Country's internet user base grows to 131m at 2023 end

Nearly seven million new internet users were added in 2023 in Bangladesh, bringing the total number of subscribers to 131 million by the year's end, according to data recently released by the country's telecom regulator.

Data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission showed the user base includes some 118.49 million mobile internet users and 12.88 million broadband internet users.

Last year witnessed an increase of 10.61 million mobile users, bringing the total number of mobile users in the country to 190.81 million by the end of December.

Bangladesh currently has four mobile companies in operation, three of them being foreign-backed cellphone operators.

The number of subscribers of mobile operators GrameenPhone, Robi Axiata, Banglalink Digital Communications, and Teletalk Bangladesh stood at 82.20 million, 58.67 million, 43.48 million, and 6.46 million, respectively, at the end of December, data show.