Cut internet prices

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the mobile phone operators to bring down internet service fees at the consumer level as the government had reduced its bandwidth fees.

"We've brought down the price of Mbps bandwidth from Tk 78,000 to Tk 625. I'll ask the mobile phone operators to bring down the fees at the consumer level," she said.

The PM said this while inaugurating the weeklong Upazila Digital Fair and Internet Week-2015 through a videoconferencing from the Gono Bhaban.

She also said that if the mobile phone operators reduced the internet service fee it would increase the number of users which would ultimately help up their income.

Hasina put emphasis on stopping illegal VoIP business that causes financial losses to the national exchequer.

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) President Shameem Ahsan and Grameenphone CEO Rajeev Sethi also spoke on the occasion.