Native name | টেলিটক |
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Type | PLC |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 26 December 2004 |
Headquarters | Rajuk Commercial Complex, Holding # 3/A, 5/A,7/A, Road # 17, Gulshan-1, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Area served | Nationwide |
Key people | A.K.M. Habibur Rahman (CEO/MD) |
Products | Mobile Telephony, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A(4G+/4.5G) 5G |
Revenue | US$200 million (2021) |
Owner | Bangladesh Government |
Website | www.teletalk.com.bd(Commercial Website) www.teletalk.gov.bd(Official Website) |
Teletalk Bangladesh Limited DBA Teletalk (Bengali: টেলিটক) is the only state-owned GSM, 3G, LTE, 5G based mobile phone operator in Bangladesh that started operating in 2004.[1] As of August 2021, Teletalk had a subscriber base of 6.27 million.[2]
It also provides a wide range of Digital Services. It works with governments vision of Digital Bangladesh.
History
Bangladesh Telephone & Telegraph Board - BTTB launched their subsidiary project of mobile network service named BTTB bMobile. Then it was rebranded to Teletalk & Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd was formed as the only public mobile operator in Bangladesh. Currently it's the fourth largest mobile operator in Bangladesh.
Teletalk Bangladesh Limited (the "Company") was incorporated on 26 December 2004 as a public limited company under the Companies Act, 1994 with an authorized capital of Tk.20,000,000,000 being the only government sponsored mobile telephone company in the country. On the same day the Company obtained Certificate of Commencement of Business. Teletalk Bangladesh Limited launched its commercial operation on 26 December 2004 .
It invested about 2 billion taka for spreading GSM network countrywide. In 2012 it inaugurated HSPA network. Then on 16 December 2018 LTE network was inaugurated .
Teletalk has forged ahead and strengthened its path over the years and achieved some feats truly to be proud of, as the only Bangladeshi mobile operator and the only operator with 100% native technical and engineering human resource base, Teletalk thrives to become the true people's phone – "Amader Phone".
Network
As of Annual Report of Teletalk (2022-23), Teletalk total tower has already covered 78% of population. and also it will add more BTS within 2023 to expand Mobile network coverage.
Teletalk's speciality is it has coverage in different hard to reach area of the country like sundarban, katka sea beach, dublar char, char nizam, different islands, haor area, hilltrackts area etc.
National Roaming Coverage
Under national roaming, Teletalk users can use Banglalink network instead if their network is weak or have connection issues. This feature is now in trial mode. Teletalk will use total 20,600 Mobile Network Towers to serve customers Under National Roaming Network of Banglalink & Teletalk.
International Roaming Coverage
Teletalk has international roaming facilities
Technical Informations
2G Spectrum: 15.2 MHz [5.2MHz (900Mhz Band) & 10MHz (1800Mhz Band)]
3G Spectrum: 13.8Mhz [3.8MHz (900Mhz Band) & 10MHz (2100Mhz Band)]
4G Spectrum: 20Mhz [10MHz (1800Mhz Band) & 10MHz (2100Mhz Band)]
5G Spectrum: 60Mhz (for trial run)
[3][4]
Mobile services
Teletalk Offer's various kind of mobile services
Voice services: Teletalk Offers voice calling service at cheaper rates in Bangladesh.
Messaging services : Teletalk Provides SMS MMS & bulk sms services. Internet services :Teletalk provides Mobile internet service
Digital Services
MyTeletalk App provides solution for teletalk services & offers
Teletalk AllJobs is a one stop solution for government and private job in Bangladesh.
Teletalk Mobile TV is the first mobile operator launched mobile tv And Broadcast icc cricket world cup 2023 http://wap.teletalk.com.bd/
Teletalk Offers Result Publication System for PSC, JSC, SSC, HSC, Hons(Degree) result.
Teletalk TBPS *727# provides Rural Electricity Bill payment easily.
Numbering scheme
Teletalk uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers:
+880 15 N1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8
Where, +880 is the ISD code for Bangladesh and is needed only in case of dialing from outside Bangladesh.
15 is the access code for Teletalk as allocated by the Government of Bangladesh. Omitting +880 will require using 0 in place of it instead to represent local call, hence 015 is the general access code.
N1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8 is the subscriber number.
References
- ↑ Bloomberg. Company Overview of Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd Page accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ "BTRC Report". The Daily Star. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Teletalk Annual Report Report". Teletalk.
- ↑ "টেলিটকের পুরনো সিমেই ফাইভ-জি সেবা, গতি হবে ২০ গুণ".