Spectrum auctions likely to delay again
Bangladesh’s spectrum auctions, after being pushed back a month to 20 May, will likely be delayed again, after mobile operators failed to resolve the long-simmering SIM replacement tax issue in a meeting with regulators and the finance minster last week.
The Dhaka Tribune reported that the finance minister asked the operators to pay the replacement SIM tax without interest and withdraw their case in order to move ahead with the auctions.
The government demanded four operators – Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Airtel – pay the unpaid...