DHAKA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's mobile subscriber base rose to 189.83 million by the end of June, adding nearly 4 million new users in the first half of the year, statistics of the country's telecom regulator showed Tuesday.
According to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the country's four phone operators added 3.94 million new users in the January-June period.
Of the total, the BTRC data showed the companies added 1.23 million new subscribers in June alone.
Bangladesh currently has four mobile companies, three of which are foreign-backed cellphone operators.
The number of subscribers of the mobile operators, Grameenphone, Robi Axiata, Banglalink and Teletalk stood at 86.59 million, 58.57 million, 37.86 million and 6.8 million respectively at the end of June, BTRC data showed. ■