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banglalink , is one of the largest cellular service providers in Bangladesh. banglalink digital communications limited (previously Orascom telecom Bangladesh limited) is fully owned by telecom ventures ltd. (previously Orascom telecom ventures limited) of Malta, which is a 100% owned subsidiary of global telecom holding. following business combination, in April 2011, between Vimpelcom Ltd. and Wind Telecom s.p.a, Vimpelcom owns 51.92% shares of global telecom holding. Vimpelcom (www.vimpelcom.com) is one of the world’s largest integrated ltd. telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Algeria, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Canada and Bangladesh. Vimpelcom is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and listed as an ads on the nasdaq global select market under the symbol “VIP”.
banglalink attained 1 million subscribers by December 2005 and 3 million subscribers in October 2006. in less than two years which is by December 2007, banglalink overtook Aktel to become the second largest operator in Bangladesh with more than 7.1 million customers. banglalink currently has 30.9 million subscribers as of December 2014, representing a market share of 25.47%.
As of September 2015, banglalink had a subscriber base of 32.61 million with 24.81% market share. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Ventures Limited of Malta which is owned by Global Telecom Holding.
banglalink had 1.03 million connections until December 2005. The number of banglalink users increased by 257 per cent and stood at 3.64 million at the end of 2006, making it the fastest growing operator in the world of that year. In August 2006, banglalink became the first company to provide free incoming calls from BTTB for both postpaid and prepaid connections. On August 20, 2008, banglalink got past the landmark of a 10 million subscriber base.