Posted by: Bappy on: November 6, 2009
First, it was Warid who introduced 89 paisa/minute call rate to any operator. Then in September 2008, Aktel introduced 68 paisa/minute call rate to any operator. Teletalk followed their footsteps by introducing 66 paisa/minute call rate in 2009. Now it is Banglalink’s turn to follow the other three operators who already have offered flat tariff [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: November 2, 2009
Aktel is leading the way for Bangladeshi mobile operators to increase tariff. They were the first to raise the FnF tariff from 25 paisa per minute to 40 paisa per minute in 2008. Following their footsteps, Banglalink and Grameenphone increased their FnF tariff to 45 paisa and 49 paisa respectively. Now Aktel is active in [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: October 30, 2009
There is Tk. 800 tax on every newly sold SIM in Bangladesh. By adding the production cost, import tax and distribution cost with it total cost becomes something around Tk. 1200 for every SIM. But still time and again Bangladeshi Mobile Operators are introducing new campaigns to sell their connection as low as Tk. 150. [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: May 25, 2009
Mobile operators Banglalink and AKTEL are in talks for a possible merger in an aggressive bid to grab a substantial market share of Bangladesh’s 46 million market, giving a hint that the number of operators will come down in the already saturated six-operator market.
The merger issue was disclosed by Orascom Telecom Holdings Chairman Naguib Sawiris [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: May 25, 2009
Only GrameenPhone out of the six cell-phone operators in the country is making profit, while others are just surviving, Warid Telecom chief executive officer (CEO) Muneer Farooqui said on Sunday (10 May ‘09).
“We are not even at the break even point,” he said at a press briefing at Hotel Sheraton marking the second founding anniversary [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: May 25, 2009
The government has finally paid heed to struggling TeleTalk’s cry for development fund.
A Tk 2,000 crore will soon be allocated for the state mobile phone operator to reach out its network to additional 55 lakh customers in the next couple of years.
“The fund will be spent for adding 55 lakh customers to our network. Of [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: May 25, 2009
Grameenphone (GP) has blamed high taxation for the recent stagnant growth of the telecom industry saying customer acquisition by six mobile operators marked 76 percent less in the first three months of the current year than the period a year ago.
“The telecom market is shrinking. High taxation is the main reason behind such stagnant growth,” [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: May 25, 2009
The government has undertaken projects worth Tk 4,900 crore as part of a move to establish a ‘Digital Bangladesh’, the post and telecommunications minister said yesterday (6 May ‘09).
“The main infrastructure — national IP (internet protocol) backbone — has already been finalised,” Raziuddin Ahmed Raju told newsmen at the telecom ministry
The news conference came [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: April 6, 2009
The sale of the mobile phone’s SIMs has slowed down remarkably as the major operators withdrew the subsidy on the SIM tax considerably.
Leading operators Grameen Phone and Banglalink, enjoying more than 50 per cent share of the country’s cellular phone market together, have already withdrawn major portion of the subsidy on the SIM tax in [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: April 6, 2009
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Post and Telecommunications Hasanul Huq Inu on Thursday (26 Mar ‘09) said the government is considering reducing value added tax (VAT) on internet users and lowering tax on internet bandwidth.
Mentioning that access to computer with internet connectivity leads a society to the super highway of development, he said [...]
