The telecom regulator has recently made it mandatory to pre-install Bijoy key board (Android package kit or APK file) on locally manufacturerd and imported smartphones.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday disposed of 13 appeals of mobile phone operators Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink regarding some payments to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), including VAT on spectrum and licence fees.

The ban on sales of Grameenphone SIMs was finally lifted last night, six months after its imposition.

The number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh picked up in October snapping a four-month decline thanks to the stellar performance displayed by Banglalink.

High-speed mobile internet will remain suspended from 9:30am to 8:00pm today in the capital's Golapbagh ground area.

A group of global and regional organisations working on connectivity and ending internet shutdowns today urged the telecom regulator and mobile operators to ensure unhindered mobile internet access during BNP's rally in Dhaka tomorrow.

The number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh, including those using mobile internet, fell in the three months to October while the growth in broadband connections flattened.

The telecom regulator has allowed Grameenphone to sell 78,000 SIMs to the army, police and other government and corporate customers, more than four and a half months after the operator was ordered to stop selling new SIMs.

The telecom regulator has allowed Grameenphone to sell 78,000 SIMs to the army, police, and other government and corporate customers, more than four and a half months after the operator was ordered to stop selling new connections.

Creating scalable 5G use cases for business is the main challenge for a meaningful commercial rollout of the service in Bangladesh, according to experts.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has bolstered its capability to monitor the quality of services provided by local network operators by introducing a new benchmarking system.

The steps taken by Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to ensure affordable broadband internet got global recognition as its internet at a flat rate initiative named ‘One Country, One Rate’ has won the ASOCIO-2022 award in the category of “Environmental, Social and Governance”.

Robi has maintained its growth momentum in the third quarter of 2022 when its revenue grew 5.9 per cent year-on-year to Tk 2,207.4 crore.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) recently blocked 331 websites related to online gambling in a bid to rein in the rapidly expanding malpractice in the country. 

National power grid failure is disrupting telecommunication and internet services in the country, according to the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (Amtob).

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has recently directed International Internet Gateway (IIG) service providers to disconnect bandwidth connections of 316 internet service providers (ISPs) for not renewing licences and not taking approval of tariffs before rolling out their services.

The country’s manufacturing and processing behemoth Pran-RFL Group has made a foray into mobile phone manufacturing to capture a slice of the rapidly expanding digital device market in Bangladesh. 

The number of internet users in Bangladesh rose in July on the back of a spike in mobile data consumption as operators try to expand their network and improve the quality of 4G service. 

Apple and Alphabet’s Google are facing a probe over anti-competitive practices in Mexico after the country’s former telecommunications chief filed a complaint, he said in a statement on Twitter on Friday.

Bangladesh Railway has leased out its spare optical fibre cables to five telecom and internet service providers for five years, a move which is expected to ensure faster internet speed for end users.