Number of mobile subscribers in the country continues to decline

Business Desk :
The number of customers of telecom operators in the country continued to decline in August, as per the latest data from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
As per the data from the regulator, the total number of customers in the country dropped by about 500,000 in August to 183.5 million.
The country’s top operator Grameenphone alone lost about 950,000 customers in August, taking its subscriber base from 84 million to 83.1 million.
Grameenphone lost another 800,000 customers in July, losing about 0.17 million customers in the last two months.
However, the country’s other two operators – Robi and Banglalink – added about 200,000 and 300,000 customers respectively in August while state-run operator Teletalk’s figures remained almost unchanged at 6.7 million.
However, the number of customers gained by the other two private operators was not sufficient to cover the number of customers lost by Grameenphone in July and August.
According to sources, the mobile subscribers in the country continued to decline in August after the regulator banned Grameenphone from selling new SIMs at the end of June citing its inability to provide quality service and high frequency of call drops.