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In the backdrop of 150 per cent growth in mobile phone density in one year, the private tele-communication operators are also registering a strong growth in connecting subscribers through wireless land phones across the country, reports BSS.
RanksTel and OneTel, two privately owned companies, have so far provided nearly 30,000 wireless land phones to their subscribers covering two zones in only last six months, Chief Operating Officer of RanksTel Zakaria Swapan told the news agency Wednesday.
The network zones of RanksTel Ltd includes south-eastern zone under Chittagong division and north-eastern zone under Sylhet division. The authority is expected to activate two other zones by the next six months.
Besides, OneTel covering the Rajshahi division and working at a faster pace in expanding its network in different phases aiming to bring all the rural people under network coverage through covering all the unions by December 2006.
Both the companies obtained licenses from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to operate their wireless phone services.
The land phones are attracting the subscribers, as call charges are lower than any other mobile phone and even lower than Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB).
While Call charges are fixed at taka 00.50 per minute for any land phone user, that is taka 1.50 per pulse of 30 seconds for mobile phone subscriber, he added.
"We are accelerating the expansion of our network coverage at a faster pace aiming to run in full swing some new packages by this month," Sawpan said.
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