Tag: BTRC

  • 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…

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  • Call rate glided up: What a Gap!

    The fate of around Tk500 crore, which IGW operators reportedly owe to the government in accordance to the previous call termination rate, has become uncertain because of confusion over the recently announced rate and revenue sharing structure. The fate of around Tk500 crore, which IGW operators reportedly owe to the government in accordance to the…

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  • SIM card on sale without proper document

    As per BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) directive issued on September 2012, retailers can’t sale pre activated SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card with proper documents like National ID card and photograph, then mobile phone operators have to check the documents and if those are found correct, then they can activate the newly purchased SIM card.…

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  • Internet browsing through mobile phone decreased

    Increment of subscriber number is a common trend in communication industry, but Bangladesh experienced the reverse in last three months. It happened when four mobile operators have launched their 3G service. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) all four private mobile operators who were awarded 3G license in last September have lost internet subscribers.…

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  • Banglalink 3G test service launched

    Mobile phone operator Banglalink has launched its test 3G service yesterday. Banglalink is a subsidiary company of vimpelcom limited, which is the sixth largest group of the world providing telecommunication services. The 3G service was officially launched by demonstrating a video call by Banglalink 3G network. Top Banglalink officials were present on the occasion. They…

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  • ‘YouTube to reopen after the removal of that controversial video’-says BTRC

    The Bangladesh Telecomunication Regulatory Commission BTRC has reiterated its stand that it will not reopen YouTube before the removal of that controversial anti Islam offensive video. BTRC requested YouTube to remove that controversial video but YouTube refused to do that. Then BTRC blocked YouTube on 17th September. After request from BTRC, Facebook has blocked some…

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  • BTRC serves notice upon ETV

    The telecom regulator yesterday served a uncover means notice upon in isolation heavenly body channel ETV (Ekushey Television) asking for an reason from it for report illegally. The channel will have to come up with a answer inside of 7 days. Zia Ahmed, authority of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), pronounced ETV did not have…

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  • Contents of Internet to be underneath scanner

    Authorities have proposed rough work upon monitoring the calm of blogs as great as amicable networking sites to lane down as great as pierce to charge the perpetrators of cyber crimes underneath the 2001 Bangladesh Telecommuni-cations Act. Giashuddin Ahmed, the vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommuni-cations Regulatory Commission (BTRC), reliable the latest brazen movement upon structure…

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  • No club to review of dual mobile-phone operators

    The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a outcome of a High Court that deferred a telecom regulatory body’s preference for auditing dual mobile-phone companies upon Jun 23. As a result, there is no club to stability a review work upon Grameenphone as great as Banglalink by Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission. Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain…

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  • Telecom tug-of-war heats up

    The ongoing cold quarrel in in between a posts as good as telecommunications method as good as a Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC), over auditing financial management of all done during home telecom operate providers, has deepened further. Ever given a dramatization of a Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Act, 2010, which had taken off a small of…

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  • BTRC will not stop review in Telco firm

    Though Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) allegedly did anomalies in appointing review organisation in a dual telecommunications companies of a country, it wouldn’t stop auditing. Even BTRC is learnt to have refused to boyant uninformed proposal in negligence of a outcome of a Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU). Terming a outcome of CPTU `contradictory’, BTRC…

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