Bangladesh ends February with 71.5 mn mobile subscribers
The new figures from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) have revealed that the total number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh grew to 71.51 million in February from 70.34 million in January.
Mobile operator GrameenPhone led the market with 31.14 million customers, up from 30.43 million a month earlier. Banglalink (Orascom Telecom Bangladesh) followed with 20.18 million customers, an increase from 20.04 million, while Robi (Axiata Bangladesh) ended February with 12.81 million customers, which grew from 12.63 million a month earlier.
Airtel Bangladesh saw its customer base grow to 4.37 million from 4.18 million, while Citycell’s (PBTL) subscriber base grew to 1.79 million from 1.86 million in the prior month. Teletalk’s subscriber base rose to 1.22 million from to 1.20 million in January.
Asian operator Axiata Q4 revenue rises 53%
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With 34 percent year-on-year increase, Asian mobile operator group Axiata ended 2009 with 120 million subscribers. Even the fourth-quarter revenues went up 53 percent to MYR 3.69 billion from MYR 2.42 billion in the year-ago period.
Celcom, XL and Axiata Bangladesh delivered strong revenue performance which resulted in the 15 percent increase in the 2009 revenue from MYR 11.35 billion to MYR 13.11 billion. 48 percent of the revenue has been contributed by Celcom, 34 percent by XL, 9 percent by Dialog, 8% by Axiata Bangladesh and 1% by TMIC.
EBITDA more than doubled in Q4 to MYR 1.56 billion versus MYR 767 million in the year-ago period and fourth quarter profits were MYR 558 million versus a net loss of MYR 515 million a year earlier.
AKTEL subscriber base reaches 10Mn mark (Bangladesh)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Axiata Bangladesh, Aktel, has reportedly reached a subscriber base of 10 million. AKTEL’s chief executive officer Jefri Ahmed Tambi said, ‘When AKTEL started its operations, it had just 150 employees and 20 base station towers. Now we have 1,500 employees and 5,000 base stations.’
