Lankan Telecom June net profit up 49pc
August 11, 2011
Sri Lanka Telecom, the island’s only wireline operator which also has a mobile unit, said its June 2011 quarter profits rose 49 per cent to 1,142 million rupees with revenues flat at 12.4 billion rupees.
Licence renewal of 4 mobile cos could be delayed
July 26, 2011
Licence renewal of four mobile operators, which was supposed to be finalised last week, appears to be delayed as the finance minister begins his overseas tour today.
JS panel asks BTRC, BTCL to end manpower crisis
July 20, 2011
The parliamentary standing committee on public undertakings has asked the Bangladesh Tele-communication Regulatory Commission and the Bangladesh Tele-communications Company Limited to resolve their shortage of manpower.
GP expects ‘fair’ licence renewal deal
July 20, 2011
The head of the country’s leading mobile phone company says he expects a ‘fair’ decision when the government finalises its guideline for renewing a 15-year second-generation licence for four cellphone operators.
RanksTel set to resume service
July 19, 2011
Private landline operator RanksTel won back approval from the telecom regulator on Sunday to resume operations after a 16-month shutdown.
Telecom sector earns Tk 73b
June 26, 2011
The government has earned Tk 7.33 billion in revenue from the country’s six mobile phone companies until June 19, the post and telecommunications minister tells parliament.
BTTB union forms human chains in Rajshahi, Ctg
June 20, 2011
The Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board Workers and Employees Federal Union formed human chains and staged demonstrations in Rajshahi and Chittagong on Sunday, pressing its 28-point demand, including restoration of the earlier name of the state-owned organisation.
Govt may introduce mobile phone disaster warning in coastal belt by Dec
June 14, 2011
The government has taken initiatives to give early disaster warning through mobile phone to inhabitants of all the 14 coastal districts by December this year, reports BSS.
BTCL signs agreement for supply of video conferencing system
June 13, 2011
Bangladesh Telecommu-nications Company Limited and Kazla Technologies signed an agreement on Sunday regarding supply, installation, testing and commissioning of video conferencing system for district, divisional and central administrators.
Telecom tug-of-war heats up
June 11, 2011
The ongoing cold war between the posts and telecommunications ministry and the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC), over auditing finances of all domestic telecom service providers, has deepened further. Ever since the enactment of the Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Act, 2010, which had taken off some of the powers enjoyed by BTRC and transferred them to the ministry, a tussle has ensued between the two.