The firm is renewing the spectrum at the government-fixed rate, said Shyam Sunder Sikder, the chairman of BTRC. A BTRC official said they fixed the spectrum renewal fees for Robi after taking opinions from the other operators in August. Shahed said they are paying nearly $2.4 million, or over Tk 20 billion, for the spectrum renewal in six instalments over a five-year period ending in 2025. The BTRC auctioned 4G and extra spectrum for the last time in 2018 when Grameenphone and Banglalink were allocated the spectrum for 15 years at $31 million per spectrum. Currently Robi uses a total of 36.4 megahertz spectrum after the merger with Airtel.

Source: bd News24 December 20, 2020 14:48 UTC