Representatives of the telecom regulator have started touring across the country to take stock of the 3G (third generation) network development made by the mobile phone operators in last nine months of the service launching.
As part of its monitoring, The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) started sending its representatives to different divisional headquarters from July 13 to assess the latest 3G service development in those areas, sources at the regulator's office said.
Each team will have four members who will scrutinise the 3G rollout of the operators and quality of service.
However, the state- owned operator Teletalk will be out of the purview of monitoring. The company got special permission for 3G mobile phone service in October, 2012 as the government entity, BTRC officials said.
According to the 3G licence conditions, the operators should reach their network coverage to the divisional headquarters within nine months of the issuance of licence. Four mobile phone operators - Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Airtel -- were awarded 3G licence in competitive method in September last.
Sources said all operators have reached their network coverage to the divisional headquarters before the deadline of the regulator. Even their network presence is available in some major districts also.
According to the data available, top operator Grameenphone has developed its 3G network in all districts and others are upgrading their 3G network rapidly across the country.
BTRC reps touring across country to assess 3G network development
FE Report | Published: July 16, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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