BTRC cans 32 ISPs’ licence
The telecom watchdog yesterday scrapped the licences of 32 internet service providers (ISP) for failing to pay their licence renewal fees on time.
All 32 of the cancelled licences were category-C ones, as per the public notice from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
According to regulations, category-C licence holders are allowed to provide internet services at the district and upazilla levels. The licence tenure of the ISPs had expired between 2014 and 2019 but some are still providing services to customers.
In the BTRC notice, the telecom regulator requested companies and individuals not to take any further service from the ISPs.
Certain ISPs in other categories are also going to lose their licences over unpaid dues and condition violations.
At the same time, a huge number of licences are being awarded in an effort to bring broadband internet services across the country, said BTRC officials.
Currently, there are 595 category-C ISPs operating in Bangladesh.
The total number of ISPs licences stands at 1,985 across five different categories.
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