The number of country’s internet users soared by six lakh to reach 9.37 crore in April which is all time highest, according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
Mobile phone-based connection has contributed the highest with 8.79 crore users to the tally followed by WiMAX 60,000 users while ISP and PSTN have occupied 57.32 lakh users, showed the statistics.
Industry insiders said trend of internet penetration fell drastically in November and December last year, but the first month, January of this year took a u-turn and has continued upward growth.
They attributed the mobile number portability (MNP) initially which was launched in October last for that down trend, as mobile phone users who have been holding multiple SIMs reached a decision of fixing the number of connections.
Moreover, the telecom regulator had imposed restriction on mobile phone operators regarding the number and duration of internet packages which also contributed partially to the sluggish internet growth.
The internet users declined to 9.18 crore and 9.13 crore respectively in last November and December.
In April, almost most of the users connected with the internet were mobile phone-based along with a nominal ISP and PSTN users. But, the WiMAX users continued its declining trend and it stood at 60,000 which was 61,000 in previous month, reports BSS.
