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BTRC publishes draft guidelines on infrastructure sharing

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has published amended draft guidelines on telecommunication infrastructure sharing, with provisions for ensuring quality of service, maintaining technical standards and shared lawful interception systems for monitoring communications...

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BTRC rejects proposal

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has refused a proposal to provide transit for bandwidth to India through Bangladesh as the transit might weaken Bangladesh’s role as a regional digital hub...

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SC allows plea of Yunus, 6 others

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a leave to appeal plea, filed by chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus and six officials of Grameen Telecom, against...

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BMPCA urges govt to reform telecom, internet services

The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association (BMPCA) has called on the interim government to unveil a roadmap for reforms in the telecommunication and internet service sectors, aiming to improve service quality and address customer concerns...

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Mahmud appointed as BTRC commissioner

The Ministry of Public Administration on Thursday appointed Mahmud Hossain as commissioner of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...

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Emdad Ul Bari appointed as BTRC chair

Major General (retd) Md Emdad Ul Bari was appointed as chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Tuesday for a three-year term, according to a...

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HC asks BTRC to shutdown broadcasting of Somoy TV for seven days

The High Court on Monday asked the information and broadcasting ministry’ secretary and chairmen of Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission and Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited to stop broadcasting of Somoy Television channel for seven days...

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BTRC chairman resigns

The chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, has resigned from his post.

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Bangladesh interim govt head Yunus, 13 others relieved of graft charges

The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 on Sunday relieved 14 people, including interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and health adviser Nurjahan Begum, of a case filed on charges of embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore from the Grameen Telecom Workers’ Welfare Fund...

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Prof Yunus’s sentence in labour case cancelled

The Labour Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday cancelled the six-month jail sentences of Grameen Telecom chairman and Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and three others in a case filed over labour law violations...

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Green telecom network for sustainable future

BUILDING a sustainable future is not optional but, rather, a deliberate choice we have to make for a safe future. To reach these decarbonisation goals, telecom operators are trying to have a leadership position in sustainability and the use of renewable energy sources. The Green Telecom Network is now explored as a potential application of green solutions...

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Bail for Professor Yunus extended until August 14

The Labour Appellate Tribunal on Thursday extended bail to Nobel Laureate Professor   and three Grameen Telecom directors until August 14 in a labour law violation case, in which they were sentenced...

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Govt must ensure quality telecom services

THE admission of the state minister for telecommunication and information technology that telecom services have failed to achieve global standards came quite late in the day, as consumers have been complaining for a long time about the poor network, call drop, slow internet speed and the quality of the overall services of the...

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Telecom services below standards: Palak

State minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Junaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday said that according to the tests conducted by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in various locations of the country, the quality of telecommunication services did not meet promised standards...

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Tax hike to affect mobile usage, subscriber number: AMTOB

Mobile operators at a post-budget press meet on Wednesday said that the imposition of an additional 5 per cent supplementary duty on mobile service usage and a Tk 100 increase in VAT on SIM connections might negatively impact mobile consumers and the telecommunications industry, according to a statement issued by the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh on the day...

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Prof Yunus, 13 others charged

The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 on Wednesday charged Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and 13 others with embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers’ Welfare Fund...

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Mobile call, internet services to get costlier as tax raised

Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has proposed that supplementary duty on mobile phone SIM-enabled telecommunication services to be increased to 20 per cent from the existing 15 per cent in the proposed national budget for 2024-25 financial year...