Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission or BTRC recently made SMP regulations to deter any attempt to reduce competition in the telecom market. It declared Grameenphone SMP on Feb 10 and slapped some restrictions on the firm, including its advertisement campaigns. It earned 53 percent of the total market revenues in 2017, Robi 28 percent and Banglalink 18 percent. Restrictions can be clamped on an operator once it accounts for 40 percent of the subscribers, annual revenues or allocated spectrum, according to the SMP regulations. “SMP directives should not be used to restrict the ability for entities to grow, innovate and invest,” the Grameenphone official said.

Source: bd News24 February 20, 2019 19:30 UTC