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Thieves took the copper and a village lost broadband and phones for two days
The people hit hardest were the ones with no second option — elderly residents for whom a landline is the only link. The same economics…
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6G has a name before it has a network: what IMT-2030 actually promises, and when it arrives
Why anyone is discussing the sixth generation while the fifth is still being rolled out, what the standard is actually for, and the…
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Banglalink is switching on Starlink direct-to-cell — an ordinary 4G phone, no dish, no extra hardware
BTRC approval is in. Bangladesh becomes the first country in South Asia to get Starlink’s direct-to-cell service. It starts with SMS, data…
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Banglalink renews ISO 27001 — the two things on a certificate that decide whether it means anything
A certificate covers a defined scope and comes from a body that is either accredited or not. Those two lines decide its worth, and neither…
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Call dropped? You now get talk time back from the first drop: the new BTRC rule, the code to check, and how Grameenphone started early
30 seconds for each of the first two drops, 40 seconds for the third to seventh, credited within 24 hours and valid for 15 days…
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Grameenphone tests 5G in Dhaka and Chattogram: what was shown, and when you might actually get it
The country's largest operator ran 5G trials at GP House and in Chattogram, seven months after Teletalk's. The promises are familiar; the…
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Call drops will fall this year, says the minister: what is behind them and what you can do now
With 190 MHz of new spectrum in operators' hands, Mustafa Jabbar expects dropped calls to fall by December. Why calls drop in the first…