Augere Wireless has started WiMax Internet in Dhaka under banner QUBEE

Augere Wireless has started WiMax Brandband Internet in Dhaka at some selected areas including Motijheel, Gulshan, Baridhara etc. Visit qubee-bd website for more information.

Below are the packages Augere Wireless is offering under banner QUBEE. You should also check the rate in Pakistan (www.qubee.com.pk) with same operator to make a clear comparison.

 

 

QUBEE Bangladesh WiMax Internet Package

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUBEE Pakistan WiMax Internet Package

Augere Wireless Launches WiMax on Trial in Dhaka

Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd, one of the two WiMax licensees, launched high-speed broadband internet services yesterday on a trial basis with a focus for commercial operations.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the wireless internet technology, which will initially be launched in some areas of Gulshan and Banani on trial.

WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a wireless digital communication system that can provide broadband wireless access across 30 miles for fixed phone and 3-10 miles for mobile stations.

Three bidders — BanglaLion Communication, BRAC BD Mail Network Ltd and Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd — won the WiMax licences through an auction organised by Bangla-desh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in September last year. However, BRAC later refused to take the licence.

The Tk 215 crore bid price had become a ‘double bind’ for both the telecom regulator and licensees. The regulator extended the deadline for launching WiMax services several times.

UK-based Augere Holdings owns 60 percent of Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd along with two other local companies. Teleport Bangladesh owns 30 percent and Aamra Resources Ltd owns 10 percent in the company.

“Technology must be welcomed, but we should avoid a digital divide. WiMax is a technology that can be availed anywhere,” he said.

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, telecommunication minister, Abul Kalam Azad, information minister, Zia Ahmed, BTRC chairman, and Jerry Mobbs, chief executive officer of Augere Bangladesh, were also present at the launch at the Westin Dhaka.

“The real internet experience is here,” said Sanjiv Ahuja, chairman and chief executive officer of Augere Holdings.

Augere Bangladesh is poised to meet demand for the internet using WiMax technology, he said.

Bangladesh, with the lowest internet penetration in the world at 4 percent, will be exposed to high-speed wireless internet by the launch of the WiMax technology. At present, the country has four million internet users.

source: thedailystar.net

WIMAX in Bangladesh: Two license holder fail to pay

Courtesy: bdnews24.com

Dhaka, Oct 19 —Two of the three WiMAX licensees have failed to pay the required fees in time, forcing the regulators to extend the deadline by a month.

BTRC Sunday cited the global financial crisis as the reason when it announced the extension of the deadline from Oct 16 to Nov 15.

Brac BDMail Network and M/s BanglaLion Communications will now get this extra time to pay up half the Tk 215 crore fee.

“Considering the global crisis, and taking into account the petitions from the winning bidders, the 10-working day time for depositing half the license fee has been extended to Nov 15,” BTRC chairman Manzurul Alam told bdnews24.com.

Losing bidders, however, began complaining.

“If we knew such an opportunity would come, many of us would have offered more money for license,” said Syed Masud Kabir, managing director of Mango Teleservices.

The guideline, he said, spoke of 10 working days and no scope for an extension. But, he admitted, the commission reserved the right to amend the guideline.

The BTRC chairman disagreed.

“This is not right. The entire license fee will have to be deposited in 90 days.

“If they fail, other companies in line will get the licenses.

“The global crisis struck immediately after the bidding (on Sept 24),” he said.

The BTRC chief said India too suspended the 3-G licensing process because of the crisis.

The other winning company, Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd, was handed the license Sunday by the BTRC chairman following its payment of the required fee in time, a BTRC statement said.

WIMAX in Bangladesh: Licence for WIMAX has been distributed

Courtesy: bdnews24.com

Three companies, Bangla Lion Communications, Brac Bdmail Network Ltd and Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd, have won licences to operate WiMAX or Broadband Wireless Access in Bangladesh, a BTRC official said Wednesday.

The three firms purchased the licences in auction for Tk 215 crore, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission media consultant Abbas Faruk told bdnews24.com.

The auction started around 11:30 am at the capital’s Radisson Hotel and ended around 2:45 pm.

The nine vying for licences were Aguri Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd, Bangla Lion Communications, Bangladesh Internet Exchange Ltd, Brac Bdmail Network Ltd, Clearstream Ranks (Bd) Ltd, Mango Teleservices Ltd, P-1 Consortium, Telestar Communications Ltd and Vtel Bangla.

Bangla Lion Communications began by offering 27.50 percent of the revenue to the government, before the contest heated up.

The three companies that won will run WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology that allows wireless data to travel over long distances by various means, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access.

The chief adviser’s special assistant MA Malek, in charge of post and telecommunications, told reporters earlier at the auction venue: “I have come here to observe whether the auction is being held transparently.”

On ISPs cutting internet fees for subscribers, MA Malek said: “This is the responsibility of BTRC to regulate. The commission did not have full regulatory powers in the past, but it will get them soon.”

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, who will issue the three licenses, has estimated that once WiMAX is functional the number of internet users across the country will cross 1 crore.

Sept 11 was the deadline for submission of applications. BTRC, who invited applications in August, said a total 12 bid documents were sold, with nine companies eventually submitting their documents.

Internet service providers had originally asked the government to open up WiMAX licensing to Bangladeshi organisations qualifying on merit.

Mobile operators in Bangladesh and anyone having invested in them were barred from bidding for a BWA license.

The licence acquisition fee, fixed by the BTRC auction, will be supplemented by an annual license fee of Tk 3 crore [BDT 30 million].

According to the licence conditions, the winning companies will set up at least 90 base stations in the first year, and the whole country will have to be brought under WiMAX network within three years.

Foreign investment in the licenced companies should not be more than 60 percent and non resident Bangladeshis are allowed to invest at 70 percent ownership.

The licencees will have to file for initial public offering (IPO) within three years of the issuance of a license, and shall not be allowed to transfer any shares before issuance of the IPO without prior written permission from the commission.

Company Address:

BanglaLion Communications
House # 67, Road # 1, Block # I, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
Phone: (880 2) 8814059-60, Fax: (880 2) 9885647

BRAC BDMail Network Ltd.
HQ & Operations; Kaderia Tower, Floor-12, 13 & 14, ZA-28/8/B, Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka-1212
Phone: (880 2) 9884635, 9884637 Fax: (880 2) 9884587

Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Limited
AQC Towers, 57 Dilkusha C/A, Dhaka-1000
Mobile: +44(0)7801712148 (Damian Reid)
Email: damian.reid@augere.eu

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Spectrum Distribution (opted by companies):

BanglaLion Communications: 2585 – 2620 MHz

BRAC BDMail Network Limited: 2320 – 2365 MHz

Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh: 2365 – 2400 MHz