Cellphones must have Bangla keypad
The telecom regulator has decided not to allow the import of mobile phone sets without “Bangla keypad” from February next year.
"Importers and vendors will not be allowed to import any mobile phone handset without Bangla keypad after January 31,” Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regularity Commission (BTRC) Maj Gen (retd) Zia Ahmed told BSS yesterday.
At present, only a few of around 50 local importers are selling handsets with Bangla keypad in a limited-scale.
The BTRC boss said the commission has nearly finalised a guideline to issue an order in this regard to promote local entrepreneurship.
At the same time, the regulator has decided to install EIR (Equipment Identification Register) server to every cell phone operators for detecting the duplication of handset IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number. Currently, there are a huge number of handsets in the market with fake IMEI number.
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