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According to the report, out of Airtel's 20 MHz spectrum, 15 MHz are 2G and Robi needs to pay
around 33.8 crore for each megahertz of this 2G spectrum. But now a day, the usage of 2G in
Bangladesh is lessening and demand of 3G is increasing. So, the decision of paying a huge
amount of money for buying 2G spectrum is questionable. So, the merged company have to find
a way out to utilize this spectrum profitability.
Though the high court ordered that the employers should arrange voluntary retirement scheme
for employees, it has to be seen whether they comply with the order. Besides this, the merged
company have to ensure similar compensation package the employees of the two companies as
before.
While these companies are merging, there might be confusion for the customers about the
subscriber number prefix of 016 to 018. The merged company have to find out a solution of
this confusion and come to a decision on subscriber number prefix 016, whether to change the
prefix or shut down those numbers.
As per the report, it is clear that Banglalink will lose their position after merging of these two
company, in terms of subscribers as well as revenues. Grameenphone has 5.63 active connections
and Banglalink has 3.14 crore, while after merging Robi and Airtel has 3.62 connections.
Similarly, Grameenphones market share was highest but the merging of Robi and Airtel will
surpass Banglalinks market share.