Pressure to develop new databases despite no need: Bangladesh Telecom operators directed to store customer information by BTRC

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on March 20 sent new letters to mobile telecom operators directing them to create a new database to store customers' personal information, which government agency National Telecommunication Monitoring Center (NTMC) said was not necessary. Is. Telecom operators are no longer interested in building new data centres. Telecom regulators and […]

Banglalink secures integrated license from BTRC

It also facilitates proactive sharing, provides clear guidelines on data retention, provides greater clarity regarding audit periods, and rationalizes various fees and charges. These will help support the Smart Bangladesh initiative by promoting the adoption of advanced technologies and improving service quality with innovations, a press release said.Kan Terzioglu, Group CEO of VEON, parent company […]

Government pressure on mobile operators to develop personal information database raises concerns

Letters have been issued repeatedly to telecom service providers to develop a database with personal information of their customers from a service called ‘Parichaya’. The database will include the customer’s name, national ID card number, their parents’ names, date of birth, address, gender, occupation and a photograph. However, mobile operators are not interested in developing […]

Cyclone Mocha: BTRC forms emergency teams for uninterrupted telecom services

In view of BTRC’s direction, telecom operators have set up control rooms at their respective offices to ensure uninterrupted telecom services in coastal and surrounding areas and have sufficient batteries, diesel generators, portable generators and spare vehicles to travel during the disaster. Has been arranged. To ensure power backup to keep your network systems functional. […]

Grameenphone lost 3.5 million customers after the government banned the sale of SIMs

Grameenphone said that they are working to improve the quality of service. After the ban on SIM sales, the operator made some commitments to improve its services, including increasing the frequency, installing new towers, connecting the towers with fiber optic cables. Grameenphone said that they will buy radio frequencies worth about 60 billion taka from […]

BTRC rejects device locking proposal of GP, Banglalink

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has recently turned down a proposal of mobile phone operators Grameenphone and Banglalink to introduce device locking system in the mobile handsets. The telecom regulator, however, allowed the mobile companies to put their logos along with the manufacturers’ logos on the handsets under agreement with the importers or manufacturers. BTRC […]