Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar says there are not enough towers for mobile phones to meet demand and an overabundance of jammers is disrupting service and causing calls to drop even when phones are able to find their provider’s network Is.
The minister said, ‘There are some reasons for the call drops.’
“First, we do not have proper number of towers and these towers do not have fiber connections. To start 5G service, we need to have a fiber connection, Jabbar said.
“Another issue is jammers. In many areas, calls get dropped even when connected to the phone network due to jammers. We have launched campaigns in many places. We always focus on improving the quality of service.”
Asked to comment further on Jammer’s condition, Jabbar said: “He has not been kept with our permission. They are smuggled and entered the country illegally. We have a long history of finding and seizing these jammers. We retrieve them from all over the country.
The minister spoke to the media after a meeting with district administrators at the Deputy Commissioners’ Conference in Dhaka on Wednesday.