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Research and Markets: Bangladesh Telecommunications Report Q1 2011 - A Digital Country By 2021?

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Bangladesh's telecommunications industry.

Based on the latest figures released by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and mobile operators, BMI has made some revisions to their forecasts. BMI revised their 2010 mobile subscriber forecast upwards to 71.464mn with a penetration rate of 43.46%. BMI have also extended BMI's forecast period to 2015 and BMI expect 194.990mn subscribers by 2015, representing a mobile penetration rate of 110.59%, surpassing the 100% for the first time. Meanwhile, the industry's average ARPU saw a slight upward revision due to Banglalink's increasing postpaid subscriber base but BMI continue to foresee a downtrend due to intense competition and aggressive pricing tactics from operators to gain market share. Lastly, BMI have retained their forecasts for Bangladesh's fixed-line and internet forecasts due to the lack of new information.

Plans to transform Bangladesh into a digital country by 2021 are gaining traction after the Bangladeshi government announced plans in September 2010 to implement seven projects at a cost of BDT64.34bn (US$923.75mn). The seven projects will focus on rolling out next-generation technologies such as broadband wireless and fibre optic cable networks in order to improve Bangladesh's inadequate broadband infrastructure. The key objective is to lower operating costs and provide affordable broadband services to the population through the unification and standardisation of the country's broadband networks.

...read more inside Bangladesh Telecommunications Report Q1 2011.

Key Topics Covered:

• Executive Summary
• SWOT Analysis
• Business Environment
• Asia
• Industry Forecasts
• Mobile
• Competitive Landscape
• Competitor Analysis
• Company Monitor
• ZTE
• Operator Profiles
• Grameenphone
• Regional Telecommunications Penetration Overview
• Fixed Line
• Country Snapshot: Bangladesh Demographic Data
• Glossary Of Terms
• Sources

Companies Mentioned:

• ZTE
• Grameenphone
• Robi (Axiata Bangladesh (AxB))
• Banglalink
• Citycell
• Bangladesh Telecommunications Company (BTCL)

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