2024-06-25 23:11:06
The variety of SIM registered within the nation is 33 crore 27 lakh 56 thousand, of which 19 crore 37 lakh 30 thousand are lively, mentioned Junaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Info Expertise.
He gave this data in response to a query from MP Abdul Malek Sarkar within the Nationwide Parliament on Monday (June 24).
The state minister mentioned that presently there are 4 mobile cell phone operators in Bangladesh. These are Grameenphone Restricted, Robi Ajiata Restricted, Banglalink Digital Communications Restricted and Teletalk Bangladesh Restricted. At the moment, the overall variety of registered SIMs of those 4 cell operators is 33 crore 27 lakh 56 thousand 970.
He additionally mentioned that the variety of registered SIMs of Grameenphone is 11 crore 95 lakh 67 thousand 925. 9 crore seven lakh 65 thousand 962 of Banglalink, 10 crore 79 lakh 61 thousand 800 of Robi Ajia and the variety of registered SIMs of Teletalk Bangladesh Restricted is one crore 44 lakh 61 thousand 283.
Amongst them, 8 crore 39 lakh 50 thousand lively SIMs of Grameenphone, 5 crore 85 lakh 10 thousand of Robi Ajia, 4 crore 47 lakh 20 thousand of Banglalink and 65 lakh 50 thousand of Teletalk Bangladesh Restricted. The State Minister mentioned that there are a complete of 19 crore 37 lakh 30 thousand lively SIMs within the nation.
In response to a query from reserved seat MP Farida Yasmin, Palak mentioned that in 2019, the variety of BTCL prospects was 5 lakh 19 thousand 922 individuals. At the moment, on June 12, 2024, that quantity has decreased to 3 lakh 73 thousand 950 individuals. That’s, within the final 5 years, the variety of prospects of BTCL has decreased by 1 lakh 45 thousand 972 individuals.