Samsung to merge mobile, consumer electronics units

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will merge its mobile and consumer electronics divisions, the firm said on Tuesday, naming new co-chief executives in the biggest reshuffle since 2017 to simplify its structure and focus on the logic chip business.
7 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Mobile users count losses as call drops pile up

Mobile phone users in Bangladesh incurred a loss of nearly Tk 18.50 crore in the fiscal year of 2020-21 because of the telecom operators’ reluctance to compensate them for the disruptions they faced during calls.
6 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Parag Agrawal: New CEO sheds low profile to take Twitter helm

Parag Agrawal, who took over Monday as the new head of Twitter, shot from relative obscurity as the platform’s technology expert to becoming the latest India-born talent to lead a US tech giant.
30 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Sweden’s Ericsson to buy US cloud operator Vonage

Ericsson said Monday it was acquiring US cloud-based communications provider Vonage, in the Swedish company’s biggest acquisition in recent memory as it widens its operations beyond its traditional telecommunications equipment business.
22 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Telenor, Google Cloud partner to digitalise telecom operations

Telenor and Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud have formed a partnership to digitalise the Norwegian telecom company’s global operations and are exploring ways to jointly offer services to customers, the two companies said on Monday.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Unused data to be added to new pack: BTRC

Users who access internet on their mobile phones are going to see their unused data from one package being carried forward to any other new packs.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Brazil raises $8.4b in 5G tender

Brazil raised $8.4 billion in investments and license fees in an international tender to build and operate one of the world’s biggest 5G data networks, Communications Minister Fabio Faria said Friday.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Yahoo, Fortnite exit China as tech crackdown bites

US internet services company Yahoo said on Tuesday it has pulled out of mainland China, becoming the latest tech firm to withdraw as a crackdown by Beijing on the industry gathers pace.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Mobile data users to double by 2030

Bangladesh’s telecom sector is expected to thrive in the current decade on the back of a spike in demand for mobile data, according to a new report.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Grameenphone signs deal with D24 Logistics to promote entrepreneurship

Grameenphone has signed an agreement with D24 Logistics Ltd in a bid to promote entrepreneurship, drive startup and agility culture across the organisation.
27 October 2021, 07:41 AM

No mobile handset will be shut down: Jabbar

The telecom ministry has decided not to shut down the network of any mobile handset whatever or not it is registered with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
21 October 2021, 14:21 PM

Robi, Banglalink fined for flouting rules

Robi  Axiata Ltd and Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd were fined Tk  10 lakh each for providing telecom value-added service (TVAS) to  customers through unauthorised firms and attempting to dodge revenue.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Grameenphone teams up with Wipro for advanced network management

Mobile operator Grameenphone has signed a deal with Wipro Limited, a global technology service company, as part of its continued efforts to acquire advanced network capabilities.
23 September 2021, 14:42 PM

Samsung opens service centre in Banasree

Samsung Bangladesh has opened a new service centre at Banasree in Dhaka.
23 September 2021, 09:03 AM

Cap on mobile phone imports for personal use

The Bangladesh Teleco-mmunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has set the limit on the import of mobile phones through air routes for personal use.
16 September 2021, 18:00 PM

BTRC seizes 900 Teletalk SIMs, Illegal VOIP equipment worth Tk 30 lakh

The telecom regulator has seized 900 SIM cards of Teletalk, used in illegally routing international calls through voice over internet protocol (VoIP), during a drive in Dhaka.
15 September 2021, 07:13 AM

No data charge on upay app use by Robi, Airtel customers

Mobile financial service provider upay recently signed an agreement with Robi Axiata Limited allowing Robi and Airtel customers to conduct transactions through the upay app without incurring any internet data cost. 
13 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Banglalink posts 6.9% rise in revenue in Q2

Banglalink’s revenue rose by 6.9 per cent in the first half of 2021 until June compared to the same period of the previous year, riding on the higher data revenue and data customers.
1 September 2021, 11:26 AM

Banglalink CEO Erik Aas elected as AMTOB president

Banglalink Chief Executive Officer Erik Aas has been elected as the president of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB).
26 August 2021, 15:22 PM

BTRC selects firm to audit Banglalink

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has selected a firm to audit Banglalink, the third-largest mobile phone operator by subscriber base in the country.
24 August 2021, 08:57 AM