Bangladesh ended May with 160.82 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 160.59 million at end-April, according to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Grameenphone led the a market with 74.78 million mobile customers in May, up from 74.47 million in April, followed by Robi Axiata with 47.69 million, up from 47.57 million the previous month.
The BRTC figures also show that there were 94.44 million internet service subscribers in May, up from 93.70 million in April. The fixed-line internet user base was little changed at 5.734 million compared to 5.732 in April, while the WiMax subscriber base dropped to 55,000 in May from 60,000 users in April. Internet subscribers are defined as people who have used the internet at least once in the past 90 days.