Bangladesh ended December 2019 with 165.57 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 164.83 million in November, according to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Grameenphone led the market with 76.46 million customers, up from 76.12 million in November, followed by Robi Axiata with 49 million, up from 48.74 million the previous month.
Banglalink had 35.23 million mobile customers, up slightly from 35.11 million, while Teletalk ended December with 4.86 million mobile customers, stable compared to the previous month. The BTRC report also shows that there were 99.42 million internet subscribers in December 2019, up from 99.06 million in November. The fixed-line internet user base was little changed at 5.74 million, while mobile internet users totaled 93.68 million, up from 93.32 million the previous month. Internet subscribers are defined as people who have used the internet at least once in the past 90 days.