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Monday, May 24, 2010

Number of mobile users of Bangladesh to reach 73m by 2014

IE Market Research Corp. (IEMR), the Canadian-based provider of market intelligence services, said given the latest quarter data, the total wireless subscribers in Bangladesh would increase from the current 53.83 million to 72.7 million by 2014.
It however said wireless subscriber growth in Bangladesh has slowed down, growing only 4.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2009.
Mobile user Bangladesh
The market research corporation said GrameenPhone would maintain its lead in Bangladesh's wireless market over the next five years with an expected subscriber base of 32 million by 2014.
The other players will also be gaining more subscribers over the next five years. It predicts that Banglalink will have 15.5 million, TM International will have 13.1 million, and Warid will have 6.7 million mobile subscribers respectively by the end of 2014.
Grameenphone, jointly owned by Telenor and Bangladesh's Grameen Telecom, currently leads the country's 53.83 million mobile market with 23.48 million active users.
Banglalink stands second with 14.07 million users, which is followed by Axiata 10.31 million, Warid 3.01 million, Citycell 1.94 million and state-run Teletalk 1.02 million users, according to the latest posting of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the telecom regulator.
IEMR said Warid's subscriber market share will be increasing over the next five years after BTRC approved India's top telecoms company Bharti Airtel $300 million initial investment offer.

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