The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decided to reduce the maximum number of SIM cards a user can register under their name to 10.
This decision, made during a BTRC meeting on June 30, would be implemented by August 15.
The telecom regulator鈥檚 decision to reduce the maximum number of SIM cards a user can register from 15 to 10 will result in the deregistration of around 67 lakh SIM cards currently held by 26 lakh users who exceed the new limit.聽
The BTRC will issue instructions to the parties concerned on July 15, outlining the procedure to be followed to limit SIM ownership to 10 per user.
A list of users holding more than 10 SIM cards will be prepared and shared with the operators, who will then contact those users to reduce their SIM count to the new limit.
For listing the 10 SIM cards to be retained, priority will be given to those that generate the highest revenues and are linked to mobile financial service accounts.
The BTRC introduced the initial cap of 15 in 2017 and updated the registration process in 2022 while keeping the number unchanged. 聽
As of March 2025, the country had over 18.62 crore active SIM cards.