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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Facebook has no plan to open office in Bangladesh now
FACEBOOK has no plan to set up office in Bangladesh at the moment and is rather pleased to serve the country through regional offices, said a senior official of the social media giant, dealing a blow to a government push that aims to persuade it to establish local presence.
19 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Musical chair at BTCL
Nineteen managing directors have adorned the top position at the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd in its life of 11 years.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM
E-commerce sales to reach $3b in 4 years
Bangladesh’s e-commerce market stands at $1.6 billion currently and will double to $3 billion by 2023 on the back of a digital foundation laid down by the government and a young and tech-savvy population, a German research firm said recently.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM
HC okays BTRC move to restrict GP
The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the telecom regulator to declare Grameenphone as a significant market power (SMP) and the restrictions it imposed on the country’s leading mobile phone operator.
15 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Telecom sector’s revenue to cross $5b by 2023
The telecommunication industry’s revenue will grow by 34 percent in the next five years to $5.08 billion from $3.8 billion at present, on the back of expanding user base and wide range of services, said the USAID in a new study.
14 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Facebook to stand by small businesses
Facebook yesterday said one of its main goals is to support growing businesses, especially small entrepreneurs who are selling products and services in a limited way but have the potential to hit the global market.
9 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Internet service providers seek 5G licence
The Internet Service Providers Association Bangladesh (ISPAB) is seeking fifth-generation licence to provide low-cost service to users as the government plans to introduce the superfast cellular network technology within two years.
5 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Bandwidth export to India grinds to a halt
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecommunication carrier, is struggling to afford importing internet bandwidth from Bangladesh and will suspend its deal with the country in February after four years of doing business.
3 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Africa a potential market for software companies
Africa could be a prospective market for Bangladesh’s software companies as the demand for locally developed IT solutions is increasing gradually in the world’s second-largest continent, entrepreneurs say.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Robi’s profit goes up as BTRC bar shrinks spending
Robi posted a profit of Tk 148.70 crore in the July to September quarter thanks to the regulatory bar on making new investments before the settlement of the audit claims, its parent Axiata said yesterday.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Rohingyas use 3 lakh mobiles
Rohingyas of Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar are using around three lakh mobile connections of local carriers, a technical committee of the telecom regulatory commission has found out.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Smart accessories making life smarter
Smart mobile accessories and smartphone-related wearable product imports are soaring on the back of the rising propensity towards a digital lifestyle.
16 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Submarine Cable Company’s profit jumps eightfold
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd’s (BSCCL) net profit climbed eight times last fiscal year, on the back of a boost in bandwidth usage through a second undersea cable.
13 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Robi to shed jobs
Robi is set to offer its first voluntary separation scheme (VSS) to its 1,650 employees as a few hundreds of them have been sitting idle for almost a year thanks to the operator’s ongoing tussles with the regulator.
12 November 2019, 18:00 PM
BTRC’s Audit Claim: Robi may go to int’l body for arbitration
Mobile carrier Robi yesterday hinted that it may move to an international arbitration body to settle the government’s audit claim worth Tk 867.23 crore if the operator fails to get justice in Bangladesh.
5 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Banglalink’s user numbers raise questions
Banglalink has reported two different numbers of active subscribers in two separate reports—one submitted to the telecom regulator and the other to its parent company—with one being 5.77 percent higher than the other.
4 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Mobile Tower shortage: Users denied quality service
Over the last one year, 62 lakh new mobile connections became active, 57 lakh new users started using mobile data, and about 2 crore people switched to the much faster 4G connection. But only two new cell towers have been set up in the entire country.
3 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Oppo opens local plant
Chinese handset maker Oppo is all set to launch its “Made in Bangladesh” smartphones in the local market this month as its mobile assembly plant goes into commercial production.
3 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Will be able to call 999 even without your network
Mobile phone users will soon be able to call 999 or any other emergency numbers without a mobile SIM card or internet access during natural disasters. Any live mobile network can be used to make the call.
30 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Russian company keen on building second satellite
Glavkosmos, a Russian state-owned satellite company, has thrown its hat in the ring for designing, building and launching Bangladesh’s second satellite, which the government plans to send into orbit by 2023.
29 October 2019, 18:00 PM