1300 thousand crore arrears to four operators

BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) owes Tk 13,022.38 crore to four mobile operators in the country. These operators are Grameenphone, Robi, Citycell (currently closed) and the state-owned Teletalk Limited.

Among them are pending audit objections to Grameenphone and Robi. The arrears of Citycell have been fixed by the High Court and BTRC will get 3G wave allocation from Teletalk.

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar made the remarks in response to a question from the Shahiduzzaman government in Parliament on Monday (January 25th).

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