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Mobile subscribers increase by 11.35m in 10 months

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Mobile phone subscribers of Bangladesh reached over 156 million at the end of October 2018 with addition of 11.35 million new users in the first 10 months of this year, according to government data.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data showed that the number of subscribers in the country reached 156.469 million in October.

The country has four mobile companies, three of which are foreign-backed cellphone operators and another is state-run, reports Xinhua.

The number of subscribers of the mobile operators, Grameenphone, Robi Axiata, Banglalink and state-run Teletalk stood at 72.005 million, 47.162 million, 33.809 million and 3.493 million respectively at the end of October, BTRC data showed.

According to the statistics of the country's telecom regulator, the number of Bangladesh's mobile phone subscribers was 145.114 million at the end of last year.

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