The New Nation - Internet Edition

BUSINESS REPORTER

Around 10 lakh mobile phone connections will be disconnected as Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Wednesday finally rejected operators' request to offer customers another chance for re-registration.

In a meeting with the prtivate mobile phone operators, BTRC said it will not change its position and asked the operators to provide a list of all the disconnected mobile numbers by June 12.

"We requested the regulator to extend the deadline once more as we believe around 1 million (10 lakh) customers may face disconnection," said an official of a mobile phone company.

"As the regulator refused our plea, we are sorry to the un-registered customers," he added.

However, BTRC said the customers, who registered before the deadline but did not receive the confirmation message from the respective operators, will be connected if they provide the registration documents.

Earlier in August last year BTRC issued an order to Grameenphone, AKTEL, Banglalink, Citycell and TeleTalk to re-register the customers who bought connections before February 28, 2006. BTRC had to extend the deadline four times.