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Bangladesh enters 4G era Monday


Bangladesh enters 4G era Monday

Mobile phone users will be able to experience the fastest data service from Monday (Feb 19) following the handover of 4G license by the telecom regulator in the evening. Private mobile phone operators -- Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink -- are set to introduce the service immediately after receiving the license, said officials.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will hand over the 4G/LTE licenses to the operators in a ceremony on Monday evening. According to sources, the operators are ready to introduce the service as quickly as possible.

Earlier, BTRC declared Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and state-owned Teletalk as eligible for the 4G license following their plea. The regulator held 4G spectrum auction on Feb 13 and provided spectrum technology neutrality which the operators had been requesting since long.

BTRC had put up 46.4 Megahertz (MHz) of spectrum for sale in the auction, but only two operators collected 15.6 MHz while two others kept aside from the vie. Banglalink bought 10.6 MHz spectrum -- 5 MHz in 2100 band and 5.6 MHz in 1800 band while market leader Grameenphone took 5 MHz from only in 1800 band, local media reports said.

After the auction, now the market leader Grameenphone has totaled 37 MHz of which 7.4 MHz in 900 band, 15.6 MHz in 1800 band and 10 MHz in 2100 band to serve 65.32 million subscribers while Banglalink owns a totaled 30.6 MHz -- 5 MHz in 900 band, 15.6 MHz in 1800 band and 10 MHz in 2100 band to serve 32.38 million customers.

Robi which merged with Airtel has totaled 36.4 MHz spectrum in three different bands -- 9 MHz in 900 band, 17.4 MHz in 1800 band and 10 MHz in 2100 band to serve 42.90 million customers.

Besides, Teletalk has totaled 25.2 MHz of which 5.2 MHz in 900 band, 10 MHz in 1800 band and 10 MHz in 2100 band to serve 4.49 million subscribers.

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