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Axiata Chief spends busy day in city

Managing Director/President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Group Berhad, Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim, has wrapped up a daylong visit to Bangladesh with a pact schedule. During his visit, Tan Sri Jamal presided over review meetings to assess Robi’s business operation. He also attended an iftar gathering organized by Robi Axiata Limited where he exchanged views with a number of key Bangladeshi stakeholders. Hon'ble Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Posts Telecommunications and Information Technology, Imran Ahmed, MP, Hon’ble State Minister,

Robi hosts Google Developer Conference

 BDAPPS, an open for all mobile application store of Robi Axiata Limited has hosted the much awaited Google Developer Conference, Google I/O 2018 event in Bangladesh on the 8th and 9th of May, in collaboration with Google Developer Group (GDG) Dhaka and Lets Learn Coding (LLC). Robi is the first telecom operator to have hosted this prestigious event in Bangladesh. The event was streamed live from Google’s global headquarter at Mountain View, California. In total, around 1,500 professionals and tech enthusiasts registered for the event in Bangladesh. Kicking-off the event, Robi’s Vice President, IOT and Product Innovation, Mr. Showkat Kader

Robi, Airtel top up service from Singer

Leading digital services provider, Robi, has recently entered into a strategic partnership with Singer Bangladesh, to serve customers visiting Singer’s retail outlets all over the country with Robi and Airtel’s digital services. Robi’s Chief Commercial Officer, Pradeep Shrivastava and Singer Bangladesh’s Managing PictureDirector and CEO, M H M Fairoz recently launched this service at Singer Bangladesh’s Corporate Office located in Gulshan. This strategic partnership will allow all Singer customers to enjoy Robi and Airtel...

Robi Tracker to find stolen motorbike

Robi’s vehicle tracking solution, Robi Tracker has recently helped one of its customer to find his stolen motorbike. Mr. Sayem Mahmud Chowdhury, the owner of the bike, thanked Robi Tracker for the support. The incidence took place on the 7th April ’18 around 4.35 am, when Mr. Sayem got to know PR Picturethat his bike is not in the parking place- North Kafrul Dhaka. Then he called the Robi Tracker helpline to find out the location of his stolen bike. Robi Tracker helpline agent updated him with the exact location aft...

AMTOB decries new tax in the proposed budget

AMTOB, the association of mobile operators in Bangladesh, expressed its dissatisfaction regarding the proposed national budget of FY 2017-18 in a written statement/press conference today. AMTOB complained that while Telecom Industry is contributing around 6% of GDP with potential to grow up to 8% in near future, the proposals placed by the industry before the budget, have not been reflected in the budget speech. The budget seems to add more pain to general customers without giving any benefit. The industry body termed the additional tax imposed on the import of mobile handsets especially smartphones ‘untimely’ as the local handset manufacturing industry is not yet ready <...

Robi counts Tk 1.7b loss due to merger-related costs

Merger-related costs have forced Robi to incur a hefty loss of BDT 1.7bn at the end of Q 1 2017. The high taxation regime coupled with heavy investment demands is putting tremendous strain on the company’s cost structure, discouraging sustained investment. Although the network integration work is going on smoothly, the absence of tech-neutrality facility is making it difficult to ensure expected Quality of Service. YoY PERFORMANCE (Q1 17 vs Q1 16) After successful completion of Robi-Airtel merger in November 2016, year 2017 started with an expectation to provide best customer service in the country. Meeting the expectation, Robi