BTTB to launch new phone service

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Sarwar Zahan
Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) will introduce a new phone service, for which the receiver will be charged, instead of the caller, BTTB sources said.
The board will target enterprises, corporate bodies, companies and business organisations subscribing to BTTB landlines. The subscribers of the new service will get a free phone account against a maximum of 10 fixed BTTB numbers, they said.
Sources said the board has got allocation of 10-digit access code from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for launching the "free call service." The usual users of land phone dial seven digits. The last three digits in the 10-digit code would denote subscriber's identity.
The BTTB has already conducted a successful test-run of the system. The board will operate the phone service formally through its intelligent network platform installed at Maghbazar, they said.
The intelligent network is built on the existing telecommunications network, which creates new services with the help of computer, software and databases rapidly and cost-effectively, sources added.
Sources said the existing intelligent network platform bears the capacity of 500 activated new phone service subscriber accounts. BTTB will, therefore, provide a maximum of 500 new phone accounts under the present contract and software licensing condition at the outset.