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(BTRC)
Bangladesh
Telecommunication Sector
&
the activities of BTRC
Bangladesh
Population: 146.6 M
(Census 2011)
Per Capita
Income: USD 772
Telecommunication Market
BANGLADESH
Competition : Intense
Call charges : Declining
Customer service : Improving
Geographic coverage : Expanding
New value-added services : Improving
All these indications suggest a healthy &
robust Telecommunication industry
with promising growth in the area
of technology, services and
consumers choices
2000
30 /64 Districts
2002
50 /64 Districts
2004
61 /64 Districts
At present
64 /64 Districts
E-Education
Telemedicine Services
Voice Mail
Emergency Services
E-mail
Internet Access
Community Radio
Gateway Operators
Data Communications
Fax
Video Conferencing
Chat Services
FNOs
E-Governance Services
ISPs
ICT
Drivers
SMS
MNOs
IP VPN
Software Developers
Directory Services PC/Tablet
Manufacturers/Reselle
Phone/PDA
rs
Manufacturers/Reselle
Training Centre
rs
CD & CP
Research Services
Electronic Media
Tele-centre services
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Telecom Indicators
ICT Indicators
(as of May12)
62%
62%
27%
Over 90 M Telecom
27%
than
Subscribers
40 M
More than
Internet users.
Tele-Penetration
Internet Penetration
90 million
Voice Subscriber
90000000
80000000
70000000
60000000
50000000
40000000
30000000
20000000
BTRC Starts
10000000
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Data Subscriber
35000000
2012
40 million
45000000
40000000
2011
30000000
25000000
20000000
15000000
10000000
5000000
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
11.37
0.5
2009
2010
4.31
3.55
2.43
Dec-01
Jan-04
2.09
1.7
Jul-07
0.97
0.88
0.92
0.83
Dec-11
Internet BW Price
Affordability for the Subscribers
Internet BW Price Reduction Trend Internet Price is now
more affordable.
75,000
2006
36,000
36,000
27,000
18,000
10,000
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
BW Price
2004
0.66
2007
0.4
2008
Termination rate
reduced to make the offnet voice service more
affordable
0.18
2009
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March 28, 2010 Start of ITU funded project on cost modeling, interconnection
framework and tariff policy.
March 30, 2010 Start of phase-1 of the project with a multi-party (all
stakeholders) Project-Workshop run by the Commission.
Dec 9, 2010
Completion of phase-1 (non-disclosure agreement, data
collection, administrative works with project-consultant) of
the project.
Dec 13, 2010
Start of phase-2 of the project with a individual-party (every
kind of licensee/operators singly) project-workshop run by
project-consultant (Mr. Jim Holmes).
October 29, 2011 Submission of mobile network cost model data sheet.
End of Dec 2011 Completion of project.
Description
1 Tariff Range
Description
New/Revised (approved
by BTRC) for IPTSP Tariff
(Excluding VAT)
Tariff Range
PSTN (On-net)
(within the same network)
PSTN (Off net)
(Termination in the other
network)
PSTN to International outgoing
Rate to be approved by
BTRC
Interconnection charges
Mobile Tariff:
SL
Description
1 Tariff Range
2 Mobile (On-net)
(Within the same network)
3 Mobile (Off net)
(Terminating in other
network)
4 Mobile to International
outgoing
5 Interconnection charges
New/Revised (approved by
BTRC) for IPTSP Tariff (Excluding
VAT)
Maximum BDT 2.00/min
Maximum BDT 0.25/min
Rate to be approved by
BTRC
BDT 0.40/min
(Originating operator
0.18, Termination
operator 0.18 & ICX
operator 0.04/min
SMS Tariff:
SL
Description
1 Subscriber to Subscribers
SMS
2 Subscriber to International
outgoing
3 Other VAS SMS
4 Interconnection charges
New/Revised (approved by
BTRC) for IPTSP Tariff
(Excluding VAT)
Maximum BDT 0.50/min
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