'SIM card crisis'

They had to pay only Tk 80 or 100 for buying a SIM card. But after the announcement of the budget of 2005-06 it became an expensive one. The government has imposed a duty of Tk 1200 on mobile SIM. That is, every new cellphone subscriber has to pay the additional charge. Most of the dealers have stopped using SIM cards of different cellphone operators after the announcement of the budget.

In this situation when the customers go for buying SIM cards they are refused by the dealers. They claim that SIM card is not available in the market. Why are they doing so? Are they waiting for any chance to make big profits? Maybe!