BTRC Licence in Bangladesh 2026: Categories, Process, Fees and Compliance

BTRC licence Bangladesh in 2026: categories, costs and compliance

A BTRC licence Bangladesh operators, investors and equipment suppliers apply for in 2026 sits inside a regime that is halfway through a rebuild. The September 2025 licensing policy began collapsing more than twenty legacy licence types into four network layers, the elected government sent a revised draft for approval in May 2026, and Parliament confirmed the Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Act 2026 as Act No. 51 of 2026.[1] [4] [6] Yet most applications are still decided, priced and policed under the legacy guidelines for each category.

This guide is the practical companion to our overview of telecommunications law in Bangladesh, which explains the statute, spectrum, interception and the shutdown ban. This one works licence by licence: which authorisation a business needs, what it costs in fees, revenue share and Social Obligation Fund contributions, how foreign ownership is capped, and what keeps a licence alive.

Summary: Every telecom network, internet service, radio use and telecom equipment trade in Bangladesh needs some form of BTRC authorisation: a licence by open application, a licence by tender, or a registration or enlistment certificate. The 2025 policy is moving licences into access, infrastructure, international and non-terrestrial layers, but category-specific guidelines still set eligibility, fees, revenue share, bank guarantees and renewal terms. Applicants should pick the category with care, price in Social Obligation Fund contributions and watch for the revised policy.

Key point: The licence map is in transition. Legacy IGW, ICX, IIG and NIX licences are being phased out as they expire, mostly by 2027, while a revised draft policy sent to the Posts and Telecommunications Division on 24 May 2026 would split fixed licences into nationwide and district ISP categories and allow up to 80% foreign ownership in several layers. Until that revision is approved and published, applicants should plan under the September 2025 policy and the existing category guidelines.

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BTRC licence Bangladesh in 2026: who needs one and why

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Act 2001 is built around a single licensing gateway. Section 35 requires a licence to operate telecommunications systems, provide telecom or internet services, and section 55 requires a separate licence for wireless equipment and frequency use; section 57 adds a technical acceptance certificate for equipment.[2] The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) administers each of these, and section 36 sets the licence grant procedure, section 38 renewal and section 46 suspension and cancellation.[2]

The practical consequence is wide. A BTRC licence Bangladesh businesses need is not confined to mobile operators: fibre builders, ISPs, VoIP providers, satellite users, call centres, vehicle-tracking firms, application-to-person messaging providers and radio equipment importers all sit somewhere inside the regime.[11] Operating without the right authorisation exposes the business and its directors to enforcement and seizure.

Three routes to authorisation

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulation (Licensing) 2022, which took effect on 16 March 2022 and replaced the 2004 licensing procedure regulation, sorts services by how they are obtained.[11] Eight services are licensed by open application: internet services, VSAT, radio communication, amateur radio, IP telephony, telecom transmission, national internet exchange and vehicle tracking. Twelve are licensed by tender, including PSTN, cellular mobile, mobile number portability, tower sharing, submarine cable, international terrestrial cable, satellite, international gateway, international internet gateway, interconnection exchange, broadband wireless access and VoIP.[11]

A third group needs only a registration certificate: call centres, telecom value-added services, radio equipment importers, vendor enlistment and application-to-person services.[11] The regulation also requires licensees to keep their registers for up to fifteen years. Knowing the route matters because a tender licence cannot be obtained by simply filing a form; the applicant must wait for the BTRC or the government to open a window.

Where this guide fits

Licensing rarely stands alone. Subscriber and traffic data engage data protection duties explained in our guide to GDPR compliance in Bangladesh; content blocking and online offences fall under the regime set out in cyber law in Bangladesh; and e-signatures, fintech and platform regulation are mapped in our overview of technology law in Bangladesh. We link to those analyses rather than repeat them.

The 2025 licensing policy and the move to four network layers

The licence categories themselves are set by policy rather than by the Act. The Telecommunications Network and Licensing Policy took effect on gazette publication in September 2025 and replaced the International Long Distance Telecommunication Service (ILDTS) Policy 2010.[4] It groups licences into four main categories: access networks, such as mobile and broadband operators; national infrastructure, such as towers and fibre; international connectivity, such as submarine cables; and non-terrestrial networks, such as satellite providers. Telecom-enabled services form a fifth group that needs only registration.[4]

What happens to legacy licences

The international internet gateway (IIG), interconnection exchange (ICX), national internet exchange (NIX) and international gateway (IGW) licences are being phased out as they expire, mostly by 2027.[4] Holders who meet the eligibility criteria can move into the new layers, but conversion is not automatic. The policy also recognises mobile virtual network operators for the first time.[4]

The 2026 revision under the elected government

The framework has not settled. In May 2026 the government was broadly accepting the interim-era reform guidelines while adding its own changes, including cutting the four ISP tiers to two, national and district, and a reseller model under which unlicensed operators could register and sell services supplied by licensed ISPs.[7] The BTRC sent its revised draft to the Posts and Telecommunications Division on 24 May 2026 for prior approval.[6]

That draft would reclassify the fixed licence into ISP (nationwide) and ISP (district) categories, rename the national infrastructure licence the TCSP, split international connectivity into facility-based and non-facility-based licences, and extend TCSP and mobile licence validity from fifteen to twenty years.[6] Any BTRC licence Bangladesh application filed before the revision is published should be drafted so that it can migrate.

The table below maps the main licence categories against the new layers. On a phone, scroll it sideways.

BTRC licence Bangladesh categories: choosing the right one

Most licensing problems start with the wrong category. The test is functional: what network the business builds, what service it sells, which numbers and frequencies it uses and whether it imports radio equipment.

Cellular mobile and the access layer

Cellular mobile licences are tender licences and are limited in number.[11] Under the 2025 policy they sit in the access network layer with fixed broadband.[4] Mobile operators already pay the regulator a share of revenue, and the BTRC's October 2025 draft for fixed operators expressly modelled its 5.5% revenue share on the system that applies to mobile operators.[5] New entrants are more likely to come in as mobile virtual network operators than as spectrum holders.

ISP licences: nationwide, divisional, district and upazila

The Regulatory and Licensing Guidelines for Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Bangladesh, dated 15 December 2020, divide ISP licences into four categories: nationwide, divisional, district and upazila or thana.[8] A nationwide licensee may serve anywhere in the country; the others are confined to the administrative area of one division, district or upazila, and one entity may hold only one licence of each local type. The guidelines converted the old nationwide, zonal and Category A, B and C licences into these new types.[8]

Eligibility is open to proprietorships, partnerships and companies registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, but entities holding NTTN, IIG, IGW, ICX, submarine cable or ITC licences, mobile operators and their shareholders, directors and partners, and satellite broadcasters and cable operators are excluded.[8] New ISP licences were stopped in early 2022; when applications reopened in April 2024 they were confined to districts and thanas without existing service, filed through the BTRC's Licence Issuance and Management System.[14]

The market is large and crowded. There were about 2,500 ISP licences in May 2026, down from nearly 3,000 before August 2024, and the BTRC estimated that 7,000 to 8,000 unlicensed operators were active.[7]

Infrastructure: NTTN and tower sharing

Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) licences cover the fibre backbone that ISPs and mobile operators lease. The 2008 NTTN guidelines set a fifteen-year term, renewable for five-year terms, and capped foreign shareholding at 60%.[10] Tower sharing is a separate tender licence.[11] Both move into the national infrastructure layer, which the May 2026 draft would rename the TCSP, raising its acquisition and renewal fee from Tk 10 crore to Tk 14 crore and its annual fee from Tk 3 crore to Tk 4 crore.[4] [6]

International gateways, ITC and submarine cable

IGW, IIG, ICX, submarine cable and international terrestrial cable (ITC) licences are tender licences.[11] These are the categories most affected by the 2025 reform: gateway and exchange licences expire into the international connectivity layer, and the May 2026 draft would require non-facility international connectivity providers to buy a minimum amount of bandwidth from domestic submarine cable operators.[4] [6] Groups that hold gateway licences through related companies also face the 2026 bar on multiple active licences held by one person or family, which the draft would apply to new international connectivity licences.[6]

VSAT and satellite services

VSAT licences are open-application licences, while satellite operator licences are tendered; satellite services sit in the non-terrestrial layer.[4] [11] A company that only needs connectivity for its own sites should check whether it can buy capacity from a licensed provider instead.

Call centres, BPO and value-added services

Call centres, telecom value-added services and application-to-person messaging need a registration certificate rather than a licence.[11] A registration is still an authorisation: it must be kept current and its conditions on connectivity and seats followed.

PSTN licence in Bangladesh and the IPTSP alternative

Fixed-line public switched telephone network (PSTN) licences were tendered in the 2000s, but the private PSTN market has largely collapsed. On 20 January 2025 the BTRC revoked seven of the twelve PSTN licences, those of Tele Barta, Ranks Telecom and National Telecom (nationwide), Bangla Phone, Westech and One Tel Communication (regional) and Integrated Services (rural), because none had applied to renew after expiry.[12] The operators were told to clear their dues within thirty days, and continued operation was declared illegal.

That left state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) as the only national PSTN licensee, with WorldTel Bangladesh, Jalalabad Telecom, SA Telecom and Nextel Telecom holding regional licences.[12] PSTN remains a tender category under the 2022 regulation, so a new PSTN licence is available only if a tender window opens.[11] In 2026 we treat a PSTN licence Bangladesh application as a strategic project, not a routine filing.

IPTSP as the practical route to fixed voice

For most businesses that want to sell fixed or IP-based voice, the practical route is an Internet Protocol Telephony Service Provider (IPTSP) licence. The amended IPTSP guidelines of 4 June 2009 create nationwide and zonal IPTSP licences, and only an ISP licensee may apply: nationwide ISPs for nationwide IPTSP, zonal ISPs for their zone.[9] The IPTSP licence is non-exclusive and issued by an open licensing procedure, and it remains valid for fifteen years subject to the validity of the underlying ISP licence, renewable for five-year terms.[9]

IPTSP fees are modest by comparison with gateway licences: an application fee of Tk 5,000, a licence acquisition fee of Tk 10 lakh nationwide, Tk 8 lakh for the central zone and Tk 2 lakh for other zones, and an annual fee from the second year of Tk 5 lakh, Tk 4 lakh or Tk 1 lakh respectively.[9] A performance bank guarantee of the same amounts as the acquisition fee secures rollout targets and is reduced year by year as targets are met.[9] The licence is lost if the ISP licence beneath it lapses, so the two renewal calendars must be managed together.

Fixed voice under the new framework

The BTRC's October 2025 draft would bring fixed voice into a nationwide FTSP licence covering broadband, domestic and international voice, leased lines, IP telephony and IoT, while a single-district FTSP would allow data but not voice; both would run for ten years.[5] Broadband and fixed-line telephone providers would pay 5.5% of annual revenue plus 1% to the Social Obligation Fund.[5] For anyone weighing a PSTN licence Bangladesh strategy, fixed voice is likely to cost more once the categories are final.

Equipment: vendor enlistment, import NOC and technical acceptance

Equipment is where many non-telecom businesses first meet the BTRC. Radio equipment importers and vendor enlistment are registration categories, section 55 of the Act requires a licence for wireless equipment and section 57 provides for a technical acceptance certificate.[2] [11]

Vendor enlistment and the import NOC

A local entity that wants to import radio communication equipment must first obtain a Radio Equipment Importer and Vendor Enlistment Certificate from the BTRC. The certificate is valid for two years and lists the equipment the holder may import.[13] Before each shipment of radio equipment arrives, the registered importer or vendor must also obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the BTRC.[13] Customs clearance depends on it, so the NOC must be in hand before goods reach port.

The scope is broad. Private mobile radio, mobile handsets, fixed wireless phones and modems, IoT devices, point-of-sale machines and equipment for the 2.5 GHz, 5.7 GHz and 6 GHz bands all need BTRC permission. From 1 April 2025, Wi-Fi routers marketed in Bangladesh must support both the 2.4 to 2.483 GHz and 5.725 to 5.875 GHz bands, and single-band routers are not permitted for sale.[13] Our guide to import and export licensing in Bangladesh explains how the BTRC NOC fits into wider import registration.

Technical acceptance and standards

Type approval operates through the technical acceptance certificate under section 57 and the standards powers in sections 51 and 52.[2] Keep model numbers, band specifications and test reports consistent across enlistment, NOC applications and customs declarations, because a mismatch is the most common cause of port delay.

BTRC licence Bangladesh application process

Each category has its own form, but the sequence is consistent, and the 2020 ISP guidelines are a useful model.[8] Tender licences add a request for proposals and evaluation, and nationally significant licences need government approval on top of the BTRC's review.[3]

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Eligibility and disqualification

Section 36 governs the licence grant procedure, and the guidelines add category-specific bars.[2] The IPTSP guidelines, for example, disqualify individuals sentenced to two years' imprisonment or more where five years have not elapsed since release.[9] Since 2026, an individual or family members cannot hold multiple active licences, a rule cited in the May 2026 draft as a bar to new international connectivity licences for existing multi-licence holders.[6] Beneficial ownership should be audited before any application.

Documents and undertakings

An ISP application is made on the prescribed form for a new licence or renewal, with the relevant fees by pay order or bank draft and a declaration and undertaking on non-judicial stamp paper of Tk 300 sworn before a notary; renewal applications must attach the existing licence.[8] IPTSP applicants submit a notarised affidavit on Tk 150 stamp paper.[9] Corporate documents, tax and VAT registrations, shareholding details, a network design and a rollout plan complete the file. Corporate formation and investment registration steps are explained in our guide to foreign company registration in Bangladesh.

Award, payment and bank guarantees

Payment deadlines are short. An IPTSP licence is issued after payment of 50% of the acquisition fee within thirty days of notification of the award, with the balance due within ninety days of issue.[9] An ISP licensee must lodge an irrevocable bank guarantee from a scheduled bank within thirty days of the licence being issued. The guarantee secures annual dues, runs in rolling three-year terms and may be encashed for unpaid fees; a licensee that pays the annual fee for the whole licence term in advance is exempt.[8]

BTRC licence Bangladesh fees, revenue share and SOF contributions

A BTRC licence Bangladesh budget has four layers: one-off charges, annual fees, revenue sharing and Social Obligation Fund contributions. All BTRC fees are non-refundable and are exclusive of taxes and charges imposed by other authorities.[8] Every guideline also reserves the BTRC's right to change fees and revenue share during the licence term, so a financial model should treat the current schedule as a floor rather than a ceiling.[9]

ISP fee schedule

Under the 2020 ISP guidelines, a nationwide ISP pays an evaluation charge of Tk 25,000, a licence acquisition fee of Tk 5 lakh, an annual fee of Tk 2.5 lakh and a renewal fee of Tk 5 lakh. A divisional ISP pays Tk 10,000, Tk 2 lakh, Tk 1 lakh and Tk 2 lakh; a district ISP Tk 10,000, Tk 1 lakh, Tk 50,000 and Tk 1 lakh; and an upazila or thana ISP Tk 5,000, Tk 25,000, Tk 10,000 and Tk 25,000.[8] The bank guarantee equals the acquisition fee for each tier.[8]

The October 2025 draft would have raised these figures sharply for new licences: Tk 25 lakh acquisition and Tk 10 lakh annual fee for a nationwide FTSP, and Tk 2 lakh and Tk 1 lakh for a district FTSP, with bank guarantees and five-year rollout targets.[5] The final numbers depend on the revised policy and the guidelines that follow it.

Revenue sharing

Revenue sharing is calculated on annual audited gross revenue. IPTSP licensees share nothing for the first two years and 2% from the third year, paid quarterly and reconciled against audited accounts, with any underpayment due within ninety days of the financial year-end.[9] The 2008 NTTN guidelines step revenue sharing up from 0% in the first year to 1% in years two and three, 2% in years four and five and 3% thereafter, on top of a Tk 50,000 application fee, a Tk 3 crore acquisition fee and a Tk 25 lakh annual fee.[10]

For fixed operators the October 2025 draft proposed 5.5% of annual revenue, the level it described as already applying to mobile operators.[5] The Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh responded that ISPs operate on margins of roughly 5 to 6 percent.[5] Revenue sharing is the single largest regulatory cost for most operators, and the definition of gross revenue deserves as much attention as the percentage.

Social Obligation Fund contributions

Section 21A of the Act establishes a Social Obligation Fund to extend universal telecom access to underserved areas and communities and to reduce the digital divide. The fund is financed by grants and by subscriptions from telecom and radio operators, held in a scheduled bank and managed by a committee headed by the minister.[2] The ISP guidelines require licensees to pay the Social Obligation Fee set by the government or the BTRC from time to time.[8] The October 2025 draft would fix the contribution at 1% of annual gross revenue for fixed operators.[5]

Late payment

Late annual fees and revenue share carry a late fee of 15% a year. Under the IPTSP guidelines, failure to pay in full within sixty days of the due date may result in cancellation of the licence, and the ISP guidelines make unpaid dues recoverable as a public demand.[8] [9] Persistent arrears are also a common reason for refusing renewal.

Foreign ownership limits by licence category

The Act contains no single foreign ownership percentage. Caps come from policy and category guidelines. Under the 2025 policy, mobile operators may be up to 85% foreign-owned with at least 15% held locally, infrastructure companies up to 65% and international connectivity providers up to 49%; existing companies have three years to comply.[4] The October 2025 fixed-licence draft would also allow 85% foreign ownership, with companies above the limit given three years to sell down.[5]

The picture is still moving. The May 2026 revised draft would allow up to 80% foreign ownership for ISP, TCSP, mobile and facility-based international connectivity licences, while the BTRC reportedly wants majority local ownership of international connectivity.[6] Under the existing ISP guidelines, foreign direct investment is permitted only for nationwide ISP licensees, subject to the government's FDI policy and the rules of Bangladesh Bank and BIDA.[8]

Investors should obtain the BTRC's view on the structure before shares move. Investment registration and repatriation are covered in our guide to investment approvals in Bangladesh.

What the Telecommunication (Amendment) Act 2026 changed for licensees

The interim government's Advisory Council approved the Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 on 23 December 2025.[3] After the February 2026 elections, Parliament replaced it with the Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Act 2026, Act No. 51 of 2026, gazetted on 10 April 2026.[1] Our telecommunications law guide analyses the amended sections in detail; the points below are those that change how a licence is obtained and kept.

Licensing power returns to the BTRC

Under the 2010 amendments, licence issuance needed the ministry's approval. The 2026 framework limits the ministry to a small number of nationally significant licences, identified through independent studies, returns all other licensing authority to the BTRC and shortens processing timelines.[3] For most ISP, IPTSP, VSAT, registration and enlistment applications, the BTRC now decides alone.

Shutdowns, interception and penalties

Under the amended section 97, internet and telecom services can no longer be suspended under any circumstances. The National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) is abolished and replaced by a Centre for Information Support under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which provides technical support to authorised agencies rather than intercepting on its own, with each interception needing approval from a quasi-judicial council chaired by the law minister.[3]

The amendment also scales back high and repetitive penalties from the earlier law and introduces an appeal and arbitration mechanism for operators and consumers.[3] Licence agreements and compliance manuals that still quote the 2010 penalty figures should be updated. Interception duties and the new data-misuse offences are covered in our cyber law guide.

Renewal, transfer and cancellation of a BTRC licence

Renewal is where licences are most often lost. ISP licences run for an initial five years. The licensee must apply at least 180 days before expiry, or the licence stands cancelled at the end of its term, and renewals are for further five-year terms with the government's prior approval and payment of the renewal fee.[8] IPTSP and NTTN licences run for fifteen years and renew in five-year terms.[9] [10]

The BTRC enforces these deadlines. The January 2025 PSTN revocations were all for failure to apply for renewal, in one case six years after expiry.[12] The BTRC also cancelled the licences of several hundred ISPs in the two years to April 2024 for non-compliance.[14] A renewal file should show clean payment records, rollout performance, quality of service data and up-to-date ownership filings.

Transfers and ownership changes

BTRC licences cannot be traded like ordinary assets. The ISP guidelines provide that a change in ownership is not valid or effective without BTRC approval.[8] In a share sale, the BTRC's consent should be a condition precedent, and the buyer should check that it does not trip the cross-holding bars or the 2026 multiple-licence rule.[6] Suspension and cancellation are governed by section 46 of the Act.[2]

Ongoing compliance for BTRC licensees

Holding a BTRC licence Bangladesh regulators will renew means running a compliance calendar. The IPTSP guidelines show the range: rollout obligations backed by a bank guarantee, tariff controls, interconnection, quality of service, subscriber confidentiality and registration, lawful interception, billing, emergency duties and complaint handling, plus certified audited accounts so the BTRC can verify revenue.[9]

A working compliance calendar

We advise licensees to build a calendar around five recurring items: quarterly revenue share payments and annual reconciliation; annual fee payment in advance; bank guarantee renewal before each three-year term ends; renewal applications at least 180 days before expiry; and prompt notification of shareholding and director changes.[8] [9] Add equipment enlistment renewals every two years and an NOC for each radio shipment.[13]

The regulators around the BTRC

A licence application usually involves several authorities. The BTRC decides the licence, but company formation, foreign investment, foreign exchange, customs clearance and tax each sit with a different body, and their requirements must line up.

Mistakes to avoid in a BTRC licence Bangladesh application

The most expensive mistake is choosing a category by habit rather than function. A business that resells bandwidth, routes voice or imports radio equipment may need a licence, a registration and an enlistment at once, and a cloud or software company can cross the line without noticing.[11] The second is building a business on a gateway or exchange licence without a plan for its expiry into the new layers.[4]

Others are administrative but just as damaging. Missing the 180-day renewal window, letting a bank guarantee lapse, under-declaring gross revenue, moving shares without BTRC approval and importing radio equipment before the NOC is issued all create exposure that a short review would prevent.[8] [13] Each mistake also weakens the next renewal.

What to watch in late 2026

Three developments will shape licensing over the coming months. First, approval and publication of the revised licensing policy, which will settle the ISP tiers, the TCSP and international connectivity split, licence terms and foreign ownership caps.[6] Second, the category guidelines that follow it, which will set the fees, revenue share and Social Obligation Fund rates that the October 2025 draft only proposed.[5] Third, the reseller model for unlicensed ISPs, which could bring thousands of small operators into a registration regime.[7]

For any BTRC licence Bangladesh application, the approach is the same: identify the category by function, confirm the route, model the full cost, settle ownership before filing and build renewal into the calendar. TRW's corporate and commercial advisory practice and customs and trade compliance team advise on licensing and equipment imports, or you can contact TRW.

Frequently asked questions

Who issues telecom licences in Bangladesh?

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. Since the 2026 amendment it decides most licences itself, while a small number of nationally significant licences also need the ministry's approval.[3]

What are the main BTRC licence categories under the 2025 policy?

Access networks, national infrastructure, international connectivity and non-terrestrial networks, with telecom-enabled services registered rather than licensed.[4]

How much does an ISP licence cost in Bangladesh?

Under the 2020 guidelines, the acquisition fee is Tk 5 lakh nationwide, Tk 2 lakh divisional, Tk 1 lakh district and Tk 25,000 upazila or thana, with annual fees of Tk 2.5 lakh, Tk 1 lakh, Tk 50,000 and Tk 10,000 respectively.[8]

Can I still get a new PSTN licence?

Only if a tender window opens, because PSTN is a tender licence. BTCL is now the only national PSTN licensee after seven private licences were revoked in January 2025.[11] [12]

Who can apply for an IPTSP licence?

Only ISP licensees: nationwide ISPs for a nationwide IPTSP and zonal ISPs for their zone. The IPTSP licence depends on the ISP licence remaining valid.[9]

What is the Social Obligation Fund?

A fund under section 21A of the Telecommunication Act to extend telecom access to underserved areas, financed partly by operator subscriptions. A 1% contribution was proposed for fixed operators in October 2025.[2] [5]

Do I need BTRC approval to import routers or IoT devices?

Yes. The importer needs a Radio Equipment Importer and Vendor Enlistment Certificate, valid for two years, and an NOC for each shipment before it arrives.[13]

How much of a Bangladeshi telecom company can a foreigner own?

Under the 2025 policy, up to 85% of a mobile operator, 65% of an infrastructure company and 49% of an international connectivity provider. The May 2026 draft proposes 80% for several categories.[4] [6]

When must an ISP licence be renewed?

The renewal application must be filed at least 180 days before the five-year term expires, or the licence stands cancelled on expiry.[8]

What is the act number of the 2026 telecom amendment?

The Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Act 2026 is Act No. 51 of 2026, gazetted on 10 April 2026.[1]