The Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission on Sunday launched prepaid services for its customers to ensure high speed internet and telephone services. Posts and telecommunications minister Mustafa Jabbar inaugurated the services at BTCL’s Easkaton office.

BTCL managing director Rafiqul Matin said that the prepaid package included telephone and internet bundle packages and customers could get telephone package after recharging Tk 150 for 30 days.

For internet package, the BTCL has introduced 11 packages from 5mbps to 100mbps ranging from Tk 500 to 4200. He said that if any customer wanted to purchase the package with telephone facilities, then he or she would have to provide additional Tk 100 for each package and the tenure of the package would remain for 30 days.

The BTCL launched the service under its ‘Modernization of Telecommunication Network Project’. Customers of BTCL can apply for the prepaid service and choose their packages through BTCL portal http:mybtcl.btcl.gov.bd at home.

Besides, customers will get unlimited talk time facility from BTCL to BTCL at Tk 100 for 30 days while for other operators the call rate will be Tk 48 paisa per minute. Customers can recharge their packages through Nagad, bKash and bank cards.