The government will start issuing VoIP licence from July-August after the passage of the Telecommunication (Amendment) Bill-2010.
Telecommunications minister Raziuddin Ahmed Razu disclosed this in the parliament on Sunday in reply to a supplementary question from Shahriar Alam during a question-answer session.
Rajiuddin said, "Issuance of VoIP licences is suspended now. Licence will be issued soon after the Telecommunication (amendment) Bill is passed in parliament."
In reply to a written question from ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizam, the minister informed the parliament that BTRC has realised Tk 607.90 crore in revenue from mobile phone companies during the current fiscal year.
The minister also said, "The government has no partnership with private mobile companies."
"Tele Talk Bangladesh Ltd, the government-owned company, paid Tk 56.12 crore in revenue during 2009-10 fiscal year," the minister said
Answering another query, the minister said, "The recently closed four PSTN telephone operators invested Tk 664 crore in total until Aug 8, 2008.
"Of the amount, Tk 122 crore was invested by Dhaka Telephone Company Ltd, Tk 240 crore by Ranks Telecom Ltd, Tk 146 crore by National Telecom Ltd and Tk 156 crore from Peoples Telecommunication & Information Services," he said.
The government is keen to reinvest the huge amount through telephone operators, Razu added.
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