Teletalk will launch 3G in March
The state-run mobile phone operator Teletalk will experimentally launch 3G technology on March 26 next year, telecommunications minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju says. He says that the 3G spectrum will be auctioned after six months of test-run by the operator.
The third generation technology, popularly known as 3G, will make mobile telephony much more efficient with high-speed data transfer facilitating users to watch mobile TV, make video calls, use navigation equipment and access many other services, the minister says in a Wednesday interview with bdnews24.com.The minister is hopeful that the company will be able to complete installation of necessary infrastructure by January to launch the 3G operations.
Raju has noted that both foreign and local companies will be allowed to compete for 3G spectrum after the planned test-run in September next year.The decision to auction the 3G spectrum had been taken at a high-profile meeting of senior ministers and advisors chaired by prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Aug 9.Raju had said after the meeting that guidelines for wireless telecom spectrum auction would be finalised by 2012. Abu Saeed Khan, secretary general of Association of Mobile Telephone Operators in Bangladesh (AMTOB), had said 3G services are now being offered using the 2G radio spectrum, therefore it makes no sense categorising a specific frequency exclusively for 3G services.
Source : C News
