PM urges Veon, Banglalink to make smartphones more affordable, cut internet prices
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (29 June) urged
Banglalink authorities to take steps to make smartphones more affordable and
consider reducing internet prices further so that digital services become
accessible to people from all walks of life.
The call came when Augie Fabela,
chairman of Veon, the parent company of Banglalink, paid a courtesy call on the
prime minister at the Prime Minister's Office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban at
around 9:30am.
During the meeting, the two sides
discussed ways to make digital services more accessible across the country,
said a release issued by the PM's Press Wing.
The prime minister urged Banglalink to take initiatives to make smartphones
available to customers at more affordable prices so that people from all
sections of society can own smartphones.
He also called on the company to
consider further reducing internet prices to expand access to digital services.
Post, Telecommunications,
Information Technology and Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam,
the Prime Minister's Adviser on Post, Telecommunications, Information
Technology and Science and Technology Rehan Asif Asad, VEON Board Member
Michiel Soeting and Banglalink Chief Executive Officer Johan Hendrik Martinus Buse
were present at the meeting.
