Bandwidth of GP, Robi blocked partially for dues

The telecom regulator has partially blocked the bandwidth capacity of Grameenphone and Robi from last evening for non-payment of dues detected in audits -- a drastic step that ultimately hurts the 12.25 crore subscribers of the two operators. According to the Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission’s audit claim, Grameenphone has Tk 12,579.95 crore pending and Robi Tk 867.24 crore. The telecom regulator had issued demand notes to the respective operators several times but they fell on deaf ears.