The company said customers can get minimum 128Mbps round the clock by connecting BanglaLion’s WiMax modem, which costs only Tk 3, 000. The monthly connection fee would be Tk600.

Here are the service and cost break down of its packages. Read the rest of this entry »

[the dailystar reports] The country’s telecom industry should be run by such a set of uniform regulations that ensure a level playing field for both the local and foreign investors, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

The speakers also urged the government to reduce bandwidth prices soon for the sake of the sector’s development.

“Discriminatory regulations should be removed,” said Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, president of Bangladesh Economic Association. Read the rest of this entry »

BanglaLion WIMAX

Samsung provides details on the development of a new WiMAX MID (mobile internet device). Device is expected to be the first handheld WiMAX device in the U.S. and will operate on Clearwire’s WiMAX network.

Based on an RSS feed from its website, Samsung provided details on a new WiMAX handheld device dubbed the SWD-M100 Mondi. Read the rest of this entry »

D2 Technologies Demonstrates Complete Reference Design for WiMAX Mobile Phones

D2

In an open auction, the BanglaLion Communications, BRAC BDmail Network Ltd and the Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd won the bid for the licences in exchange for Tk 215 crore each.

The companies will provide wireless broadband internet service using WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology which allows wireless data to travel over long distances by various means, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access.