Telecom & Computer Technology

For creating commercial scope for local innovators in digital industry, ‘Digital Device & Innovation Expo-2021’, country’s largest IT exhibition, is going to be kicked off for the second time in Dhaka from April 1.

The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Industry Association on Sunday demanded an extension of value-added tax exemption facility for mobile phone manufacturers two more years to June 2023 to facilitate the sector meeting fully demand for mobile phone devices in the country.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has asked existing value added service providers, which became registered with the commission later under the new guidelines, to share revenue with the government and with the social obligation fund (SOF) from the first year of receiving registration.

The development comes after the Department of Posts applied to the Bangladesh Bank for an extension to Nagad’s temporary approval, which expired on March 15

Defunct landline operator World Tel believes so

The Department of Posts has submitted an application to the central bank for further validity extension of the BB’s temporary approval or no objection certificate to the country’s second largest mobile financial service operator Nagad.

The high spectrum price means the tariffs for end-users are bound to increase

Nagad, a digital service of Bangladesh Post Office, has expressed willingness to provide its digital financial services to four banks, including the state-run Rupali Bank.

Banglalink came in second Grameenphone, the country’s leading mobile network operator, snapped up the highest amount of spectrum at the auction on Monday, dishing out a whopping $391.15 million to enhance its service quality and further consolidate its position.

This week, bKash announced it was making sending money within its network free of charge to five numbers