Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have praised the government decision for providing access to the Election Commission’s National ID (NID) database to verify the subscriber’s information before activating new mobile phone connections. The access to National ID (NID) data base would help MNOs to verify the subscriber’s information in an efficient way for activating new connections. All concern regarding nation...

Alongside with beautifying the city for the 20-20 world cup,we will be getting with free WiFi on the streets of capital. A 3km road from Jahangir Gate to Banani. The responsibility of beautifying this road is on Vinyle Wold. They have arranged for anyone crossing the road to have 5 Mbps speed of internet. The project is funded by Vinyl World themselves. The idea of the WiFi service is to serve people when they are stuck in traffic. While stuck, people can easily use WiFi. According to Abed Mansur, the director of the company said, “ We go...

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, was ranked third in global smartphone shipments in 2013, according to the leading market research and analysts firms International Data Corporation (IDC), Strategy Analyticsand Canalys. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Huawei retained its number three position worldwide in 2013, with the highest year-on-year increase among the leading vendors at 67.5 percent. Huawei captured 4.9 percent market share in 2013with smartphone shipments of 48.8 million units, up from 4 percent in 2012.