Banglalion, one of the two Broadband Wireless Access (BWA aka WiMAX) operators, has filed a lawsuit against Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for awarding a pair of 10 megahertz of spectrum in 800 MHz band at “free of cost.” Evidently the whole issue has been scandalous all the way:
BTRC commissioner, ATM Monirul Alam, admitted that the 800MHz band was declared very important by the International Telecommunication Union, only to point out that the spectrum was allocated to NGGL before the international body’s declaration.
The spectrum was allocated on August 10, 2011 for a year on condition of using it properly. The government renewed its contract last December, 15 months after the original allocation. .
The regulators also denied allegations of wrongdoing and said that NGGL was given the spectrum to help digital connectivity of rural people, which is why it was given free.
However, NGGL, which operates on two bands, 806-816MHz and 847-857MHz, have gone into a joint venture with another local ISP and Moscow-based Multinet to launch a wimax service branded “Ollo”, which provides service only in Dhaka city.
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moinul zaber
then why are they (BTRC) planning to Auction 2100 Mhz band ? They should be giving that for free too! Don’t they think that free spectrum for 3G would also “enhance digital connectivity” ?