News Title : BTRC unable to collect fees, arrears

News Date : 2015-11-07

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Despite sending repeated notices, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) cannot collect its various fees, including revenue arrears, from different government and private companies in due time, heaping up their outstanding payments. According to the BTRC, different government and private companies owed the Commission Tk 42.791 billion as revenue arrears till September last. The commission could not collect the dues for various reasons, including legal tussles, although the BTRC had given the companies disclaimers several times for clearing their dues. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) owes the commission Tk 16.4529 billion for revenue sharing, licenses fee and wave fee since 2008, sources at the BTRC said. Teletalk Bangladesh Limited, a GSM-based state-owned mobile telecom operator, owed the commission Tk 15.85 billion, excepting the charges of the 3G license, but the company has not paid the due. Meanwhile, the BRTC filed 14 cases against five companies, who were given IGW license, as they did not repay their arrears for revenue sharing, licenses fee, VAT and late fee, according to a news agency. NZF

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