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Bangladesh Telecommunication Commission (BTRC) has sought to know the reason for the cost of mobile call rate, SMS and internet services being charged 5 percent in the budget.
BTRC says the cost will be increased from July 1. But if the reply to the letter is not satisfactory due to the pre-release of this, it has been informed that all services and customs approval will be stopped, including the closure of all types of no-objection Letter (NOC).
BTRC's Assistant Director of Sini has informed that mobile phone operators have given a letter in this regard on Saturday (June 13). Zakir Hossain Khan.
In this regard, an official of BTRC said, ‘We can ask the operators in the public interest as a negro agency. We have not said it in the market. We can ask if the market is in the market. If the letter is answered, the policy decision will be given later.’
On June 11, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to increase the supplementary duty of mobile phone SIM card service from 10 percent to 15 percent in the upcoming budget.
As a result of the 5 percent supplementary duty, mobile phone services have increased from 27.77 percent to 27.77 percent, 15 percent VAT, 1 percent surcharge, 15 percent supplementary duty and other expenses.
Mobile phone operators say that earlier, if you spend 100 rupees, the government would have to pay 21 taka 57.5 per cent full duty, now it will be 24 taka 95.
However, in the case of internet, VAT is 5 percent, the use of data will cost slightly less, the operators said.
As of the last month of March of BTRC, currently in the country The number of subscribers of four mobile phone operators is 16 crore 53 lakh 37 thousand while internet subscribers are 10 crore 32 lakh 53 thousand.
The mobile phone operators requested to withdraw the duty by 5 percent of the budget proposal amid the customer's dissatisfaction.