The number of active mobile internet connections in the country increased by 0.11 lakh to 11.74 crore in February compared with that of 11.63 crore in January, according to the latest data published by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
Prior to this uptick, the number of active mobile internet connections gradually decreased for six months from August 2023 to January 2024.
In the same period, however, the number of total mobile users in the country increased, reaching 19.04 crore in January 2024 from 18.86 crore in August 2023.
As of February, the total number of mobile users in the country increased by 90,000 to reach 19.13 crore, according to the BTRC data.
According to the data, the number of broadband internet connections remained unchanged in February compared with that in the previous month.
The number of broadband connections stood at 1.28 crore in February, which was the same in the previous two months.
The last time the number of broadband connections increased was in December 2023, by 0.04 crore. Before December, the broadband connections maintained a steady figure of 1.24 crore from September to November of 2023.
According to the BTRC data, Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk 鈥� all four telecoms saw increase in their connections in February.
In February, Robi Axiata gained about 1,00,000 active mobile connections, reaching 5.83 crore from 5.82 crore in January.
Banglalink also experienced a rise in February, gaining around 5,00,000 in active connections, raising the number to 4.39 crore in February.
Grameenphone recorded a rise, according to the BTRC data, by gaining 3,00,000 connections in February.
The state-owned telecom operator Teletalk also experienced a slight growth with its active connections rising to 65 lakh in February compared with that of 64.8 lakh in January.
