Mobile phone operator Grameenphone will sit today with the telecom regulator to place their arguments against the audit findings released recently.

On October 3, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) asked the operator to pay Tk 3,034 crore in unpaid revenue, accumulated interest payment and tax that the watchdog found in the audit.

GP disagreed with the regulator's claims.

Zia Ahmed, chairman of the BTRC, said GP would sit with the regulator and would put forward their arguments and documentary evidence against the audit findings.

He said the operator had a series of meetings with the audit team on various issues during the audit.

But GP claims there are a number of issues that were not even discussed with them during the audit.

The company also said the audit work was done without maintaining audit norms.

GP officials said they had a single meeting with the BTRC officials to deliver their responses.

Kazi Monirul Kabir, chief communications officer of GP, said the audit findings were based on wrong assumption. The regulator did not share the audit report with GP.

He said auditing is a process that requires a series of meetings between the auditors and the company, but the audit firm did not do that.

The "unfinished issue" has already harmed the company, Kabir said.

He said the issue seemed to affect the share prices of the company. Its share price dropped in the last two sessions. Yesterday, its shares were down by 3.72 percentto close atTk 147.70.

Also, the auditor appointment issue of the BTRC is still pending in the apex court after the appointment was nullified by the High Court.