Internet users reach 9.44 crore

Parliament Correspondent: Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Tuesday said the number of internet subscribers reached 9.44 crore in 2019 which was 60 lakh in 2008.

The minister made the disclosure while replying to a starred question from ruling party MP M Abdul Latif in Parliament.

Jabbar said that the price of internet has significantly been cut in line with the rise in internet users in the country.

He mentioned that per mbps internet bandwidth charge was Tk 27,000 in 2008 and now it has been reduced to Tk 180.

He also said the state-run Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) is providing internet services at reasonable prices.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/July 9, 2019/Asad/AI