Formation of BTRC and BTCL
Formation of
BTRC and BTCL
The BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission) established
in January 2002, is the driving force in opening up competition for this
sector, rationalize the spectrum policy and establish formal control over
the telecommunication networks and interconnection to stimulate
entrepreneurs and to improve quality of service. With a population of 147
million in the country, but only 50 million working phones; indicates the
enormous prospect for telecommunications market yet to be explored. Today
there are as good as thirteen (13) PSTN Operators and six (6) Mobile Phone
operators and now there are over 130 million mobile telephone users in
Bangladesh, more than most of the European countries.
With the new operators (Fixed and Mobile telephones) set up and ever
expanding customer base line, the BTRC (Govt. of Bangladesh) took a
revolutionary decision of allocating license in the private sector for three
IGW (International Gateway) operators, two ICX (Interconnection
Exchange) operators and one IIG (International Internet Gateway) operator
through a competitive tender bidding process in 2007. By early
2008 following licenses were granted for commencing their operation: