Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has tightened its grip on the sale of corporate mobile connections to prevent misuse, including illegal activities, of the connections.

Net profit of Grameenphone rose 26.6 percent to Tk 2,610 crore in the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period a year ago, on the back of higher growth of data and voice revenues.

Mobile phone operators gave back only a third of the minutes payable to users because of massive call drops in the year to September, highlighting their reluctance to compensate customers, according to the telecom regulator.

Robi has pulled in 16,916 customers to its network from three rivals in the first three weeks after the mobile number portability was rolled out, according to a report of the telecom regulator.

Grameenphone begins selling its new phone number series starting with ‘013’.

Mobile handset assembling is set to expand further in the country as a fifth company is set to officially announce its enrolment today with its own “5 Star Mobile” brand.

The telecom regulator has finalised a directive that will soon allow those with no credit card to enjoy equal monthly instalment facility to purchase high-end smartphones from mobile operators.

The much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service is launched for the first time in Bangladesh. With this Bangladesh becomes the 72nd country to make the service available.

The top three mobile operators spent Tk 104 crore last fiscal year for reaching their target audience through digital platforms, with Facebook being the most popular medium.

A test run of Bangladesh's first Tier 4 national data centre, comprising the most advanced technology in use around the world, will begin in the first week of October as part of the government's move to boost the country's data storage capacity.

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar yesterday said the government has taken an initiative to adjust prices of data packages of mobile internet services.

The telecom regulator has ordered mobile operators to stop sending commercial and promotional messages to subscribers if they choose not to receive those.

Nearly nine years past its launch, wireless broadband operator Qubee has brought to a close its individual subscriber-centric services.

Telenor Group has recently been recognised by Fortune magazine for its work to bring affordable healthcare to the mass market through its Tonic mobile service in Bangladesh.

The number of the country's active internet connections increased about 20 percent year-on-year to 8.78 crore at the end of June on the back of fast-growing mobile internet and the government's push for digitalisation.

The government yesterday approved four applications for tower operations licences as part of its move to separate the network business from telecom services with the view to rationalising the number of towers in the country.

A uniform minimum call rate of Tk 0.45 per-minute for mobile phones is going to be effective from early hours of Tuesday as the government approved the fresh tariff to establish a level playing field for the country's telecom operators.

Grameenphone crosses seven crore active mobile connections in Bangladesh, a magic figure for any mobile operators even in the global perspective.

All is set for Symphony to start assembling mobile handsets in Bangladesh as the leading vendor has already set up the plant in Ashulia.

With audits into Grameenphone and Robi's books already complete, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is on way to appointing firms to get the same done for Banglalink and Airtel.