A day after the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) issued orders of shutting down all mobile networks within one kilometre border of Bangladesh with India and Myanmar, the BTRC issued fresh orders asking telecom operators to restore network on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission had asked telecom operators to shut down all mobile networks in the one kilometre border areas with India and Myanmar. However, as many as 10 million people in as many as 36 districts of Bangladesh were affected due to the network shut down. As many as 1500 mobile towers were shut down and that also affected few kilometres area inside the border. Bangladesh authorities did not mention reasons for the mobile network shut down in border areas, however, a letter written to the BTRC stated ‘security concerns in the present circumstance’.

Source: dna January 01, 2020 15:00 UTC