Telecom Industry of Bangladesh
The telecom industry of Bangladesh has entered a phase of growing competition. Even though Bangladesh is regarded as one of the poorest, and a heavily populated country, it has found a way to grow its telecommunications sector. A flourishing mobile telephony business has brought out many positive changes in the country's socio-economy.
Foreign operators have been admiring Bangladesh as a budding high-growth mobile market, and have been in discussions with Bangladesh's regulator, the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC), about investing in the country. In the near future, Bangladesh will become a huge investment hub for foreign companies.
Service providers are spreading their wings and are optimizing their strengths and strategies to grab and retain their shares and enhance their subscriber base more aggressively. In a nutshell, Bangladesh's telecom sector has a huge growth potential and is not going to leave any stone unturned. This tremendous growth is due to falling call rates, cheaper handsets, and rising disposable income.
Market Sketch
Six mobile phone companies currently operate in Bangladesh: Aktel, Banglalink, Grameenphone, Citycell, and Warid Telecom (private sector operators); and Teletalk (public sector operator). The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has stated that the total number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh reached 488 lakh at the end of July 2008.
Grameenphone had the largest number of subscribers with 208 lakh followed by BanglaLink with 99 lakh subscribers. TMIB (Aktel) registered a subscriber base of 80 lakh, whereas the subscriber base for Warid Telecom reached 35 lakh.
According to BTRC figures, total number of PSTN phone subscriber reached 38.12 lakh at the end of June 2008. BTTB, Ranks Telecom, Telebarta, Jalalabad Telecom, Onetel Communication, Dhaka Telephone, and Sheba Phone are some major operators in the PSTN phone space.
With mobile phones becoming cheaper and affordable in the
Foreign operators have been admiring Bangladesh as a budding high-growth mobile market, and have been in discussions with Bangladesh's regulator, the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC), about investing in the country. In the near future, Bangladesh will become a huge investment hub for foreign companies.
Service providers are spreading their wings and are optimizing their strengths and strategies to grab and retain their shares and enhance their subscriber base more aggressively. In a nutshell, Bangladesh's telecom sector has a huge growth potential and is not going to leave any stone unturned. This tremendous growth is due to falling call rates, cheaper handsets, and rising disposable income.
Market Sketch
Six mobile phone companies currently operate in Bangladesh: Aktel, Banglalink, Grameenphone, Citycell, and Warid Telecom (private sector operators); and Teletalk (public sector operator). The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has stated that the total number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh reached 488 lakh at the end of July 2008.
Grameenphone had the largest number of subscribers with 208 lakh followed by BanglaLink with 99 lakh subscribers. TMIB (Aktel) registered a subscriber base of 80 lakh, whereas the subscriber base for Warid Telecom reached 35 lakh.
According to BTRC figures, total number of PSTN phone subscriber reached 38.12 lakh at the end of June 2008. BTTB, Ranks Telecom, Telebarta, Jalalabad Telecom, Onetel Communication, Dhaka Telephone, and Sheba Phone are some major operators in the PSTN phone space.
With mobile phones becoming cheaper and affordable in the