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Bangladesh’s subscriber base falls to 45Mn at September-end

  • October 20th, 2008
  • 5:54 am

Bangladesh’s subscriber base experiences a fall during the month of September which called for the weakest month for the three leading mobile operators of the country, reports BTRC.
According to BTRC reports, the active mobile subscriber base saw a decline of nearly 3 lakh in the month of September and the total number reached  45Mn in contrast with the subscriber base of 45.4 Mn at August end.
According to Mehbub Chowdhury, chairman of South Asia Mobile Forum, the sector is still growing. “Unregistered SIM cards are being disconnected. It is a good sign,” Chowdhury said.

Talking about the operators, Grameenphone individually saw a fall in its subscriber base to 2.82 crore at September end in comparison to 2.84 crore in August. Same was with Baglalink whose subscriber base fell from 11.7Mn at August end to 11.4Mn in September. Aktel also saw a decline in it’s subscriber base to 7.663Mn in contrast with 8.140Mn at August end.

Operators like Warid, Teletalk and CityCell saw a rise in their subscriber base, as Teletalk added 0.01Mn new subscribers in September, CityCell got 0.06Mn.

   

Bangladesh’s major operators may lose it’s subscribers to Warid in 2008 - 2010 (Bangladesh)

  • August 26th, 2008
  • 1:46 pm

Over the last two to three years, the number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh have been doubling on an annual basis. By end-2007, the subscriber base had reached 34 million and was continuing to grow at an annual rate of around 60%. With the momentum that has been developed on the back of the government’s deregulation process, the strong growth seemed likely to continue. The entry of new operators into the market has certainly helped to further boost the competitive environment.

The major operators are Grameenphone, Banglalink, CityCell and Teletalk.
Grameenphone, is the main player in Bangladesh’s mobile phone market with more than 20.8 million users followed by Banglalink, the No. 2 Bangladesh mobile phone carrier, with more than 10 million subscribers after rising 41 percent since January.

Notable highlights of the Bangladesh Mobile Forecast include:

  • Total subscribers in Bangladesh will increase from the projected 47.4 million in 2008 to 58 million in 2010. It is therefore, forecasted that the level of wireless penetration will increase steadily in Bangladesh from 29% in 2008 to 35% in 2010.
  • The level of competition in the wireless market will continue to increase, and the HHI index will go down to 0.296 in 2010. Major operators in the country will be losing subscribers to Warid.
  • The largest operator in the country will continue to be GrameenPhone (Telenor), but its market share (by subscribers) will decrease from 45.5% to 43.3% in the forecast period, 2008 - 2010.

   

Banglalink crosses 10 million subscriber mark (Bangladesh)

  • August 20th, 2008
  • 11:56 am

Orascom Telecom’s Banglalink, reported that it’s subscriber base has surpassed 10 million, rising at a pace of 41%.
According to the company, Banglalink, started Bangladesh operations in 2005 with 30,000 users, and has invested more than 56 billion taka ($817 million) expanding its business.
The firm’s competitors include Grameenphone, AKtel, CityCell and Teletalk.