Bangladesh News

Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has filed a case against 10 former and in-service high officials including two former CEOs of Grameenphone on charge of their involvement in illegal international call termination or VoIP.

Grameenphone, AcessTel, a local ISP, and Malaysia-based international call carrier DiGi Telecommunications are also on the accused list.

The telecoms watchdog filed the case with Gulshan Police Station on January 16.

According to the FIR, the accused former officials are Erik Aas and Ola Ree, chief executive officers, Thor Randhaug, technical director, Yogesh Sanjeev Malik, chief technical officer, and Mehboob Chowdhury, director, sales and marketing.

The sitting accused are Khalid Hasan, director (regulatory and corporate affairs), Md Shafiqul Islam, chief technical officer, Kafil HS Muyeed, director (new business), Md Arif Al Islam, director, finance, and Espen Wiig Warendroph, head of revenue assurance.

Earlier in October last year, the BTRC fined the Grameenphone Tk 168 crore for its involvement in VoIP (voice over internet protocol).

“As the case is under investigation, we’ll not comment on this. We’re fully cooperating with the investigators in this regard,” a GP spokesperson told The Daily Star yesterday