Robi has recently organized an awareness building workshop on telecom regulation regarding biometric SIM registration and other telecom compliance related issues for the distributors, retailers of Satkhira. Robi employees from the region also took part in the session. The session was held at Satkhira Circuit House.
Satkhira’s Deputy Commissioner, Abul Kasem Mohammad Mohiuddin attended the session as a 
guest speaker. He highlighted the importance of compliance in living a balanced and fulfilling life. He particularly appreciated Robi’s initiative on compliance awareness session and stressed on the need for arranging such sessions to ensure proper biometric SIM registration in order to address the criminal activities in our society.
The session was designed to shed light on the practical issues concerned in ensuring compliant business practices by the company’s sales force on the ground. It is expected that through such capacity building workshops, Robi’s compliant business practices will be further strengthened.
Rahim ur Rahman, Nahid Amin, Kaniz Fatama, Muhammad Manjurur Rahman and Mohammed Musha from Robi’s Compliance Governance department were present on the occasion.
ABOUT ROBI AS THE MERGED COMPANY
Robi Axiata Limited is a joint venture between Axiata Group of Malaysia, Bharti Airtel, of India and NTT Docomo Inc., of Japan. Axiata holds 68.7% controlling stake in the entity, Bharti holds 25% while the remaining 6.3% is held by NTT Docomo of Japan. It is the second largest mobile phone operator of Bangladesh with approximately 32.2 million active subscribers. The company provides widest network coverage to 99% of the population with over 13,900 on-air sites of which over 8,000 are 3.5G sites. Robi is the first operator to introduce GPRS and 3.5G services in Bangladesh. The company has introduced many first of its kind digital services in the country and has invested heavily in taking mobile financial services to the underserved communities in the rural and semi-urban areas. Robi, as a socially responsible brand, has taken up a number of flagship Corporate Responsibility initiatives in the areas of ICT-Education, Health and Environment with a view to contribute towards the sustainable development of the country.
