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Encyclopedia > Communications in Bangladesh

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Telecommunication

The telecom sector in bangladesh is emerging fast.


Calling Code: +880 - SubCodes This is a list of country calling codes defined by ITU-T recommendation E.164. ... // Bangladesh Country International (Telephone) Dialing/Calling Code: +880: BD SubCodes Notes (SubCodes) Area Name : Calling Code When calling from outside into BD, then do not use the leading 0 To dial in BD : COUNTRY EXIT CODE(00) + 880 + CITY AREA / NETWORK CODE + NUMBER Exchange Center Locations Name of Phone Exchange...


Land phone

The number of land phone subscriber is 740,000 (2003)


Mobile phone

The number of mobile phone operator in Bangladesh is six.These are:


1.Grameen Phone Ltd.(GP)


2.TMIB(Aktel)


3.Sheba Telecom Ltd.(Banglalink)


4.PBTL(Citycell)


5.Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd.(Teletalk)


6.Warid Telecom Int.(Warid)


The number of mobile phone subscriber in Bangladesh at july 2007 is 32.37 million 1


Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)


Radios: 6.15 million (1997)


Now the private FM radio channels are very popular.Radio today and radio furti are most popular. But they have not coverage all through the country.


Television

Television broadcast stations: 16 (1999)


Televisions: 770,000 (1997)


The number of private satellite channel is growing. The first private channel in Bangladesh is ATN Bangla.


Internet

Internet country code: .bd


Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 54 (2005)


ISP's are regulated by the Bangladesh telecommunication regulatory commission (BTRC)


Internet users: The number of internet user in Bangladesh is now 450,000(2007) compared to 100,000 in (2000) 2


External links

1 http://www.btrc.gov.bd/mobile_subscribers_may-july2007.htm


2 http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia/bd.htm

See also : Bangladesh

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Bangladesh (899 words)
Bangladesh consists mostly of a low-lying river delta located on the Indian subcontinent with a largely marshy jungle coastline on the Bay of Bengal known as the Sundarbans, home to the Bengal Tiger.
Bangladesh's alluvial soil is highly fertile but vulnerable to both flood and drought.
Bangladesh is plagued by overpopulation, while many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land.
Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2614 words)
Bangladesh consists mostly of a low-lying river delta located on the Indian subcontinent with a largely marshy jungle coastline on the Bay of Bengal known as the Sundarbans, home to the (Royal) Bengal Tiger and one of the largest mangrove forests in the world.
Bangladesh is situated in the geographic region named The Ganges Delta (also known as the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta).
Bangladesh is ethnically homogenous, with Bengalis comprising 98% of the population, the rest belonging to the tribal people.
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