BTRC to finalise network, licensing reform strategy in March

BTRC to finalise network, licensing reform strategy in March

The regulatory committee will finalise their strategy to reform the country telecommunications network topology and the licensing regime by the end of March and submit to the government, Major General (retd) Md Emdad ul Bari, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said at a press briefing today (21 January).
"The network topology became too complex and fragmented because of too many layers that raised costs. We want a simple and cost effective topology," he said after a meeting of the "Reform of network topology and licensing regime of Bangladesh telecom sector" committee headed by the BTRC commissioner for engineering and operations.
Also, excessive licenses in many layers issued during the previous government is hurting healthy competition in the sector, he said, adding that some firms having licenses in multiple layers are using cross subsidy techniques to win competition.