DHAKA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Considering the plight of the cell phone users, the Bangladeshi government has withdrawn its sanction on mobile network coverage within a kilometer of the Bangladesh-India border Wednesday.
Three days after imposing the sanction, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Wednesday issued a fresh order, directing all the four mobile operators - Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk -- to restore network coverage in the bordering areas.
Citing security concerns, BTRC issued the network suspension order on Sunday.
A senior BTRC official Thursday told Xinhua that the government decided to restore network in consideration of the plight of the cell phone users in the bordering areas.
The BTRC in its order to the operators issued on Sunday said they have to suspend mobile network coverage in the border areas "for the sake of the country's security in the current circumstances."
