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Unregistered mobile phones go off next month

BTRC won't extend deadline; 3m customers yet to reregister

Star Business Report
Unregistered mobile phones will face disconnection next month as the country's telecoms regulator yesterday announced there will be no extension of re-registration deadline.
Until yesterday some 3 million customers are yet to reregister their cellphone connections with the deadline expiring May 31.
"The re-registration deadline won't be extended anymore," Manzurul Alam, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC), told a press briefing at his office.
However, the BTRC said the six mobile operators have already told it (BTRC) that it is possible to complete the reregistration process within the deadline.
The BTRC said it will order operators to disconnect all unregistered connections after expiry of the deadline.
But the snapped connections can only be restored after reregistration if operators provide satisfactory reasons for missing the deadline.
Earlier in August last year
BTRC issued an order to Grameenphone, AKTEL, Bzinglalink, Citycell and TeleTalk to re-register customers who bought connections before February 28, 2006. And then the BTRC had to extend the deadline four times.
Starting from August 2007, following regulator's directive, within 9 months the mobile operators were able to reregister 70 percent or 7million customers. On an average, 7.8 lakh customers had been reregistered permonth.
Of the 3 million unregistered clients until March this year, 2.7million use Grameenphone connections.
To re-register customers must produce a SIM (subscriber identification module) card, two copies of passport size photo, passport or any photo ID card (like the office ID card or driving licence) and the forms and documents given during subscription.
Re-registration is especially difficult in rural areas where many people do not have any kind of photo ID card.
If the customer does not have a photo ID card, he/she will have to fill in a BTRC form and get it attested by a first class gazetted
officer or by the local ward commissioner.
BTRC chief also spoke about the newly introduced penalty system for selling SIM cards without registration.
He also said the existing amount of $10 fine for selling an unauthorised SIM card could be increased if the operators do not comply with the due process.
According to the latest figures released by the BTRC up to March 2008, the number of total mobile phone subscribers reached 38.93 million.
Grameenphone is the market leader in mobile telecommunication sector with around 17.8 million subscribers, while Orascom Telecom Bangladesh, which operates Banglalink, is the second leader with around 8.3 million subscribers.
Telecom Malaysia International Bangladesh, which operates AKTEL, and Warid Telecom International are the third and fourth market players with around 7.4 million and around 2.7 million subscribers respectively.
Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd, which operates Citycell, and the state-run Teletalk Bangladesh are the other two operators.