Bangladesh issued 4 licences for 6 operators of 3G licences at the end of August

C114 Beijing Time May 24 Afternoon News (Zhang Yuehong) the minister of Post and Telecommunications of Bangladesh confirmed that the country would issue 3G licences by the end of August, although the licences were distributed to operators after investigation by the regulatory authorities, but the work is still in progress. Minister Razi Uddin Ahmed Raju said the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is developing demand guidelines to study the licensing procedures.　　Although no concrete results have yet been obtained, the Government confirms that 4 3G licences will be issued.　　Bangladesh began pledging to issue 3G licences in 2008, but the issuance of licences has been postponed several times due to political issues such as the appointment of a new government.　　Arun Bansal, managing director of Ericsson Bangladesh, said last May that the country already has more than 6 million mobile internet users, 15% of which are 3G users. Bangladesh currently has six operators, according to Mobile World statistics, as of the first quarter of this year, the country has 55 million mobile users, this data accounted for 35% of the total population of the country. It is noteworthy that of the country's six operators, only four users are worth mentioning, the dominant operator Grameenphone has 23.9 million users, Banglalink users 14.2 million, Aktel users 11.8 million, Warid EADS user 2.9 million, The number of Citycell and Teletalk users in the rear added up to just 2.9 million.