Call drops, mobile packages top user complaints: minister
19 August 2026
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Business
Telecoms turn to AI to save energy, other costs
19 August 2026
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Economy
Rangpur passes internet speed test but falters on voice quality
11 August 2026
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Telecom
Bangladesh’s youth and the global opportunity
9 August 2026
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Business
TRNB elects new executive committee
3 August 2026
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Business
Banglalink teams up with Winrock to support trafficking survivors
8 July 2026
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Business
Bangladesh approves Starlink for bandwidth export to neighbouring countries
5 July 2026
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Business
Internet use in Bangladesh climbs steadily in Q3
4 July 2026
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Business
NEIR stalled: Grey market fears grow as tax break expires
27 June 2026
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Business
Veon proposes Teletalk partnership, seeks to acquire Nagad
9 June 2026
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Business
GP launches cloud store for contacts backup
Leading mobile operator Grameenphone yesterday launched its own cloud storage to create a backup of users' contacts, a first-of-its-kind service in Bangladesh.
14 September 2015
Telecom Department starts journey
The much-awaited Department of Telecom (DoT) was officially launched last week, without any budgetary allocation.
14 September 2015
Govt to bear costs of audit into mobile operators
The government will bear the costs of audits into mobile phone operators, the telecom ministry said yesterday.
13 September 2015
Turkish firm keen to expand digital footprint in Bangladesh
Turkish telecom firm Netas expressed interest in taking part in building a Digital Bangladesh, to ensure transparency and delivery of
8 September 2015
2G, 3G packages must have different prices: BTRC
The telecom regulator yesterday directed mobile operators to set lower tariffs for 2G internet packages than the 3G ones to ensure fair pricing to users.
7 September 2015
Minister moves on idle telecom fund
State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim has asked the officials of the telecom regulator and the Telecom Division to develop innovative ideas to utilise the social obligation fund collected from five mobile operators.
5 September 2015
Bring down internet service fees: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks mobile phone operators to bring down internet service fees at consumer level as the government has reduced its bandwidth fees.
5 September 2015
GP, Robi face audits
The telecom regulator is in the last stage of appointing financial and technical auditors to mobile operators Grameenphone and Robi as
2 September 2015
Airtel revives plan to sell Bangladesh unit: report
Bharti Airtel is now reviving its plan to sell its Bangladesh and Sri Lanka operations and has appointed two bankers to conduct the sale, Indian television channel CNBC-TV18 reported.
29 August 2015
BTRC gets new chairman
Iqbal Mahmud, a former telecom secretary, was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission
25 August 2015
IGWs hike call termination rate without approval
A forum of gateway operators yesterday increased the international incoming call termination rate by 33.33 percent to 2 cents per
24 August 2015
Robi profits slump
Robi's net profits declined 17.41 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of the year on the back of a rise in capital expenditure.
20 August 2015
Mobile operators divided over inter-connection charges
Mobile phone operators stand divided over inter-connection charges, with two of them seeking absolute removal of the fees, and three others opposing it.
17 August 2015
GP launches new internet campaign
Mobile operator Grameenphone yesterday launched a new campaign -- Easy Net -- to raise awareness on the use of internet.
16 August 2015
BTRC to slash mobile call charges
The telecom regulator is set to reduce the inter-operator charges in a bid to lower the call rate for users.
15 August 2015
BTRC to monitor mobile internet speed in rural areas
The telecom regulator is set to start a field-level monitoring drive Saturday in three districts to gauge the quality of data service
13 August 2015
Tarana raids shops for unregistered SIMs
State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim yesterday confiscated at least 15 SIM cards of four mobile operators in an impromptu raid on
13 August 2015
Mobile phone operators seek fair tax regime
Mobile operators yesterday demanded a fair tax regime and a level-playing field, saying they pay higher corporate tax than other sectors do.
9 August 2015
Bharti Airtel expands 4G footprint ahead of rival launch
India's top mobile operator Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Thursday it launched fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology in 296 towns,
6 August 2015
Taiwan's HTC posts biggest ever quarterly loss
Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC suffered its biggest ever quarterly loss in the three months to June, as sales of its high-
6 August 2015