Mobile subscribers cross 10 crore

The number of mobile subscribers crossed the 10 crore mark in April, the telecom regulator said in a statement.
The subscriber base was nine crore in the same month a year ago when the mobile penetration was 61.83 percent, according to the statement.
“It's a great achievement for the country as well as the industry,” said TIM Nurul Kabir, secretary general of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh.
It is remarkable that 10 crore people out of the country's 16 crore have mobile connections, Kabir said.
For the last seven months, the subscriber base was hovering bellow 10 crore due to a directive of the regulator that tightened the SIM registration, according to industry insiders.
Among the six mobile operators, Grameenphone has the highest subscriber base of 4.23 crore, followed by Banglalink 2.64 crore, Robi 2.17 crore, Airtel 76 lakh, Citycell 14.2 lakh and state-owned Teletalk 18.4 lakh.