Local entrepreneurs have raised alarm over the interim government’s draft telecom policy, warning that it could hand the sector almost entirely to foreign companies. Local entrepreneurs recently discussed in programmes the idea of mobilising to oppose the policy. “A US-based ISP, Starlink, has newly entered Bangladesh via satellite. “The question is which one is a bigger company: Starlink or the local ISP? “According to Section 33 of the draft Telecommunications Ordinance, BTRC cannot make decisions alone regarding telecom sector licenses that are nationally important.
