CITYCELL,
1.0 Introduction:
The history of mankind proves that communication is a very important in the day by day life of the common people. Since then, there have been attempted in make communication easier people has been concentrating on it and such as today we see the birth of the latest devices of communication and telecommunication. Bangladesh is not so far away from such technological advancements, compared with the rest of the world. The country has witnessed a rapid boom in the mobile phone industry. Within the last one decade, the user base of mobile phones has skyrocketed to massive proportions.
There are currently five companies in the industry, namely, CityCell, GrameenPhone, AKTEL, Banglalink and Teletalk. The Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited owning CityCell introduced cellular telephones in Bangladesh using AMPS technology in the early nineties. Initially a monopoly, the company charged a premium price for their connections and was affordable only the upper-upper segment of the country, especially for residents of Dhaka and Chittagong. Their network was also limited to this Dhaka-Chittagong region. They are still remembered by many for their initial overcharging. In those days, they became a symbol of affluence. 3 years later, Grameen Phone and AKTEL (TMIB) came up with GSM technology and soon Sheba Telecom followed suit with WLL technology. Subsequently Pacific Telecom switched to CDMA 1 and Sheba tuned with GSM. With the entry of GP and TMIB into the scene, price came down significantly to be afforded by the upper and middle class segments of urban population and network coverage expanded countrywide. Until then, all operators provided full-fledged connection with at least NWD and T&T connectivity. There after, state owned land phone connectivity provider BTTB refused to provide any more inter connectivity with land phones to mobile phone operators for additional subscribers.
Presently it can be definitely assumed that, the market for mobile
The history of mankind proves that communication is a very important in the day by day life of the common people. Since then, there have been attempted in make communication easier people has been concentrating on it and such as today we see the birth of the latest devices of communication and telecommunication. Bangladesh is not so far away from such technological advancements, compared with the rest of the world. The country has witnessed a rapid boom in the mobile phone industry. Within the last one decade, the user base of mobile phones has skyrocketed to massive proportions.
There are currently five companies in the industry, namely, CityCell, GrameenPhone, AKTEL, Banglalink and Teletalk. The Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited owning CityCell introduced cellular telephones in Bangladesh using AMPS technology in the early nineties. Initially a monopoly, the company charged a premium price for their connections and was affordable only the upper-upper segment of the country, especially for residents of Dhaka and Chittagong. Their network was also limited to this Dhaka-Chittagong region. They are still remembered by many for their initial overcharging. In those days, they became a symbol of affluence. 3 years later, Grameen Phone and AKTEL (TMIB) came up with GSM technology and soon Sheba Telecom followed suit with WLL technology. Subsequently Pacific Telecom switched to CDMA 1 and Sheba tuned with GSM. With the entry of GP and TMIB into the scene, price came down significantly to be afforded by the upper and middle class segments of urban population and network coverage expanded countrywide. Until then, all operators provided full-fledged connection with at least NWD and T&T connectivity. There after, state owned land phone connectivity provider BTTB refused to provide any more inter connectivity with land phones to mobile phone operators for additional subscribers.
Presently it can be definitely assumed that, the market for mobile