DHAKA: The number of mobile phone and internet users in the country stands at around 14.5 crore and 8 crore respectively by the end of 2017.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) disclosed the statistics updated till December last year on Monday (January 29).

According to the BTRC statistics, presently a total of 14,51,14,000 people are using mobile phone under four operators and 8,04,83,000 people are using internet in the country.

Of them, 6,53,27,000 people are Grameenphone users, 4,29,8,000 are Robi users, 3,23,84,00 are Banglalink users and 44,94,000 are Teletalk users. 

A total of 7,50,50,000 people use mobile internet while 89000 use wimax and 53,44000 people use IPS and PSTN combined.   

BTRC created the statistics analyzing users (active for 90 days time) data provided by the operators.

BDST: 1940 HRS, JAN 29, 2018
AP