4G Starts Journey in Bangladesh
The country makes the invade fourth-generation mobile net era nowadays in an exceedingly move that may open up a brand new chapter of digital property and take the government's Digital East Pakistan Vision a trifle nearer to reality.
Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink, the 3 largest operators, can supply the 4G service to their customers in major cities as before long as they obtain the licence from the telecommunication regulator within the evening.
Mobile operators aforementioned the service would enhance customers' existence and improve the service quality of trade and business. E-education and e-health also will flourish because of the 4G.
“4G is monumental for East Pakistan,” aforementioned archangel Foley, chief military officer of MD, one among the four operators attributable to get the licence.
“4G may be a basic a part of Bangladesh's national digital infrastructure and it'll facilitate the country move forward,” he told The Daily Star yesterday.
The East Pakistan Telecommunication regulative Commission (BTRC) can turn in the licences to the 3 operators and state-run Teletalk at a ceremony at national capital Club. At an occurrence within the city's Westin edifice yesterday, market leader MD aforementioned it'd launch the 4G service among quarter-hour of obtaining the licence. “Our 4G journey starts once we have the licence in hand, and then will the journey for several of our valued customers,” aforementioned Foley.
GP has to this point replaced concerning one large integer 4G SIMs out of its vi.5 large integer connections.
The operator is focusing chiefly national capital and a few components of Chittagong and Sylhet as a part of its initial launch.
“As before long as we have a tendency to build any of our towers prepared for the 4G, it'll go live now. So, the network coverage can expand each hour,” aforementioned Yasir Azman, deputy business executive and chief promoting officer of MD.
Two different high operators additionally aforementioned they'd introduce the service nowadays.
“Within a couple of minutes of receiving the 4G licence, Robi can launch its 4G service,” Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, decision maker and business executive of Robi, aforementioned in an exceedingly statement.
A senior official of Robi, the second-largest operator, aforementioned it's aiming to launch the service in an exceedingly sensible variety of cities as well as national capital and Chittagong. Last night, Robi began victimisation technology neutrality, turning into the primary operator to try to to thus.
Tech neutrality permits operators to supply any service in any band with efficiency. It additionally helps them cut the value of doing business.
Banglalink is targeting massive cities like national capital, Chittagong, Khulna, and Sylhet for the launch nowadays.
In a statement, Erik Aas, business executive of Banglalink, aforementioned the corporate is sky-high wanting forward to the extremely anticipated 4G launch. “4G can take East Pakistan towards a digital future gap up myriad potentialities,” he said.
He aforementioned Banglalink has been enjoying a pioneering role in transferral modification to people's lives through technology since its beginning. “Tomorrow [Monday] we are going to go one step nearer to our vision of building a really digital East Pakistan.”
Teletalk, however, won't select the 4G service now notwithstanding it gets the licence as its network isn't prepared nonetheless. The state-run operator deposited Tk ten large integer for the 4G licence to the BTRC.
A senior official of the corporate aforementioned it'd take a few of months for Teletalk to launch the service.
Yesterday, MD introduced 2 4G-enabled co-branded smartphones: we have a tendency to T1 and Micromax Canvas one. we have a tendency to T1 is priced at Tk four,444 and Micromax Canvas-1 Tk seven,599.
Speaking at the event, the MD business executive aforementioned it strives to produce customers the most effective expertise on the most effective technology and merchandise. “It is our intention to produce the most effective 4G expertise to our customers on the foremost reasonable handsets. 4G may be a game changer for several knowledge users. for patrons to urge the most effective expertise on our network they'll want the proper smartphones.”
Foley aforementioned GP's 4G network would cowl the total country quicker than it took just in case of the 3G rollout. “Customers are going to be pleased with our service.”
Brigadier General Md Nasim Parvez, director general of the BTRC's spectrum management division, Syed Farhad Ahmed, decision maker of Aamra Holdings Ltd, and Vikas faith, co-founder of Micromax information science Ltd, additionally spoke on the occasion.
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