Bangladesh Teletalk Public Limited CompanyDBATeletalk (Bengali: টেলিটক) is a state-owned mobile phone operator in Bangladesh. It started operating in 2004.[1] As of August 2021, Teletalk had a subscriber base of 6.27 million.[2][3]
It also provides a wide range of Digital Services. It works with the government's vision of Digital Bangladesh.[4]
History
Bangladesh Telephone & Telegraph Board - BTTB launched their subsidiary project of mobile network service named BTTB bMobile. Then it was rebranded to Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd. It was formed as the only public mobile operator in Bangladesh. Currently it is the fourth largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh.[5]
Old logo of Teletalk
Teletalk was incorporated on 26 December 2004 as a public limited company under the Companies Act, 1994 with an authorized capital of 2000 crore taka being the only government sponsored mobile telephone company in the country. On the same day the Company obtained Certificate of Commencement of Business. Teletalk launched its commercial operation on 26 December 2004.[6]
It invested about 2 billion taka for spreading the GSM network countrywide. In 2012 it inaugurated the HSPA network. Then on 16 December 2018 LTE network was inaugurated.[7][8]
Teletalk has forged ahead and strengthened its path over the years and achieved some feats truly to be proud of, as the only Bangladeshi mobile operator and the only operator with 100% native technical and engineering human resource base, Teletalk thrives to become the true people's phone – "Amader Phone".[9][10] In February 2024 Teletalk launched eSIM.[11][12]
Timeline
6 June 2012 - Launched new Pre-Paid Package named 'Progorsa'
15 June 2012 - Launched new Pre-Paid Package named 'Inforsgy'
Network
As of Annual Report of Teletalk (2022-23), Teletalk total tower has already covered 78% of population. and also it will add more BTS within 2023 to expand Mobile network coverage.[13]
Teletalk's speciality is it has coverage in different hard to reach areas of the country like Sundarban, Katka sea beach, Dublar Char, Char Nizam and different islands, haor area, hilltrackts area etc.[14]
Teletalk Coverage Map - 3G
National Roaming Coverage
Under national roaming, Teletalk users can use Banglalink networks instead if their network is weak or have connection issues. This feature is now in trial mode.[15] However, when selected it fails to connect as of 26 September 2024. Teletalk will use a total of 20,600 mobile network towers to serve customers under the National Roaming Network of Banglalink & Teletalk.[16]
International roaming coverage
Teletalk has international roaming facilities.
Technical information
Carrier name: Teletalk ("BGD bMobile" is shown on some devices) MCC+MNC: 47004
Teletalk TBPS *727# provides Rural Electricity Bill payment easily.
Numbering scheme
Teletalk uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers:
+880 15 N1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8
Where, +880 is the ISD code for Bangladesh and is needed only in case of dialing from outside Bangladesh.
15 is the access code for Teletalk as allocated by the Government of Bangladesh. Omitting +880 will require using 0 in place of it instead to represent local calls, hence 015 is the general access code.
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