The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Payment (BTRC) has said that mobile network and mounted broadband web companies were disrupted in Khagrachhari and Rangamati districts as a consequence of ongoing clashes.
A day-lengthy conflict came about in Dighinala, Khagrachhari on Thursday main to foremost rupture to native telecommunications infrastructure. A hearth incident round 4pm resulted within the rupture of optical fibre cables belonging to Summit Communications Cramped and Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Cramped (BTCL), inflicting 16 towers of mobile operator Robi to hurry offline, in maintaining with a statement issued this present day (21 September).
Robi, which has about 150 towers within the district, change into unable to conduct instant repairs as a consequence of the tense subject. By Friday, Robi managed to revive 14 of the affected towers, whereas repairs to 2 towers are peaceable pending. The corporate expects all web sites to be operational rapidly, it said.
Additionally, Teletalk’s service has additionally been affected in Khagrachhari. Out of its 72 towers within the district, 29 are for the time being out of service, with 23 towers offline as a consequence of vitality disconnections by the Energy Construction Board (PDB) and 6 others as a consequence of loads of technical reasons.
Despite the unrest, broadband web companies in Khagrachhari and Rangamati remain largely operational. On the quite quite rather a lot of hand, rupture to web cables and unstable electrical energy in some areas has left some customers with out service. Web Provider Suppliers (ISPs) are actively working to revive connections by network repairs and generator toughen, main to a late reinstatement of broadband companies, the liberate said.
BTRC emphasised that no legit directive has been issued to shut down mobile networks or broadband companies right by this time. The charge expresses remorse to customers for the non permanent inconveniences introduced about by the continuing subject and assures them that efforts are being made to revive paunchy companies as quick as that you may well presumably also factor in.
