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Govt finally cancels Citycell license

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Published: 03:47, 25 July 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Govt finally cancels Citycell license

Staff Correspondent: The government has finally cancelled the license of Citycell, the country's oldest mobile phone operator.

The decision has been finalized in a meeting of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday.

An official of BTRC confirmed the news.

He said BTRC took the decision as the government approved to put the final nail in the coffin of Citycell.

Earlier last week, BTRC received the document approved by the Prime Minister over cancelling Citycell license.

On July 31 last year, BTRC issued an advertisement requesting Citycell subscribers to accept alternative service within two weeks.

But, the mobile operator filed an appeal petition before the Supreme Court (SC) in this regard.

Later the Appellate Division gave the operator two months to pay 477 crore and 51 lakh due money to run the service. Citycell then paid 144 crore.

Later, the SC ordered the operator to pay another 100 crore within November 19, 2016. As Citycell failed to pay the amount, BTRC finally decided to put the nail in the coffin of Citycell.


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