The country’s mobile phone sector is back on the growth trend as they added 9.75m active SIM connections in the last seven months putting the total number of subscribers to around 107m, said the regulatory body.
The number of new SIMs added over the same period last year was 8.33m while 9.43m in 2011, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
Some 1.9m new subscribers were added in July only.
The telecom regulator published the monthly report on their website Tuesday. It said after July, the country’s active mobile connections were 106.93m.
In July, market leader Grameenphone added 699,000 active subscribers; Robi got 873,000; Banglalink 248,000; Airtel 76,000 while state-owned operator Teletalk got 8,000 new subscribers.
The report added that Citycell lost 22,000 subscribers in July.
