Local manufacturing of 5G handsets crossed the one lakh mark in October for the second time since June 2024, as manufacturers grew optimistic following the commercial launch of 5G services by mobile operators.
The Advisory Council has finally approved the Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 barring state-led internet shutdowns and introducing limited measures for accountability in surveillance, while establishing a quasi-judicial body comprising members of the government executive body to oversee interception.
The High Court (HC) has recently stayed the enforcement of significant market power (SMP) regulations on Grameenphone (GP) for three months.
The stay also restores Grameenphone’s inter-operator call charge to Tk 0.10 per minute
The telecom regulator sent a letter on Friday to senior Meta officials, including representatives responsible for Facebook
The contraction was driven entirely by mobile internet connections
Officials say the army often needs reliable connectivity in hard-to-reach areas where private operators are unwilling to invest
The grey market now accounts for as much as 60 percent of handset sales
Local manufacturing of 5G handsets crossed the one lakh mark in October for the second time since June 2024, as manufacturers grew optimistic following the commercial launch of 5G services by mobile operators.
The Advisory Council has finally approved the Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 barring state-led internet shutdowns and introducing limited measures for accountability in surveillance, while establishing a quasi-judicial body comprising members of the government executive body to oversee interception.
The High Court (HC) has recently stayed the enforcement of significant market power (SMP) regulations on Grameenphone (GP) for three months.
The stay also restores Grameenphone’s inter-operator call charge to Tk 0.10 per minute
The telecom regulator sent a letter on Friday to senior Meta officials, including representatives responsible for Facebook
The contraction was driven entirely by mobile internet connections
Officials say the army often needs reliable connectivity in hard-to-reach areas where private operators are unwilling to invest
The grey market now accounts for as much as 60 percent of handset sales
When the official market is constrained, the grey market thrives, and that is precisely what has happened in the mobile phone sector of Bangladesh.
The Awami League’s flagship Digital Bangladesh vision functioned largely as “an architecture of political slogan” rather than a coherent national digital strategy, according to a government-commissioned white paper.
