2G) services while scenarios in other Asia Pacific countries are quite different and are predominated by 4G services, according to a GSMA report published on Monday.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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A whopping 46 lakh mobile connections vanished amid pandemic

Mobile phone operators are struggling to retain their active subscribers despite offering lucrative packages, including free minutes, SMS and extra data, as the coronavirus-induced economic downturn has affected all sectors and curtailed people’s income.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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First SMP restrictions come into effect after nine years

Today will be the first time a restriction will come into effect on Grameenphone since the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) started working on Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines nine years back to enhance competition and bring balance to the market.
30 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Japan, the land of rising promise for Bangladesh’s ICT sector

Japan -- ever at the forefront of science and technology thanks to its culture of intensive mathematics education and reverence for engineers.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM

MFS providers oppose new pricing model for short messages

The mobile financial service providers are opposing the session-based pricing model for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
24 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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15 SIMs per NID: govt

The telecom regulator has reduced the number of SIMs that can be registered against one National Identity Card (NID) from 20 to 15.
23 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Govt meets mobile operators' demands

In a surprise move the government yesterday decided to amend the guidelines on 4G service by incorporating the mobile operators'
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Make 4G guidelines more investment friendly

The government should revisit its recently-approved 4G guidelines to make them more investment-friendly and help operators roll out the fourth-generation technology, said the president of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Nuisance of marketing SMSs

Hasanullah, a 65-year-old surgery patient, was lounging in his hospital bed one afternoon when his peace was
16 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Road to transformation

Shahin Islam, a flood victim in Bogra's Kuripara village, never thought it would be so easy to withdraw money using Bangladesh Post Office's Electronic Money Transfer Service. All he had to do was go to Sariakandi post office, show the official concerned the pin code he received on his mobile phone and collect Tk 5,000 sent by Bangladesh Red Crescent Society as financial aid.
8 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Aamra to start local assembly of handsets in Dec

Local ICT service provider Aamra Holdings plans to start test production of smartphones in its assembly plant in the capital's Mirpur in
8 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Licensing process turns dubious

The beauty contest for awarding the licence for the much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service turned
30 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Five mobile operators face legal action

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is set to take legal action against five mobile phone operators for failing to deposit into the exchequer Tk 100 crore of unused prepaid balance found in SIMs that were blocked between 2008 and 2014.
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Computer Source's property put up for sale

Union Capital Ltd has put up some property of Computer Source for sale after the country's top computer vendor failed to pay back its
24 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Walton kicks off trial assembly of handsets

Local handset brand Walton has started assembling smartphones on a trial basis at its own plant in Gazipur with hopes of starting
24 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Govt to sell SIMs to Rohingyas

The government is working out a process to sell mobile SIM cards to Rohingya refugees who entered Bangladesh to escape genocide in Myanmar.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Govt eyes to earn Tk 11,000cr from 4G auction

The government has targeted to earn Tk 11,000 crore by selling spectrum at the upcoming 4G technology auction
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Railway's fibre optic network to open to all

Grameenphone's exclusivity in using the Bangladesh Railway's fibre optic network is set to come to an end after 20
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Locally assembled handsets to hit market next year

Local handset brands Walton and Symphony are taking preparation in earnest to assemble mobile phones domestically within the next couple of quarters in the light of the government's encouraging decisions on this front.
14 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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4G auction by Dec

The telecom regulator is set to organise an open auction by December for selling spectrum in three bands, which
12 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Govt gets biometric software to list Rohingyas

The government has acquired a software system to record biometric data of Rohingyas as part of efforts to document the refugees entering Bangladesh to escape genocide in Myanmar.
10 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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2nd Submarine Cable: Users denied full benefit

Bangladesh yesterday launched its second submarine cable connection for commercial use, making another stride in ensuring uninterrupted internet connectivity and boosting online-based business.
10 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Illegal handset imports cost Bangladesh Tk 800cr a year

Bangladesh is losing Tk 800 crore in lost revenues every year because of illegal imports of mobile phones, said
9 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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BTRC revenue hits 6-year low

BTRC's revenue collection for 2016-17 declined about 10.79 percent year-on-year to Tk 3,754.64 crore, a six-year low, apparently for a decrease in earnings under its revenue sharing policy with mobile and international gateway operators.
7 September 2017, 18:00 PM

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