The mobile networks, which were blocked in frontier areas of the country for security reasons, have been restored on Tuesday night.
Category: Telecom
GP serves legal notice to President seeking arbitration
Dhaka, Dec 19 – Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Thursday said Grameenphone has sent a legal notice to the Bangladesh President through a legal agency in Singapore seeking arbitration with Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) over its unpaid.
GP serves legal notice to President seeking arbitration: Minister
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Thursday said Grameenphone has sent a legal notice to the Bangladesh President through a legal agency in Singapore seeking arbitration with Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) over its unpaid.
Nokia 10 Pureview 5G Smartphone: The King is Coming Back
NOVEMBER 27, 2019 – Who can forget the supremacy of Nokia who won the heart of millions of people worldwide through their top quality smartphones under reasonable price-range?
BD Supreme Court asks GP: Pay Tk 2000 crore to BTRC in 3 months
Dhaka, Nov 24 – The BD Supreme Court on Sunday asked mobile phone operator Grameenphone to pay within three months Tk 2,000 crore of the Tk 12,579.95 crore dues as claimed by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
SC order on HC injunction over Tk 126bn GP dues Nov 24
Dhaka, Nov 18 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday deferred its order until November 24 on a petition filed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) seeking a stay on the High Court order that issued…
Walton launches new 4G smartphone
Dhaka, Oct 24 (UNB) – Local handset manufacturer Walton has launched its new smartphone ‘Primo G9’ which features octa-core processor with 4G VoLTE network support. Priced at only 6,399 BDT, the attractively designed device comes in three different colours- Blue,…
HC orders against cellphone towers on home-school rooftops
Dhaka, October 18 – The High Court in a full text of a verdict released Thursday directed the authorities concerned not to install any mobile phone tower on rooftops of residences, schools, colleges, playing fields, populated areas and heritage areas.
HC injunction on GP dues: Govt move to appoint administrator
Dhaka, Oct 17 – The High Court on Thursday imposed a two-month injunction on realisation of Tk 12,579.95 crore dues from Grameen Phone (GP). The court fixed November 5 for the next hearing.
Banglalink expands 4G network across country
Dhaka, Oct 16 (UNB)- Banglalink, has expanded its strong 4G network across the country to provide customers with seamless connectivity and quality digital services. Along with the upgrading of nearly 1000 sites to 4G, Banglalink has expanded its coverage to…
Vivo launches dual pop up selfie camera phone
DHAKA, Oct 5, 2019 (BSS) – Global Smartphone brand, Vivo launched new flagship phone V17Pro equipped with world first dual pop-up front camera along with quad-rear camera setup.
Robishop starts pre-booking of OPPO A5 2020
Dhaka, Sep 24(UNB)- The premiere ecommerce platform, www.robishop.com.bd has introduced exclusive pre-booking for OPPO A5 2020.
Move to limit radiation from BD mobile Transceiver stations
Dhaka, Sept 19 – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has finalised the guidelines on limiting radiation from base transceiver stations of mobile phone operators.
Row with Grameenphone, Robi to end thru talks: Minister
Dhaka, Sept 18 – Instead of hard-line stance, the government is going to settle the dispute over realising ‘unpaid dues’ from leading mobile operators Grameenphone and Robi through discussion.
Walton launches affordable new 4G phone
Dhaka – Bangladeshi mobile handset maker Walton has launched an affordable 4G smartphone in the country’s tech market.
Telcos GP, Robi sue BRTC for ‘faulty audit
Mobile phone operators Grameenphone and Robi filed two cases accusing Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for its allegedly faulty audit report exaggerating the dues of the operators.
Huawei releases white paper on 5G Applications
Huawei released the “5G Applications Position Paper” here Tuesday at a forum on the sideline of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2019, looking forward to 5G application scenarios in the areas of enhancing broadband, media and entertainment, industrial…
Apple introduces iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11
Apple on Tuesday, September 10 announced the introduction of iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 with dual and triple camera systems respectively.
Samsung folding phone to launch after screen problem delay
Samsung’s highly anticipated folding phone will go on sale Friday, after the original launch date was delayed by months because of embarrassing problems with the screen. The South Korean tech giant had put the Galaxy Fold’s launch on hold after…
BD telecom regulator BTRC serves notice to GP, Robi
Dhaka, Sept 5 (UNB) – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Thursday issued show-causes notices to Grameenphone and Robi seeking explanation as to why their 2G and 3G licences should not be revoked for failure to pay dues. The two…
Dhaka cuts Rohingya camps off cellphone 3G, 4G services
Dhaka, Sep 3 (UNB) – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Tuesday directed the mobile operators to suspend 3G and 4G services for a certain period every day in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps. Between 5pm and 6am, Rohingyas in the…
Operation indiscriminately infects iPhones with spyware
Researchers say suspected nation-state hackers infected Apple iPhones with spyware over two years in what security experts on Friday called an alarming security failure for a company whose calling card is privacy. A mere visit to one of a small…
Regulators tell HC 3 mobile operators paid Google Taka 87 bn
Dhaka, Aug 21 – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has submitted a report before a High Court bench stating that three mobile operators, Grameen Phone, Banglalink and Robi had given over Tk. 87.44 billion to Google and Facebook in last…
Apple loses more ground in smartphone market
Apple lost more ground in the shrinking smartphone market last quarter, with a sales tracker saying the tech giant was pushed off the top-three seller list by a Chinese rival. Apple fell to fourth place in global smartphone sales, shipping…
94mn cell phone users face call drops, poor net service
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB)–Even as mobile phone users continue to complain about regular call drops and poor internet services, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission(BTRC)is yet to take anyinitiative to address the growing menaces. Some users say they face call dropproblem five…
Great leaps in science thanks to Apollo
The Apollo 11 mission to the Moon and back 50 years ago went down in history as mankind’s giant leap, changing the way we saw our place in the universe. But the program was also the catalyst for profound scientific…
New bandwidth price from July 1
New price of internet bandwidth would be effective from July 1 as the posts and telecommunications division (PTD) has further reduced the price. At a meeting with Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar in the chair the decision was taken…
High taxes to impede BD telecom sector growth, says insiders
Dhaka, June 26 (UNB) – High taxes and duties proposed in the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal year on the telecom sector will impede its growth, said insiders on Wednesday. They made the remarks at a roundtable discussion titled ‘Proposed…
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei coming on facebook live on Monday
Dhaka, June 16(UNB)-Ren Zhengfei, Founder and CEO of Huawei- a leading global information and communications technology solutions provider, will come on Facebook Live to discuss the contemporary crisis of Huawei on Monday. The duration of the live discussion will be…
Huawei wins ‘Best 5G Core Network Technology’ award
Dhaka, Jun 14(UNB)- Huawei’s 5G intelligent and simplified core network solution won “Best 5G Core Network Technology” Award at the 5G World Summit-2019 held in London recently. 5G will bring many changes to industries and promote new industry applications and…