Internet subscribers surpass 103m

FE REPORT
The total number of internet subscribers in the country reached 103.476 million as of June 2020, according to the official data.
Of them, 94.905 million subscribers are mobile internet users while 8.571 million use broadband internet.
The total number of internet subscribers stood at 99.428 million at the end of December 2019, up from 91.421 million in January 2019, showed the data of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
Of the last year's total subscribers, 93.681million were mobile internet users and 5.742 million broadband Internet users while and the remaining were WiMAX users.
The country has witnessed a boom in internet usage riding on the wave of fast-growing mobile internet market and the government's push for digitisation.
The BTRC has compiled the ISP subscriber information through intense market analysis, consultation and data collection from almost all ISPs.
Due to high number of ISP operators and very low monthly churn of fixed internet subscriptions, ISP and PSTN internet subscriber information is updated on quarterly basis.
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