The number of mobile internet users in Bangladesh is growing fast as it rose about 5% in May thanks to growing 3G internet users.
According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) statistics released yesterday, the mobile industry bagged 17.71 lakh internet users in the month.
With the increase, the number of mobile internet users rose to 3.74 crore, which was 3.56 crore in April.
While the total internet users of the country stands at 3.89 crore in May, which was 3.74 crore in April.
Industry sources said the internet users are increasing with the introduction of the 3G.
During the November-January period, just after awarding the 3G licenses, users number dropped suddenly and went to 3.39 crore due to political unrest.
In the last couple of months, internet users increasing significantly but the numbers just jumps in last month.
With this increasing numbers, Wi-max suffered a setback as three operators have lost more than 5,000 subscribers in May.
May data showed the mobile phone operators have a total of 11.62 crore active subscribers.
The largest operator Grameenphone has 4.91 crore subscribers while Banglalink 2.96 crore, Robi 2.41 crore, Teletalk 35.25 lakh and Citycell 14.33 lakh. Airtel, however, lost very few subscribers and stood at 84.91 lakh.
Grameenphone, Banglalink and state-owned Teletalk witnessed an increase of nearly two lakh active users while Robi and Citycell added few new active subscribers last month.
Source: Dhaka Tribune