Subscribers using biometrically unregistered SIM cards will have their outgoing calls blocked after today, while incoming calls are likely to stay active for “a few hours”, according to a top official of a telecom operator.

Tarana Halim, state minister for post and telecommunication, says 3.30 crore SIMs (subscriber identity module) are yet to be re-registered although the deadline expires Tuesday.

The recent mobile money theft in Chittagong would not have been possible unless some bKash officials had been involved, the telecom regulator alleged yesterday.

The cyclone Roanu that hit Bangladesh on Saturday disrupted telecom services in the coastal areas, particularly cellular services, as many of the transmission centres of mobile operators were down due to a power crisis.

Subscribers will soon be able to keep their existing number even after they switch from one operator to another as the prime minister’s office has approved a guideline for mobile phone number portability.

Banglalink logged in Tk 1,220 crore in revenue in the first quarter of 2016 -- the highest in its 11-year history, raising hopes that it will finally turn in full-year profits this year.

The High Court yesterday gave the government three more weeks to submit its recommendations on the proposed merger between Robi

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Time for biometric SIM re-registration, which was scheduled to end today, has been extended to May 31, says State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim.

All telecom operators’ registration points are facing a huge influx of subscribers as only three days remain to complete their SIMs re-registration.

Grameenphone’s net profits in the first quarter of 2016 increased 4.85 percent year-on-year to Tk 561 crore on the back of healthy growth in internet subscription and revenue.

The process of SIM re-registration through biometric verification gained momentum after the court’s verdict came in favour of the government move on April 12.

Data consumption in Bangladesh increased six times in the last two years thanks to faster mobile internet services, said a top official of Ericsson.

The landmark merger of Robi and Airtel is going to face a further delay as the government is yet to finalise its recommendations and will seek more time from the High Court today.

The Telecom Division yesterday sent its recommendations along with a proposal for fees on the merger of mobile phone operators Robi

The government plans to offer technology neutrality to mobile operators in spectrum use in two bands, which will help them roll out

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Data revenue of three mobile operators -- Grameenphone, Banglalink and Robi -- increased about 69 percent year-on-year to Tk 1,699 crore in 2015.

State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim yesterday reiterated that fingerprints taken for SIM re-registration are not being stored.

After a delay of five months, the telecom regulator yesterday signed an agreement with audit firm Masih Muhith Haque & Co to examine Robi's books.