Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is asking the mobile operators to pay Tk. 112 crore (US$16.23 million) for each MHz of 2G spectrum. But the mobile operators don’t want to pay that amount. “Mobile operators once enjoyed frequency benefits free in Bangladesh, but it should not be,” said Major General Manzurul Alam (rtd), chairman of BTRC told the media. “We are not imposing anything on them. Let’s have a talk with them. But they have to understand one thing –spectrum is a national asset and it has a value.” The operators and the regulator are meeting today to settle the issue. Theoretically, the parties will be negotiating a price between zero and $16.23 million per MHz price of spectrum! Read more.
2 Comments
Amar
BTRC and the mobile companies now agreed on the price of 80 crore (US$11.6 million) per megahertz.
Chanuka Wattegama
In principle, I see nothing wrong. More the band, more the subscribers one can serve. Whether it is a national assets or not, I am not too sure, but it is too much for operators to expect additional spectrum free of charge.
They will bargain is about the price. Operators want it least possible and BTRC ulta. They will eventually arrive at a compromise.
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