Robi launches social awareness programme #CommonSense

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.
11 February 2019, 11:01 AM

Grameenphone named significant market power

The telecom regulator yesterday declared Grameenphone as the operator with the Significant Market Power (SMP) to enhance
10 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Data pack with min 3-day validity from today

The curb on mobile internet packages below a minimum three-day validity period starts today.
1 February 2019, 12:39 PM

BTRC shuts 2 shops, seizes 700 mobile phones

The telecom regulator sentences seven shop owners to different terms in jail for their alleged involvement in illegal imports of mobile phones.
31 January 2019, 13:10 PM

BTRC gets new chairman

The government yesterday appointed Bangladesh Tele-communication Regulatory Commission's legal commissioner as its chairman.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Smartphone import plummets 21pc

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.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM

GP logs record profit

Grameenphone logged a record Tk 3,520 crore profit last year, its highest to date, driven by significant growth in voice and data
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM

4G not flourishing for handset dearth

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.
27 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Set up handset radiation measuring lab

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.
26 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Establish handset radiation measuring lab: Speakers

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.
26 January 2019, 13:54 PM

One-third handsets imported illegally

About 30 percent of the 10 crore mobile handsets currently in use in Bangladesh were imported illegally, said the telecom regulator
22 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Mobile phone assembly picks up momentum

Local handset plants churned out 23 lakh units in 2018, with the government's policy that compelled importers to set up plants in the country looking to bear fruit.
21 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Option for locking stolen phone soon: BTRC

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will start to work from tomorrow to launch the service called International Mobile Equipment Identity number (IMEI) database.
21 January 2019, 07:59 AM

5G licence next year

The telecom regulator has started its initial preparations for awarding licences to carriers for 5G mobile data service in 2020, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Internet growth hits 3-year low

The growth of new internet connections fell 21.58 percent year-on-year to 1.09 crore in 2018, a three-year low.
15 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Robi gains most from MNP

Robi gained about two-third of the customers that have switched operators by way of the mobile number portability (MNP) service in the first three months of its roll-out.
15 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Huawei raps staff for sending New Year tweet via iPhone

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has punished two employees for posting a New Year greeting on the company's official Twitter account using an iPhone made by arch rival Apple, an internal memo showed.
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Xiaomi brings Mi 8 Lite

Xiaomi has recently launched the latest model of its flagship Mi 8 series, Mi 8 Lite, in Bangladesh.
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Digital services at ease as mobile internet is back

The telecom regulator withdrew the 37-hour suspension on mobile internet services yesterday at 10am.
1 January 2019, 18:00 PM

3G, 4G back on

Faster internet service has been switched back on 37 hours into its suspension.
1 January 2019, 05:03 AM