Bangladesh closes mobile phones along India border
Dhaka/UNI: Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Of Bangladesh has ordered a shutdown of mobile networks along the borders with India, citing security reasons.
The order is said to affect an estimated some 10 million users, it was reported.
Operators suspended networks within one km of the borders with India on Monday after receiving an order on Sunday night.
The four operators closed around 2,000 base transceiver stations, an official of an operator told bdnews24.com requesting anonymity.
“This will create problems for around 10 million users in the border areas,” the official said.
In the order to Grameenphone, Teletalk, Robi and Banglalink, the BTRC said network coverage in the border areas will have to be suspended until further notice “for the sake of the country’s security in the current circumstances”.
“A high-level meeting of the government took this decision, following which the instructions were issued,” BTRC Chairman Jahurul Haque told bdnews24.com, declining to give further explanations.
The instructions were “temporary”, he added.
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