Aktel

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TMIB (Telekom Malaysia International Bangladesh)

Type	Joint Venture
Founded	1996
Headquarters	9th Floor, BRAC Center, 75 Mohakhali C/A, Gulshan Dhaka, Bangladesh
Industry	Telecommunication
Products	Mobile Telephony, GPRS
Website	www.aktel.com

Telekom Malaysia International Bangladesh (TMIB) Limited is a joint venture between Telekom Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia (70%) and a local company A. K. Khan & Company Ltd (30%). AKTEL launched its operations on the 15 November, 1997 in Dhaka and in 26 March, 1998 in Chittagong. Its founding chairman was Late Mr. Zahiruddin Khan, an ex-commerce minister.

AKTEL has now become the third largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh in terms of revenue and subscribers (7.45 million as of March, 2008) unable to hold its 2nd position due to fierce competition from Banglalink who is more aggressive in the market with huge investments from parent company Orascom Telecom ^[1].

AKTEL boasts of the widest international roaming service in the market, connecting 315 operators across 170 countries. It is the first operator in the country to introduce GPRS to its subscribers. AKTEL uses GSM 900 MHz standard.

1 Numbering Scheme
2 Products Offered
3 Criticism and Penalty
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Numbering Scheme

Aktel uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers:

+880 N₁N₂N₃N₄N₅N₆N₇N₈

Where, 880 is the International subscriber dialling code for Bangladesh.

18 is the access code for AKTEL as assigned by the Government of Bangladesh. Omitting +880 will require to use 0 in place of it instead to represent local call, hence 018 is the general access code.

N₁N₂N₃N₄N₅N₆N₇N₈ is the subscriber number.

[edit] Products Offered

AKTEL offers different packages for their customers' choice. In addition to offering the fundamental pre-paid and post-paid mobile services, AKTEL offers a wide range of value added products and Services to its customers, including, GPRS, mobile data services, Infotainment Services such as SMS banking, Caller Ring Back Tone, Ringtones download, Screen Saver, Picture Message, MMS contents, Voice Greetings and Local Language messaging.. AKTEL is the first operator to provide the partner SIM named AKTEL-JOY to ensure minimum call rates for couples.

Silver Tower which houses the AKTEL headquarters

[edit] Criticism and Penalty

In late 2007, Aktel had been fined Tk. 1.45 billion for its involvement in the illegal use of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or call termination business. by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).