Mobile-Communication boosts Bangladesh

Bangladesh has ended 2007 with 34.37 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 33.10 million in November last year, according to the latest update BTRC.

Grameenphone had 16.48 million customers, up from 16.01, while bangalink ended the year with 7.08 million customers, up from 6.51 million in Dec-2007.

Aktel has been losing customers during the year and ended December with 6.40 million subscribers while CityCell increased its subscriber base to 1.41 million.

Teletalk-Bangladesh had 850,000 subscribers, up from 720,000 a month earlier, and Warid Telecom ended 2007 with 2.15 million customers.

Via Telecom-Paper