Taiyeb slams previous govt for tattered state of Teletalk
City Desk:
Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant on Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb has slammed the fascist Awami League regime for the tattered condition of state-own mobile phone network operator Teletalk, saying they have left the company in a state of near-collapse due to the negligence.
“It’s now become a serious stumbling block for us,” lamented Taiyeb, mentioning that with just one-fifth the number of 2G towers and a mere tenth in 4G compared to private operators, Teletalk’s skeletal infrastructure has crippled its ability to deliver quality voice and internet services, state BSS.
The special assistant elaborated the dilapidated condition of the Teletalk via his verified Facebook page yesterday, saying the lone mobile phone operator has been operating with less spectrum allocation than its competitors across the country.
Since its inception, he said, the operator has sought spectrum according to its needs at various times. However, considering the overall subscriber base and network infrastructure of the country, Teletalk has not received proportionate allocation in any spectrum band compared to other operators. “Rather, it received significantly less and insufficient spectrum.”
Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb said that despite a high public demand for Teletalk SIMs in the early days, the operator failed to acquire a significant number of subscribers over one and a half decades, which he attributed to its own weak management.
He added that the previous Awami League government had left Teletalk in a completely non-functional state, now which has appeared as a thorn in their throat.
He continued that providing a quality voice and internet service with such minimal number of towers is nearly impossible. Additionally, new problems have arisen in rural areas where Teletalk has no investment, leading to wastage of spectrum.
Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb said, “After we took charge, we found that Teletalk had no low-band spectrum for providing quality 4G service, only a small amount in mid-band, and no investment for utilizing upper mid-band spectrum.”