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Vol. 5 Num 1140 Mon. August 13, 2007  
   
Business


BTRC fines GEP Telecom Tk 4cr


Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday fined GEP Telecom Limited, a private land phone operator, Tk 4 crore, as the company has failed to fulfill a licensing condition.

According to sources, GEP Telecom Limited, which got PSTN (public switched telephone network) license from BTRC to operate in Chittagong and Sylhet zone, failed to give connections to a selected number of customers within a stipulated time.

The telecoms watchdog made it mandatory for a private land phone operator to give connections to a definite number of customers within a specific time.

According to BTRC, a PSTN operator has to add at least 20,000 customers to its network in a zone within two years after getting the license.