Tag Archives: Mobile

MNA Business Desk: Bangladesh Bank has suspended all kind of mobile-based financial services (MFS) for temporary basis ahead of the December 30 national election, reported news agency. All MFS providers have been asked to keep mobile-based financial services suspended from 5:00pm on December 28 to 5:00pm on December 30, the central bank said in a circular today. However, MFS can allow the individual transaction through mobile account at limited scale up to Tk 5,000 from 5:00pm on December 29 to 5:00pm on December 30, according to the circular. The decision was taken following the instruction given by the Election Commission, ...

MNA Feature Desk: The GSMA today revealed the positive impact of mobile on the Bangladeshi economy and the potential for even further growth and innovation. According to GSMA Intelligence, mobile technologies and services generated 6.2 per cent of the country’s GDP in 2015, a contribution that amounted to around US$13 billion of economic value1. In the same year, mobile operators and the ecosystem provided employment to more than 760,000 people across Bangladesh2. Bangladesh performs close to the regional averages across metrics of mobile market development, despite a lower income than neighbouring countries. Bangladesh is above the Asian average in terms ...

MNA Business Desk: Grameenphone has been given the permission to use ‘013’  as a second prefix for mobile-phone numbers in addition to the old ‘017’series. BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood said that the operator has been permitted to use the new series on some conditions. But the BTRC chief did not disclose the conditions. However, Grameenphone applied for the new prefix last year, stating around 100 million numbers with ‘017’ prefix would soon be exhausted. Along the lines of National Numbering Plan, mobile-phone numbers start with ’01’. Grameenphone is using ‘017’ as the prefix, Citycell ‘011’, Teletalk ‘015’, Airtel ‘016’, Robi ...

MNA Business Report: Tarana Halim, State Minister for Post and Telecommunications, said on Tuesday that Citycell users have only 7 days to switch to another operator. Tarana Halim later confirmed that her division has decided in principle to cancel the licence of Citycell, the oldest mobile-phone operator in Bangladesh. Questioned what would happen to 400 Citycell workers once the operator closed, she replied, “It’s their internal matter. The ministry or BTRC can’t say anything on this issue.” Earlier on August 2, Shahjahan Mahmood, Telecom regulators BTRC Chairman, said the authorities shut down the company anytime. According to the BTRC information, ...

MNA Technology Desk: The government of Bangladesh is going to launch a mobile phone app titled ‘joy’ to provide immediate support to women and children. Women and children will able to send message pursuing support at any emergency situation by pressing emergency button of the app. Pressing the emergency button the victims will capable to forward a message for help to national helpline centre (10921), police control room, nearest police station and three FnF (friend and family) numbers. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to reveal the application ‘joy’ at the 86th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib on ...

MNA Technology Desk: As news agency reports, DNCC (Dhaka North City Corporation) launched a digital mobile application titled ‘Nogor’ to get complaints from city residents. The city residents can also send the pictures of any irregularities to the DNCC by using the app. Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, LGRD and Cooperative minister, inducted the digital app at an occasion at the city’s Krishibid Institution Bangladesh. Presided by DNCC Mayor Annisul Huq, the event was addressed, among others, by state minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bangladesh University Nusrat Jamil Azher. By using the ...

MNA Business Desk: Oldest mobile-phone operator Citycell is shutting down for failing to pay the government’s dues. Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood, Telecom regulators BTRC Chairman, said the authorities will shut down the company anytime. BTRC will inform the Citycell consumers to switch to other operators within Aug 16, Mahmood also advised. Bangladesh’s lone CDMA operator, which has seen a huge migration of its subscribers, owes the government over Tk. 4.775 billion in dues. According to the BTRC information, the quantity of its clients was 700,000 in June, which is less than 1% of total mobile-phone users. Mahmood also told to media ...

MNA Technology Desk: Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Wednesday announced its new Android based smartphone DTEK50 that combines BlackBerry’s safety, privacy and productivity with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow experience. The $299 smartphone is now accessible to pre-order from ShopBlackBerry.com in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. “We take our customers’ privacy seriously. This device adds to BlackBerry’s lineup of secure smartphones, providing choice to our customers with different price points on both, BlackBerry 10 and Android platforms.” said Ralph Pini, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Devices, BlackBerry, in a statement. The DTEK app also ...

MNA Technology Desk: It is very easy for you to download and play the trending game Pokemon Go. This is a free-to-play location-based augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic and published by The Pokemon Company. It was released in July 2016 for iOS and Android devices. The game allows players to capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokemon, who appear on device screens as though in the real world. It makes use of GPS and the camera of compatible devices. The game is free-to-play, although it supports in-app purchases of additional gameplay items. An optional companion Bluetooth wearable ...

MNA Technology Desk: You might not be aware but secret codes are there to unlock hidden features on your iphone. Since the earliest days of cellular technology, secret codes have been embedded into the software of our mobile devices, and they’re still in place today. Included in these hidden codes for the iPhone is a special diagnostics mode you can use to troubleshoot problems, get a more accurate signal reception measurement, and more. This diagnostics mode is called Field Test, and you can enter it by opening up your iPhone’s Phone app and calling *3001#12345#*. You’ll be met with a ...

MNA Business Desk: The SC (Supreme Court) has ordered the six mobile phone operators in Bangladesh to pay the government Tk. 950 million in VAT against the rent they paid in last four years. A four-strong Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha carried a verdict to this effect on Thursday. It ejected a High Court order that had remained a National Board of Revenue (NBR) instruction to pay the tax.The stay order had come after the operators moved the High Court challenging the NBR instruction. The Appellate Division well-ordered persistence of the hearing of a rule the ...

MNA Technology Desk: If you are forecasting to develop an app, your emphasis should be more on ‘what not to do’ than on ‘what to do’ and in this process, several challenges are faced by Mobile App developers. There are numerous obstacles faced by developers every time they start working on a new mobile app.In this article, we are trying to effort on the biggest challenges and the way how you can overcome them. Create Apps which get noticed There is massive competition in the mobile app marketplace and honestly it is very crowded. Thus, there is a continuous compression ...