Internet users in Bangladesh double in last five years

[Black_cats]

Internet users in Bangladesh double in last five years

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: October 16, 2020 13:42:03 | Updated: October 16, 2020 16:32:57

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The total number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh doubled in the last five years thanks to the government’s commitment and push to digitise the country.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's (BTRC) statistics revealed that the number of internet subscribers in the country stood at 108.188 million as of August 2020 whereas the number was 54.120 million at the end of December 2015.
Of the total subscribers, according to the telecom regulator data, there were 99.618 million mobile internet users and 8.571 million broadband users in the country until August 2020.


On the other hand, up to December 2015, the number of mobile internet users in the country stood at 51.453 million while 2.667 million internet users were using broadband.

The term 'internet subscriber' means subscribers/subscriptions who have accessed the internet at least once in the preceding 90 days.

Prior to this, total internet subscribers in the country were 99.428 million until December 2019, according to the BTRC data.

Of the subscribers, there were 93.681 million mobile internet users and 5.742 million broadband internet users until December 2019 and the rest were WiMAX users.

The number of internet users was 91.421 million at the end of January 2019, the BTRC data revealed.

The telecom regulator data further unveiled that the country's internet subscribers reached 80.483 million until December 2017.

There were 80.483 million internet users at the end of December 2017 while the figure stood at 66.623 million as of December 2016.

The BTRC has calculated the ISP subscriber information through intense market analysis, consultation and data collection from almost all ISPs (internet service providers).

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Internet users in Bangladesh double in last five years

The total number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh doubled in the last five years thanks to the government’s commitment and push to digitise the country. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's (BTRC) statistics revealed that the number of internet subscribers in the country

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[idune]

Most so called internet users are connected via mobile tele network. Network speed is crap in BD. Oh, indian stooge awami regime did gave internet bandwidth to india for free while Bangladeshis were deprived. So what exactly awami regime and its cheerleading band bragging about??

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Most so called internet users are connected via mobile tele network. Network speed is crap in BD. Oh, indian stooge awami regime did gave internet bandwidth to india for free while Bangladeshis were deprived. So what exactly awami regime and its cheerleading band bragging about??

If you're gonna try to target the so called 'cheerleaders' atleast back your senseless posts with hard facts or data, If not, you end up looking like a sore loser trying to score political brownie points more than anything, maybe that's exactly what you are.



Let me give you some facts, since you're clearly incapable of searching for good things on the internet.



Submarine Cables are the prime medium for connecting regions/countries to faster internet, the only other options are a small local area network, buying internet bandwidth from neighbouring countries (like North East India does from Bangladesh) or using satellite internet. Talking about broadband connections here.





Submarine Cables in Bangladesh are handled by the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited, which was established in 2008 for exactly this purpose; getting us connected to a submarine cable.


We got connected to our first Submarine Cable in the 2009 to 2011 period, it was the South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) with a design capacity of 1.28 Tbit/s but after the latest upgrade in 2015 it is now capable of handling 4.6 Tbit/s.

On 6th June 2015 BSCCL signed an agreement and joined the South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) consortium, and was connected to the cable by 2017 through a landing station established in kuakata, Patuakhali.

The first landing station is in Cox Bazar, Chittagong.


South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) had a design capacity of 24 Tbit/s but it was later upgraded to 36 Tbit/s.

In 2018, during her campaign, Hasina promised to connect Bangladesh to its third submarine cable by 2023, as such in 2019 BSCCL signed onto the South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE 6) consortium. We can expect to be connected to our third submarine cable by 2021 -22. It will have an initial design capacity of 12 Tbit/s but one can expect it to be upgraded beyond 36 with time.


There are around 8.571 Million broadband users in Bangladesh, this is excluding corporate clients and government agencies who also make use of these submarine cables through through third party ISPs or directly through BSCCL.


Back in 2008 Bangladesh had less then 200,000 broadband users, now that under is at 8,000,000 rising at an exponential rate since 2012.



None of this happened under BNP or Jaamat, BNP actually turned down the idea of joining South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 3 (SEA-ME-WE 3).

WOW! We had so many broadband connections during BNP rule, BNP superpower!!!

Under BAL, we got out first Submarine Cable, Our second one, Our third one is about to come, We also had our first geostationary satellite provide internet access to the stranded people living on chars and Islands.


Mobile internet users have grown many times over, so what exactly are you trying to criticize ?


Do you have any data to show us how BAL ruined internet in Bangladesh ? Because it seems to me, before BAL there wasn't any internet to speak of in Bangladesh.

We actually made a profit selling bandwidth to North East India, and they asked us to cut the connection because it was too expensive for them, they have already settled the dues.

So I don't know where you're getting this idea that we gave them our bandwidth for free (It was the excess unused capacity nobody in Bangladesh was deprived of internet). Again more lies and deceit.


Save yourself some face, don't reply, have some shame, next time you want to drop negative comments to score points with Tareq atleast do your homework first because you should come across as a sore dissident right now who is just sad his party isn't in power.



Nothing you say is of any substance, you're opinions are inconsequential; not based on factual data and you are irrelevant.



That's enough education for today, go back to work; whatever it is you do in America, I can't imagine you doing anything sophisticated not with this low level understanding of yours.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

@Atlas @Michael Corleone @Bilal9 @Destranator @bête noire @Bengal71 look at how pathetic party politics makes you, I have doubled down on him with facts and he will still reply along with reporting my posts like the moderators pet that he is.


Has internet speed not improved in Bangladesh over the years ? Have broadband connections not become a more feasible and reliable alternative to mobile internet.

Of course they have, just that our friend here seems oblivious to reality.

 

[Destranator]

Most so called internet users are connected via mobile tele network. Network speed is crap in BD. Oh, indian stooge awami regime did gave internet bandwidth to india for free while Bangladeshis were deprived. So what exactly awami regime and its cheerleading band bragging about??

This is a silly post and you know it. You can now get 1-5 mbps connections for less than Tk 1,000 per month. The same money fetched speeds lower than 256 kbps 10 years ago.
India is buying excess bandwith that was lying unused and costing us money.

@DalalErMaNodi has already covered user growth and network redundancies in detail so I do not need to get into that.

I will repeat to you, you do not need to like BAL to be objective.

 

[idune]

BSNL yet to clear payment for bandwidth import

Muhammad Zahidul Islam

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run mobile network provider of India, has deferred payments on internet bandwidth imported from Bangladesh despite scrapping its deal four months ago.
"BSNL is seeking some additional time to clear the dues and will hopefully do so by September," said Mashiur Rahman, managing director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL).
Due to a serious lack of revenue, BSNL can no longer afford to import internet bandwidth from Bangladesh and suspended its deal with BSCCL on February 7, ending a four-year partnership.

More:

BSNL yet to clear payment for bandwidth import

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run mobile network provider of India, has deferred payments on internet bandwidth imported from Bangladesh despite scrapping its deal four months ago.

www.thedailystar.net

 

[Destranator]

@Atlas @Michael Corleone @Bilal9 @Destranator @bête noire @Bengal71 look at how pathetic party politics makes you, I have doubled down on him with facts and he will still reply along with reporting my posts like the moderators pet that he is.


Has internet speed not improved in Bangladesh over the years ? Have broadband connections not become a more feasible and reliable alternative to mobile internet.

Of course they have, just that our friend here seems oblivious to reality.

Just "haha" the crap out of idiotic posts, even if it is from me.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

BSNL yet to clear payment for bandwidth import

Muhammad Zahidul Islam

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run mobile network provider of India, has deferred payments on internet bandwidth imported from Bangladesh despite scrapping its deal four months ago.
"BSNL is seeking some additional time to clear the dues and will hopefully do so by September," said Mashiur Rahman, managing director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL).
Due to a serious lack of revenue, BSNL can no longer afford to import internet bandwidth from Bangladesh and suspended its deal with BSCCL on February 7, ending a four-year partnership.

More:

BSNL yet to clear payment for bandwidth import

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run mobile network provider of India, has deferred payments on internet bandwidth imported from Bangladesh despite scrapping its deal four months ago.

www.thedailystar.net

Yes, June news, you live back in time ?



We gave them bandwidth for free btw ?


We made money off of bandwidth, we couldn't use ourselves, I don't understand how that is a bad thing but okay.

 

[Destranator]

BSNL yet to clear payment for bandwidth import

Muhammad Zahidul Islam

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run mobile network provider of India, has deferred payments on internet bandwidth imported from Bangladesh despite scrapping its deal four months ago.
"BSNL is seeking some additional time to clear the dues and will hopefully do so by September," said Mashiur Rahman, managing director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL).
Due to a serious lack of revenue, BSNL can no longer afford to import internet bandwidth from Bangladesh and suspended its deal with BSCCL on February 7, ending a four-year partnership.

More:

BSNL yet to clear payment for bandwidth import

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run mobile network provider of India, has deferred payments on internet bandwidth imported from Bangladesh despite scrapping its deal four months ago.

www.thedailystar.net

Yes, someone owes us as opposed to no one buying unused bandwith.

 

[Michael Corleone]

@Atlas @Michael Corleone @Bilal9 @Destranator @bête noire @Bengal71 look at how pathetic party politics makes you, I have doubled down on him with facts and he will still reply along with reporting my posts like the moderators pet that he is.


Has internet speed not improved in Bangladesh over the years ? Have broadband connections not become a more feasible and reliable alternative to mobile internet.

Of course they have, just that our friend here seems oblivious to reality.

Don’t worry about this coon. I used 100mbps internet for 100tk back in 2016... in reality speeds were much more than that. 100mbps uploads... downloads were double and ping was 1ms

 

[VikingRaider]

@Atlas @Michael Corleone @Bilal9 @Destranator @bête noire @Bengal71 look at how pathetic party politics makes you, I have doubled down on him with facts and he will still reply along with reporting my posts like the moderators pet that he is.


Has internet speed not improved in Bangladesh over the years ? Have broadband connections not become a more feasible and reliable alternative to mobile internet.

Of course they have, just that our friend here seems oblivious to reality.

80-90 kbps gprs ( Grameen provided EDGE and speed was 120 kbps sometimes ) , and now I use 5 mbps broadband ( that did not exist in smaller towns during the golden age aka 2001 - 2006 ) and pay the half of that time . Which one is better ?

PS : Indeed GPRS ( General packet radio ) was better than broadband ! you Indian stooge @DalalErMaNodi . How dare you oppose @idune bhai ? in golden age ( 2001 - 2006 ) net speed was 120 MBPS not KBPS , right @idune bhai ?

 

[idune]

Internet speed is slowest in Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
Published: 24 April 2018, 1:44

Logo of mobile phone operators
The average internet speed of mobile operators in Bangladesh is the lowest among the neighbouring South Asian countries. The speed is 10 mbps (mega bits per second) in those countries except India, while only 5 mbps in Bangladesh.

GSM Association, the organisation of mobile phone operators around the world, in its recently published report titled ‘Bangladesh: Country Overview’ has underlined the poor condition of internet speed in Bangladesh.The report, however, said the speed may increase this year as Bangladesh initiated 4G services in last February.
Secretary general of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangaldesh (AMTOB), TIM Nurul Kabir, said that internet speed would increase this year with the initiation of 4G services.
According to the report, Bangladesh is the fifth largest mobile user country in Asia Pacific region with 85 million unique subscribers. But only one in five Bangladeshis subscribed to mobile internet services in 2017, despite 3G networks covering in excess of 90% of the population.
As of 2017, 71 per cent of the mobile internet subscribers were still using 2G services, report says.
The report underlines lack of frequency spectrum and poor infrastructure as the main reason for the slow internet speed.
According to the report, Bangladeshi mobile operators had to pay high prices for the frequency spectrum in 4G spectrum auction held in February 2018, which would leave the operators with lack of frequencies.
Poor infrastructure in rural areas is also a big reason for slow internet connection in Bangladesh. Operators show lack of interest in building infrastructure in rural areas as it is not considered financially profitable, says the report.
The report pointed out sharing infrastructure including base transceiver station and fibre optic network among the mobile operators might improve the infrastructure.
Telecommunication research institure Learn Asia’s senior policy fellow Abu Sayed Khan said sharing infrastructure is a common practice worldwide. But Bangladesh has made sharing fibre optic infrastructure illegal. This practice has trapped Bangladesh in hands of foreign mobile operators.

Internet speed is slowest in Bangladesh

The average internet speed of mobile operators in Bangladesh is the lowest among the neighbouring South Asian countries. The speed is 10 mbps (mega bits per second) in those countries except India, while only 5 mbps in Bangladesh.GSM Association, the organisation of mobile phone operators around...

en.prothomalo.com

 

[VikingRaider]

Internet speed is slowest in Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
Published: 24 April 2018, 1:44

Logo of mobile phone operators
The average internet speed of mobile operators in Bangladesh is the lowest among the neighbouring South Asian countries. The speed is 10 mbps (mega bits per second) in those countries except India, while only 5 mbps in Bangladesh.

GSM Association, the organisation of mobile phone operators around the world, in its recently published report titled ‘Bangladesh: Country Overview’ has underlined the poor condition of internet speed in Bangladesh.The report, however, said the speed may increase this year as Bangladesh initiated 4G services in last February.
Secretary general of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangaldesh (AMTOB), TIM Nurul Kabir, said that internet speed would increase this year with the initiation of 4G services.
According to the report, Bangladesh is the fifth largest mobile user country in Asia Pacific region with 85 million unique subscribers. But only one in five Bangladeshis subscribed to mobile internet services in 2017, despite 3G networks covering in excess of 90% of the population.
As of 2017, 71 per cent of the mobile internet subscribers were still using 2G services, report says.
The report underlines lack of frequency spectrum and poor infrastructure as the main reason for the slow internet speed.
According to the report, Bangladeshi mobile operators had to pay high prices for the frequency spectrum in 4G spectrum auction held in February 2018, which would leave the operators with lack of frequencies.
Poor infrastructure in rural areas is also a big reason for slow internet connection in Bangladesh. Operators show lack of interest in building infrastructure in rural areas as it is not considered financially profitable, says the report.
The report pointed out sharing infrastructure including base transceiver station and fibre optic network among the mobile operators might improve the infrastructure.
Telecommunication research institure Learn Asia’s senior policy fellow Abu Sayed Khan said sharing infrastructure is a common practice worldwide. But Bangladesh has made sharing fibre optic infrastructure illegal. This practice has trapped Bangladesh in hands of foreign mobile operators.

Internet speed is slowest in Bangladesh

The average internet speed of mobile operators in Bangladesh is the lowest among the neighbouring South Asian countries. The speed is 10 mbps (mega bits per second) in those countries except India, while only 5 mbps in Bangladesh.GSM Association, the organisation of mobile phone operators around...

en.prothomalo.com

@idune bhai salam , I have recently joined to ISlami chhatra shibir . Do not talk with these Indian stooge please . in the golden age of Bangladesh ( 2001 - 2006) internet speed was 120 mbps . And now mobile Internet speed is only 5 mbps , So indeed speed is reduced during Indian stooge BAL regime .

Let's start marching against BAL okay ? you and I!

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Now he's posting mobile internet news from 2018..... Pfff

@idune bhai salam , I have recently joined to ISlami chhatra shibir . Do not talk with these Indian stooge please . in the golden age of Bangladesh ( 2001 - 2006) internet speed was 120 mbps . And now mobile Internet speed is only 5 mbps , So indeed speed is reduced during Indian stooge BAL regime .

Let's start marching against BAL okay ? you and I!

Don't forget me, I want in too.

 

[idune]

When your Internet can’t keep pace with Digital Bangladesh

For a country aiming to become Digital Bangladesh by 2021, slow Internet, poor network coverage and expensive data are more than just poor optics

The Covid-19 pandemic should have moved Bangladesh one step forward towards materialising the dream of becoming 'Digital Bangladesh'. Moving to a digital platform got easier in March when everything from offices, educational institutions, healthcare and even justice, shifted to the virtual platform. The number of Internet users went up from 99.984 million in February to 103.254 million in March – right after the government declared the general holidays to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
But these last few months have been a frustrating experience for Internet users as slow Internet, poor network coverage, and expensive data marred our efforts to shift our workplace to the virtual world.

Last week, the Digital Quality of Life Index 2020 by Surfshark placed Bangladesh at the bottom 10 in terms of Internet affordability, Internet quality, electronic infrastructure, electronic government and electronic security.

Md Jahangir Alam, the owner of Bill Gates International School, Dhaka, said even though they are running online classes, many of his students dropped out as their parents cannot afford the Internet bill. Also, poor Internet connectivity disrupts the classes."Each class takes place for 30 minutes and most of it is lost to poor Internet connection," said Jahangir Alam.Though the number of users rose in March, it declined again to 101.187 million in April, as per the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data, since a lot of small and medium scale entrepreneurs closed their enterprises for good and cut off their Internet connections.
In June, the number of subscribers went back up to 103.47 6 million, as offices resumed. The Internet also slowed down again.
"I have online meetings almost every day. But I keep getting disconnected in the middle of my meetings. I cannot work comfortably," said Fariha, a private service holder.
In Bangladesh, more than 90 percent Internet subscribers are mobile Internet users. Despite having entered the 4G era, mobile Internet speed during the pandemic has been anything but satisfactory.
The highest average download speed in the country was recorded in the third week of January (11.22 Mbps), according to US based web services Ookla. Since then the speed has been in gradual decline.
The lowest average mobile Internet speed was recorded in the last week of March (8.78 Mbps) – the beginning of general public holidays.

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When your Internet can’t keep pace with Digital Bangladesh

For a country aiming to become Digital Bangladesh by 2021, slow Internet, poor network coverage and expensive data are more than just poor optics

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