Bangladesh
As of February 2012, Bangladesh has 87.887 million subscribers in total. In June 2011 the penetration rate was estimated at 48.199% over a population estimate of 158 million.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grameenphone | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) | 37.351 (February 2012) | Telenor (55%) and Grameen Telecom (45%) |
2 | Banglalink | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) | 24.168 (February 2012) | Orascom Telecom (48.3%) and VimpelCom (51.7%) |
3 | Robi | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) | 17.087 (February 2012) | Axiata Group Berhad (70%) and NTT DoCoMo (30%) |
4 | Airtel | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) | 6.231 (February 2012) | Bharti Airtel (70%) and Warid Telecom (30%) |
5 | Citycell | 800 MHz CDMA2000 1x RTT, EV-DO Rev.A | 1.791 (February 2012) | Pacific Group & Far East Telecom Limited (95%) and SingTel (5%) |
6 | Teletalk | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA |
1.257 (February 2012) | State-owned (100%) |
7 | Banglalion | 2.5 GHz WiMAX 802.16e | Banglalion Communications Ltd. (100%) | |
8 | Qubee | 2.3 GHz WiMAX 802.16e | Augere Holdings Netherlands B.V. (100%) | |
9 | Ollo | 3.5 GHz WiMAX 802.16d | Multinet Group (100%) |
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