Banglalink
Logo of Banglalink | |
Banglalink's headquarters in Gulshan 1 | |
| Formerly | Sheba Telecom Private Limited |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | February 2005 |
| Headquarters | , Bangladesh |
Area served | Bangladesh |
Key people | Johan Buse (CEO) |
| Products | |
| Owner | VEON Ltd. (100%) |
| Website | www |
Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd., d.b.a. Banglalink (Bengali: বাংলালিংক; formerly Sheba Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd.) is a Dutch-owned telecommunications company headquartered in Gulshan-1, Dhaka. It is the third-largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh and a fully-owned company of VEON Ltd..
Banglalink attained 1 million subscribers by December 2005, and 3 million subscribers by October 2006. In less than two years, by December 2007, Banglalink overtook Airtel (now Robi) to become the second-largest operator in Bangladesh behind Grameenphone with more than 7.1 million customers.
Banglalink had 1.03 million connections until December 2005. The number of Banglalink users increased by 257% 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 20 August 2008, Banglalink got past the landmark of a 10 million subscriber base. As of August 2021, Banglalink had a subscriber base of 36.90 million.