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Joint ITU-WHO meeting on
"National eHealth
Strategy
Development:
Bangladesh
Perspective
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
in Bangladesh
Rakibul Hassan, Director
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
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Bangladesh
Population:149.8 M
(Census 2011)
Adult Literacy rate:
55.08%
Area:144K sq. KM
Rural-Urban
Ratio:71:29 (2010)
Population under
poverty level:
25.1%
Inflation:8.56%
(June’12)
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Per Capita Income:
USD 848
GDP Growth Rate:
6.32% (2010-11)
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Telecommunication Market
BANGLADESH
Competition : Intense
Call charges : Declining
Customer service : Improving
Geographic coverage : Expanding
New value-added services : Improving
All these indications suggest a healthy &
robust Telecommunication industry
with promising growth in the area
of technology, services and
consumers’ choices
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Digital Bangladesh, the Vision
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Wireless Network Coverage
1997
3 /64 Districts
2000
30 /64 Districts
2002
50 /64 Districts
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61 /64 Districts
At present
64 /64 Districts
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Telecom Indicators
ICT Indicators
(as of May‘12)
• Tele-density is more than
62%
62%
• Internet Penetration is more
27%
• Over 90 M Telecom
27%
than
Subscribers
40 M
Tele-Penetration
• More than
Internet users.
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Internet Penetration
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Growth of the Industry
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Voice Subscriber
90 million
40 million
Data Subscriber
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Telecom Infrastructure & Resources
30,000 BTS
16000 KM
Nationwide Optical
Fiber
01 Submarine Cable
& 06 Terrestrial
Cable
7000 Rural Touch
Point
14 Community
Radios in operation
More than 01 million
Human Resources
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Affordability for the Subscribers
11.37
SMS Charge MAX (BDT/SMS)
2
0.5
2009
2010
1 USD = 81 Bangladesh Taka (BDT)
Voice Tariff Reduction Trend
4.31
3.55
2.43
Dec-01
Jan-04
Oct-05
Dec-06
2.09
Jan-07
Average Tariff (BDT)/min
1.7
Jul-07
0.97
0.88
0.92
0.83
Dec-07
May-08
Jun-09
Dec-11
Expon. (Average Tariff (BDT)/min)
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Affordability for the Subscribers
Internet BW Price Reduction Trend, Taka
75,000
36,000
2006
2007
36,000
27,000
18,000
10,000
2009
2010
2011
2008
BW Price
Expon. (BW Price)
Termination rate reduced
to make the off-net voice
service more affordable
Interconnect Termination Rate (BDT/Min)
0.9
2004
0.66
2007
Internet Price is now more
affordable.
0.4
2008
0.18
2009
1 USD = 81 Bangladesh Taka (BDT)
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Continues …
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