WiMAX subscribers drop significantly

WiMAX operators in the country continued the trend of losing subscribers although cellular phone operators registered robust growth in data business, reports BSS.
Two WiMAX operators - -Banglalion and Qubee - - witnessed nearly 33 per cent or one third fall of subscribers in the last one year (April, 2014 to April 2015), according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commi-ssion (BTRC).
Now, the subscribers of the two BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) service providers commonly known as WiMAX operators stood at 1.98 lakh against 2.96 lakh in April of previous year.
However, the WiMAX operators said they are not trying to increase the market share at this moment as they will launch 4G or LTE service soon.
Talking to the news agency, G M Faruk Khan, head of marketing and communication, Banglalion, said they have planned to introduce 4G service in the next quarter and that’s why they are concentrating on providing service to the existing customers instead of new subscribers.
“We’ve already got NOC from the telecom regulator to offer 4G service,” he added.
Besides, the internet subscribers of cellular phone operators have increased by nearly 86 lakh during the period and the total number stood at 4.42 crore in April this year.
But, the scenario of broadband internet is unpleasant as the number of users has been increased by only 27 thousand in one year. In April the total users reached 12.56 lakh which was 12.29 lakh in the same period of previous year.
M Sarwar Alam, secretary and spokesperson of BTRC, told the agency that the regulator is working relentlessly to ensure level playing field for every operators.
“But, the operators have to put concentration on quality of services to survive in the competitive market,” he added.
The statistics of BTRC in April showed a total of 11 lakh internet users have been increased from the previous (March) month and the total number stood at 4.56 crore.
On the other hand, total users of cellular phone operators reached 12.47 crore in April which was 12.36 crore in March.
Among the cellular phone operators, Citycell is maintaining the trend of customer losing, and the operator lost 16 thousand customers in April compared to March. Now, the customer numbers of Citycell stood at 12.30 lakh.
Besides, Airtel bagged nearly 2 lakh customers in April, which pushed its total customer base to 83.51 lakh.
Market leader Grameenphone accumulated another 3 lakh customers in April and the total number reached 5.23 crore.

Customer of Banglalink stood at 3.20 crore by adding nearly one lakh subscribers in April while total number of customer of Robi is 2.66 crore and Teletalk is 40.96 lakh through collecting 4 lakh and 55 thousand subscribers respectively.

 

WiMAX subscribers drop significantly

WiMAX operators in the country continued the trend of losing subscribers although cellular phone operators registered robust growth in data business, reports BSS. Two WiMAX operators - -Banglalion and Qubee - - witnessed nearly 33 per cent or one third fall of subscribers in the last one year (April, 2014 to April 2015), according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commi-ssion (BTRC). Now, the subscribers of the two BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) service providers commonly known as WiMAX operators stood at 1.98 lakh against 2.96 lakh in April of previous year. However, the WiMAX operators said they are not trying to increase the market share at this moment as they will launch 4G or LTE service soon. Talking to the news agency, G M Faruk Khan, head of marketing and communication, Banglalion, said they have planned to introduce 4G service in the next quarter and thats why they are concentrating on providing service to the existing customers instead of new subscribers. Weve already got NOC from the telecom regulator to offer 4G service, he added. Besides, the internet subscribers of cellular phone operators have increased by nearly 86 lakh during the period and the total number stood at 4.42 crore in April this year. But, the scenario of broadband internet is unpleasant as the number of users has been increased by only 27 thousand in one year. In April the total users reached 12.56 lakh which was 12.29 lakh in the same period of previous year. M Sarwar Alam, secretary and spokesperson of BTRC, told the agency that the regulator is working relentlessly to ensure level playing field for every operators. But, the operators have to put concentration on quality of services to survive in the competitive market, he added. The statistics of BTRC in April showed a total of 11 lakh internet users have been increased from the previous (March) month and the total number stood at 4.56 crore. On the other hand, total users of cellular phone operators reached 12.47 crore in April which was 12.36 crore in March. Among the cellular phone operators, Citycell is maintaining the trend of customer losing, and the operator lost 16 thousand customers in April compared to March. Now, the customer numbers of Citycell stood at 12.30 lakh. Besides, Airtel bagged nearly 2 lakh customers in April, which pushed its total customer base to 83.51 lakh. Market leader Grameenphone accumulated another 3 lakh customers in April and the total number reached 5.23 crore. Customer of Banglalink stood at 3.20 crore by adding nearly one lakh subscribers in April while total number of customer of Robi is 2.66 crore and Teletalk is 40.96 lakh through collecting 4 lakh and 55 thousand subscribers respectively.