Bangladesh’s mobile operators add 10.27 mln subscribers in 2008
January 15, 2009
According to Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Bangladesh finished 2008 with a mobile subscriber base of 44.6 million by adding 10.27 million subscribers in the year, at a growth rate of 30% compared to the 62% growth recorded in 2007. According to statistics revealed, Grameenphone lead the market by adding 4.51 million in 2008, taking its total subscriber base to 20.99 million at 2008-end, followed by Banglalink which added 3.25 million subscribers and AKTEL adding 1.8 million to reach a subscriber base of 10.33 million and 8.20 million, respectively.
The new entrant to the market, Warid Telecom ended 2008 with a subscriber base of 2.33 million a step further of CityCell and Teletalk, who stood at a subscriber base of 1.81 million and 980,000 respectively.
Entry Filed under: Bangladesh, Banglalink, CityCell, Grameenphone, Mobile, Mobile Network Operator, Telecom, Teletalk, Warid Telecom, Wireless. Tags: AKTEL, Bangladesh, Banglalink, CityCell, Grameenphone, Mobile, Telecom, Teletalk, Warid Telecom, Wireless.
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