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Products. Telephony, EDGE, GSM. Parent. Warid Telecom. Website. waridtel .com .bd. Warid ( Arabic: وريد Bengali: ওয়ারিদ) was a GSM based mobile network operator in Bangladesh. It entered into Bangladeshi telecommunication industry as the sixth mobile carrier. It commenced commercial operations on May 10, 2007. [citation needed]
Bangladesh. In December 2005, Warid Telecom International LLC obtained a 15-year GSM license to operate as the sixth mobile phone operator in Bangladesh for $50 million. Warid Bangladesh started rolling out its network from mid-2006, and launched commercial operations on May 10, 2007, covering 26 districts. It uses the code 16 preceded by the ...
In March 2013, Warid Telecom sold its remaining 30% share to Bharti Airtel's Singapore-based concern Bharti Airtel Holdings Pte Limited for US$85 million. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On 8 September 2013, Airtel Bangladesh licensed 5 MHz of the 3G spectrum for US$1.25 million.
Airtel was the sixth mobile phone carrier to enter the Bangladesh market, and originally launched commercial operations under the brand name "Warid Telecom" on 10 May 2007. Warid Telecom International LLC, an Abu Dhabi–based consortium, sold a majority 70% stake in the company to India's Bharti Airtel Limited for US$300 million. [33]
btcl .gov .bd btcl .bd. BTCL or Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited is the largest telecommunications company in Bangladesh. The company was founded as the Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board ( BTTB) following Bangladesh's independence in 1971. On 1 July 2008, the BTTB became a public limited company and was renamed as BTCL. [1]
This list identifies the fixed line operators and the mobile operators for the top 200 most populous countries in the world. The list of countries and their populations is from List of countries by population. The CIA World Factbook is cited as the standard reference for the number of main lines for each of the listed countries. [1]
The internet country code of Bangladesh is .bd. As of 2005 more than 180 Internet Service Providers are operating in the country. [13] ISP's are regulated by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The number of internet users in Bangladesh as of March 2009 is over 600,000, compared to 100,000 in 2000. [14]
The license for Space Telecom was cancelled after it missed a dead line to make a 50% down payment of the offered price. Thereafter PTA offered next highest bid winner company, Warid Pakistan. [12] The license was bid and acquired through parent company of Warid Pakistan, Abu Dhabi Group led by the then CEO Mr Bashir Tahir for US$291 million.