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Robi plans to borrow $99 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to expand its 3G
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Skilled workforce and a more conducive regulatory environment are crucial to driving the digital growth in Bangladesh, said Carrie
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BTCL hikes incoming call rate
State-owned BTCL's incoming call volume dropped after it increased the international call termination rate to 2 cents per minute from 1.5
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India's biggest telecommunications carrier, Bharti Airtel Ltd, will invest 600 billion rupees ($8.98 billion) over three years to upgrade its
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The telecom regulator now plans to conduct a study on the socio-economic implications of the proposed merger of Robi and Airtel before giving a final approval to the merger.
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Swedish telecoms network gear maker Ericsson on Tuesday raised its forecast for mobile data traffic growth as the use of video increases
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State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim yesterday asked the telecom regulator to take steps to reduce internet prices, but increase
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The telecom regulator has recently recommended the government award a new national internet exchange (NIX) licence to Level3
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Dhaka Phone has recently applied to the government to revive its licence in a bid to resume operations.
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Robi, Airtel merger worries top operators
Grameenphone has recently sought clarification from the telecom regulator on whether the operator will be allowed to take part in the
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Bharti Airtel profit rises
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's top mobile carrier by subscribers, posted a 10 percent rise in quarterly net profit that beat estimates, helped by
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Robi-Airtel merger may be delayed
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Tarana Halim, state minister of the posts and telecommunications division, has expressed satisfaction over the division's performance
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Tarana asks telcos to compensate for call drops
State Minister for Telecommuni-cation Tarana Halim yesterday gave two months time to the mobile phone operators to improve their services quality and bring call drops to a minimum.
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Tax dispute takes a toll on GP profits
Grameenphone has linked the SIM replacement dispute with the tax administrator, for which it had to pay Tk 100 crore to start out-of-court settlement procedure, to the decline in its net profits in the July-September period.
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