Bangladesh ended October with 164.17 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 163.41 million in September, according to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Grameenphone led the a market with 76.06 million mobile customers in October, up from 75.71 million in September, followed by Robi Axiata with 48.34 million, up from 48.19 million the previous month. Banglalink had 35.04 million mobile customers, while Teletalk ended October with 4.70 million mobile customers.
The BTRC report also shows that there were 99.56 million internet subscribers in October, up from 98.42 million in September. The fixed-line internet user base slightly increased to 5.738 million in October from 5.737 million in September, and the WiMax subscriber base fell to 38,000 in October from 40,000 in the previous month. Internet subscribers are defined as people who have used the internet at least once in the past 90 days.