Economic Reporter :
With the target of curbing the illegal international call termination commonly known as “VoIP” to minimum level, the telecom regulator is going to introduce location tracking system.
The regulator, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), has initiated the move as per the directive of posts and telecommunications division following the success of biometric SIM verification that downed illegal VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) significantly.
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Thursday said all the indicators shows that the biometric SIM verification and other measures has helped them to eliminate 50 million of illegal calls.
“When we had introduced the biometric verification, illegal international call termination rate was 35 percent, but it has come down to nine percent at the end of June, at the conclusion of the campaign,” she revealed.
To bring the illegal call termination at minimum level, Tarana said they have asked the regulator to introduce location tracker to ruin the roots of illegal call termination.
“Necessary equipment would be collected for building technical efficiency of BTRC,” she said, adding, “Actually, we don’t want to be depended on anybody.”
Besides, drive against the illegal VoIP would also be intensified, said the state minister.
Referring to the statistics recorded by SIM box detection of Internet Protocol Telephone Service Provider (IPTSP), Tarana Halim said a total of 2,469 SIMs were detected in 2014 for illegal use of VoIP that has been come down to 127 in last month of 2016.
Now, the country is registering on an average 80 million international calls daily, revealed BTRC Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood.
“We would have thought that there might be leakage that’s why legal call numbers have been trimmed. But, later it is found that use of OTT apps such as viber, imo has been increased,” he noted.
Echoing the state minister, Dr Mahmood also said that illegal call termination has dropped drastically and would down to minimum level soon.
With the target of curbing the illegal international call termination commonly known as “VoIP” to minimum level, the telecom regulator is going to introduce location tracking system.
The regulator, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), has initiated the move as per the directive of posts and telecommunications division following the success of biometric SIM verification that downed illegal VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) significantly.
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Thursday said all the indicators shows that the biometric SIM verification and other measures has helped them to eliminate 50 million of illegal calls.
“When we had introduced the biometric verification, illegal international call termination rate was 35 percent, but it has come down to nine percent at the end of June, at the conclusion of the campaign,” she revealed.
To bring the illegal call termination at minimum level, Tarana said they have asked the regulator to introduce location tracker to ruin the roots of illegal call termination.
“Necessary equipment would be collected for building technical efficiency of BTRC,” she said, adding, “Actually, we don’t want to be depended on anybody.”
Besides, drive against the illegal VoIP would also be intensified, said the state minister.
Referring to the statistics recorded by SIM box detection of Internet Protocol Telephone Service Provider (IPTSP), Tarana Halim said a total of 2,469 SIMs were detected in 2014 for illegal use of VoIP that has been come down to 127 in last month of 2016.
Now, the country is registering on an average 80 million international calls daily, revealed BTRC Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood.
“We would have thought that there might be leakage that’s why legal call numbers have been trimmed. But, later it is found that use of OTT apps such as viber, imo has been increased,” he noted.
Echoing the state minister, Dr Mahmood also said that illegal call termination has dropped drastically and would down to minimum level soon.
