Fifth generation (5G) mobile technology will be rolled out by the state-owned mobile operator Teletalk in the country before any other telecom operators, Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar says.

The tourism and hospitality sector of Bangladesh needs policy support from the government to boost its contribution to the economy, said sector people yesterday.

Fed up with the poor service quality, Imran Hossain, a buying house executive, could not wait to switch his mobile operator. But what held him back was that he would have to give up on his 11-digit mobile number, which he had circulated to one-too-many people.

In the first four months, 1,33,621 mobile phone users have successfully switched their operators keeping its existing eleven digits number, a service which was introduced aiming to enhance competition in the mobile market.

The High Court on Monday ordered the tax administrator to give back the money it took from Robi as fine on charges of illegal imports.

Top two mobile phone operators Grameenphone and Robi are set to enter into a partnership with Bank Asia on agent banking – a move that is expected to give huge boost to the new service and deepen financial inclusion.

The leading digital service provider, Robi, launches a social awareness programme titled #CommonSense with an appeal to the people for continuing to apply common sense as they become ever more sensitised with life in the digital domain.

The telecom regulator yesterday declared Grameenphone as the operator with the Significant Market Power (SMP) to enhance

All the export and import consignments would be scanned before clearance to curb duty evasion, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday.

The curb on mobile internet packages below a minimum three-day validity period starts today.

The telecom regulator sentences seven shop owners to different terms in jail for their alleged involvement in illegal imports of mobile phones.

The government yesterday appointed Bangladesh Tele-communication Regulatory Commission's legal commissioner as its chairman.

Smartphone imports through the legal channel declined for the first time last year as the government's move to hike import duties to 32 percent last fiscal year appear to have sent illegal imports soaring.

Grameenphone logged a record Tk 3,520 crore profit last year, its highest to date, driven by significant growth in voice and data

The initial enthusiasm for fourth generation (4G) mobile services has started to fall off in the absence of affordable 4G-enabled handsets in the country, Robi officials said in an event yesterday.

Bangladesh is making rapid progress in terms of building infrastructure. As we are on the way to becoming a middle-income country, I am hopeful that we will see a lot of development work in the next couple of years.

Mobile phone users yesterday called for setting up a laboratory to measure the radiation of devices as per the standard of the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection and banning handsets found to be health hazard.

Association of mobile phone users asks the authorities concerned to set up proper laboratory to measure the radiation level of mobile devices as per the standard of International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection and ban the devices hazardous to health.

About 30 percent of the 10 crore mobile handsets currently in use in Bangladesh were imported illegally, said the telecom regulator

Banks will have to deduct 0.25 percent source tax on exports of apparel and other items, except for jute goods, with effect from the first day of January, said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently.