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  BTRC’s SMP conditions not to ensure competition

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on February 21, 2019

  Fresh regulatory conditions imposed by the telecom regulator on Grameenphone as a significant market power would not help ensure healthy competition in the telecommunication sector,...

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  Huawei founder says will not share data with China

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on February 20, 2019

  Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s founder and chief executive pledged not to share any customer information with the Chinese government and said the company had never...

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  Qualcomm launches new chip to power 5G smart phones

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on February 20, 2019

  Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday introduced its second-generation of so-called modem chips to connect phones to 5G networks, speeding up the race around faster wireless data...

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  Britain does not support total Huawei network ban: sources

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on February 19, 2019

  British security officials do not support a full ban of Huawei from national telecoms networks despite US allegations the Chinese firm and its products could...

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  BTRC slaps conditions on GP as SMP

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on February 19, 2019

  Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Monday imposed four conditions on leading mobile phone operator Gramenphone as significant market power, barring the operator to make any...

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  Telcos fail to maintain 4G speed: BTRC study

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:00am on February 19, 2019

  Leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone has failed to comply with three out of nine quality-of-service benchmarks mandatory for the mobile phone operators while Robi and...

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  Govt rejects Facebook’s Express-Wifi project

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on February 16, 2019

  Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has rejected a Facebook’s proposal to launch its Express-Wifi project in the country on grounds of security and licence-related issues....

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  Google, Amazon among those targeted in EU unfair practices digital rules

  Reuters . Brussels | Updated at 12:00am on February 15, 2019

  Google, Amazon and other tech firms will have to tell companies how they rank their own or rival products on their platforms under new rules...

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  Samsung says expects $4b in Indian sales of new smartphone range

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on February 15, 2019

  Samsung Electronics expects a new range of smartphones it will launch in India in the first half of this year to generate sales of $4...

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  Software pirates use Apple tech to put hacked apps on iPhones

  Reuters . San Francisco | Updated at 12:00am on February 15, 2019

  Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple Inc to distribute hacked versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, Minecraft and other popular apps on...