{"id":62741,"date":"2025-07-09T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deshmediabd.com\/?p=62741"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:55:45","slug":"btrc-directs-telcos-to-provide-1gb-free-internet-on-july-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/?p=62741","title":{"rendered":"BTRC directs telcos to provide 1GB free internet on July 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The telecom regulator has instructed all mobile phone operators to offer 1GB of free internet to users on July 18, in observance of &#8220;Free Internet Day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of the government\u2019s effort to commemorate the July Uprising.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made during a meeting of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on July 8, chaired by the commission&#8217;s vice chairman, according to the BTRC order.<\/p>\n<p>Top officials of mobile operators have confirmed the issue, saying that they have received a directive from the telecom regulator regarding the free internet.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to BSS, Taimur Rahman, Chief Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Officer of Banglalink, said: &#8220;We respect and support the initiative to honour those who lost their lives last July.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cHaving just received the government\u2019s request to provide 1GB of free internet on July 18, we are currently assessing its feasibility and exploring other options if required.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/news-flash\/290762\">\u09ac\u09bf\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09be\u09b0\u09bf\u09a4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The telecom regulator has instructed all mobile phone operators to offer 1GB of free internet to users on July 18, in observance of &#8220;Free Internet Day&#8221;. The initiative is part of the government\u2019s effort to commemorate the July Uprising. The decision was made during a meeting of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9","category-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62742,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62741\/revisions\/62742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}