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China cuts retail oil prices

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top economic planner on Monday announced the retail price of gasoline would be reduced by 365 yuan (60 U.S. dollars) per tonne and diesel by 350 yuan per tonne, the 13th price slash since July. The adjustment, which will come into effective on Tuesday, means retail prices will drop […]

Bangladesh blocks more online voice, messaging services

DHAKA, Jan. 20 (NsNewsWire)– A day after Bangladesh authorities blocked Viber and Tango for “security reason,” they blocked Monday three more online voice and messaging services — WhatsApp, mypeople and Line — on the same ground. Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission official who preferred to be unnamed confirmed the government decision to Xinhua. He said […]

Viber banned in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi telecoms authorities have shut down smartphone messaging service Viber, which had become a popular communication medium for anti-government protesters. The Bangladesh Telecommunications and Regulatory Commission closed down the app “for the time being” on orders from law enforcement and security agencies, a commission spokesman told AFP. He did not […]

Bangladesh to check spillover of mobile services into India

Shillong, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh officials Tuesday assured India that they would convince their mobile service providers to prevent the spillover of Bangladesh mobile phone services in the border areas of Meghalaya. “We have expressed our concern with Bangladesh counterparts on the spillover of mobile signals from Bangladesh and use of Bangladesh SIM cards […]

Xiaomi smartphone sales triple in 2014

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. sold 61.12 million smartphones in 2014, up 227 percent year on year, company founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Lei Jun said Sunday. Total sales revenue with tax reached 74.3 billion yuan (12 billion U.S. dollars), up 135 percent year on year, Lei said in […]

Bangladesh’s mobile subscriber base rises to nearly 120 million: BTRC

DHAKA, Dec. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh had more than 19 million active mobile subscribers at the end of November with five million new users in the first 11 months of 2014. According to the Bangladesh’s Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data, the total subscriber base at the end of November stood at 19.623 million. It also […]

Huawei Signs Five Year Agreement with Telenor Group

Dhaka, Dec. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei says that it has signed a global agreement with Telenor Group to supply radio access equipment and professional services over a five year period. The Global Frame Agreement focuses on modernizing existing 2G and 3G networks, reports cellularnews. “We are pleased that Huawei continues to invest and leverage their […]

Android One coming to Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in the coming weeks

DHAKA, Dec. 22 (NsNewsWire) –Google has announced an initiative called Android One earlier this year that intends to bring some affordable smartphones to emerging markets, and now the Mountain View company says that the program is expanding beyond India (where it launched earlier this year in September). As noted on the company’s Asia Pacific Blog, the next […]

North Korea: 1.2 Million Troops, Nukes and a 3,000-Strong Cyber-Elite

North Korea, Dec. 22 (NsNEwsWire) — North Korea’s alleged ability to hack into Sony Pictures Entertainment is extending Kim Jong Un’sreach far beyond the range of his missiles. While North Korea has kept Western defense officials guessing for years about a nuclear program that it may or may not ever use, the regime’s ability to […]