Desk Report: The Bangladesh Telecom-munication Regulatory Commission has fined Robi Axiata Limited Tk 50 crore as the mobile phone operator continued receiving ‘unauthorised’ fibre optic transmission service from Bangla Phone Limited, reports New Age. The telecom regulator issued a letter to Robi in this regard on Monday asking the mobile operator to pay the amount within 10 days. The BTRC move was a follow-up to its July initiative when the commission, in a letter, warned Robi of Tk 50 crore in fine if it continued to take Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network service from Bangla Phone.
The government has refrained from giving permission to Bangla Phone for running NTTN service since 2015 and has already decided to revoke Bangla Phone’s internet service providing licence for operating ‘illegal’ NTTN service.
The BTRC’s latest letter also mentioned that the mobile phone operator was yet to give any reply to the letter issued by the commission in July this year, which indicated that Robi had nothing to say in this connection.
The telecom regulator detected the non-compliance through an inspection of Robi Axiata Limited on August 27 this year.