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Mobile phone subscribers reach 162.92m in April: BTRC

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19 Jun 2020 13:23:00 | Update: 19 Jun 2020 13:37:38
Mobile phone subscribers reach 162.92m in April: BTRC

The number of mobile subscribers reached 162.920 million at the end of April, according to the data prepared by Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Of the total subscriber, Grameenphone Limited has 74.361 million subscribers, Robi Axita Limited has 48.843, Banglalink Digital Communications Limited has 34.876 and Teletalk Bangladesh Limited has 4,840 million subscribers.

Subscriber means the biometrically verified subscription who have any activity at least once in the preceding 90 days, said a press release of BTRC issued on Friday.

Besides, the number of total internet users has reached 101.18 million at the end of April.

Of the internet subscribers, 93.101 million are internet users; 0.002 million are WiMAX users and  8.084 million are using ISP+PSTN.

Internet subscriber means subscribers/subscriptions who have accessed the internet at least once in the preceding 90 days.

Fixed internet subscriptions number (ISP and PSTN) is updated until March 2020. Due to the high number of ISP operators and very low monthly churn of fixed internet subscriptions. ISP and PSTN internet subscriber information is being updated on a quarterly basis and the next updated figure will be available after 2020, it said.

(Source: UNB)

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