Two foreign mobile telecoms, which are yet to launch operations in Bangladesh, have expressed their eagerness to get licence to offer 4G services and bid for spectrum.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood said on Sunday that the two foreign telecom firms discussed their eagerness to begin Bangladesh operations recently.
He declined to name the firms, saying they were yet to finalise their proposals, as per a bdnews24 report.
BTRC will auction the 4G spectrum on Feb 13 next year and accept applications for licences until Jan 14 from telecom operators to offer the fourth-generation services.
Foreign telcos had expressed their eagerness also before the 3G licence auction in 2013, but did not take part in it finally.
In May this year, the BTRC prepared a draft of the 4G spectrum allocation guidelines and sent it to the Posts and Telecommunications Division.
The commission received the guidelines with final approval by the Prime Minister’s Office on Nov 29.
