HC asks mobile network providers to address slow internet
The High Court (HC) yesterday asked the country's mobile network operators to resolve any problem regarding slow internet speeds.
The request came during a hearing on a writ petition that sought directives to ensure high quality internet and network services to subscribers.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in a notice said it had already taken remedial measures, Assistant Attorney General Golam Sarwar Payel told The Daily Star.
The HC bench then suspended the hearing for two months, saying it would pass an order if the problems regarding mobile network or internet speed were not resolved by this time.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, president of the Mobile Phone Subscribers Association, Md Mahidi Hasan Dalim, a journalist, and Md Rashidul Hasan, a Supreme Court lawyer, placed the writ petition on June 8 this year as a public interest litigation.
The secretary to the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, BTRC chairman and chief executive officers of mobile network operators Grameenphone, Robi Axiata, Banglalink and Teletalk Bangladesh have been made respondents to the petition.
The petitioners said being subscribers of different mobile network operators, they and were continuing to experience slow internet as well as poor network coverage.
It is shocking and frustrating that even after imposing high charges for data packages, network operators failed to provide quality services till date, they said.
The HC bench comprised Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah. Ishrat Hasan represented the writ petitioners while Deputy Attorney General Nawroz MR Chowdhury represented the state.
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