Teletalk lottery for SIMs deferred

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The Teletalk lottery for the countrywide applicants scheduled for
Friday has been postponed, sources concerned said.

They said a date for the draw of the lottery among 808,000 applicants
is yet to be fixed, but it would be held by the first week of next
month.

Aminul Hassan, general manager of the Teletalk, told BDNews Friday
that this time the Teletalk SIMs would be distributed among 140,000
applicants.

Regarding the delay of the draw, he said, the scrutiny of the
application is going on and the Teletalk is also checking the
vulnerable parts of the country from where a small number of
applications were received.

"We are thinking to introduce quota system for the remote areas," he
said adding that the total system would take a few more days to be
readied.

Earlier, the Teletalk authorities continued the countrywide online
distribution of forms from July 12 to 22.

According to some Teletalk officials, the winners, afterwards, would
have to collect the SIMs from the nearest booths of some approved
banks.

Earlier, in two phases, 70,000 customers of Dhaka zone were selected
through computerised lottery from among some 433,461 applicants.

Meanwhile, the interconnectivity agreement of Teletalk with all
private mobile operators was signed and the mobile subscribers would
enjoy the facilities within a week, the officials added.


- BDNews