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Joint ITU-WHO meeting on "National eHealth Strategy Development: Bangladesh Perspective Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 1 Telecommunication Infrastructure in Bangladesh Rakibul Hassan, Director Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 2 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) Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Per Capita Income: USD 848 GDP Growth Rate: 6.32% (2010-11) 3 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 Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 5 Digital Bangladesh, the Vision Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 4 Wireless Network Coverage 1997 3 /64 Districts 2000 30 /64 Districts 2002 50 /64 Districts Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 2004 61 /64 Districts At present 64 /64 Districts 6 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. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Internet Penetration 7 Growth of the Industry 100000000 80000000 60000000 40000000 20000000 0 50000000 40000000 30000000 20000000 10000000 0 Voice Subscriber 90 million 40 million Data Subscriber 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 8 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 Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 9 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) Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 10 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) Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 11 Continues … Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 12