61.854m using mobile network: BTRC

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Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Author / Source : MD AKRAM HOSSAIN

About 38 per cent population of Bangladesh are using mobile network, according to an official data.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) statistics showed in July that 61.854 million Bangladeshis are under six mobile phone operator's network.  According to BTRC, the total number of the country's cell phone subscribers has reached at 61.845 million at the end of July 2010 and added 13.875 million new users, about 28.92 per cent increase, from the same period of the previous year.
The statistics showed that country's six mobile phone operators provided 13.875 million new connections to the Bangladeshis from July 09 to July 10 whereas 9.415 million connections were provided during the first seven months of this year. BTRC official data showed, Grameenphone is holding top position by reaching at 27.276 million subscribers and highly connected 6.126 million people among other mobile phone operators from July 09 to July 10.
Reaching at total 16.804 million Banglalink is in the second position, added 5.534 million new subscribers, about 49 per cent increase from the previous year. Robi, formerly known as Aktel, is holding 11.326 million subscribers and it newly brought total 1.426 million people under its network services. Besides, Warid telecom was able to connect 0.686 million people from July 09 to July 10 and providing its services to 3.296 million people right now.
Meanwhile, Citycell is the only provider of CDMA service across the country and the first mobile phone operator which has connected only 1.147 million subscribers till July 2010. But Teletalk, a government owned organisation, is in the last position among the existing operators as it holds only 1.147 million subscribers, statistics showed.