Citycell to pay BTRC Tk 1.28b

Citycell
Citycell

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered mobile phone operator Citycell to pay Tk 1.28 billion in dues to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), reports UNB.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed the order after rejecting a petition filed by the mobile phone company seeking a revision of an earlier order.
Lawyers Rokon Uddin Mahmud and Ahsanul Mamun stood for Citycell while Lawyer Khandaker Reza-e-Raquib represented the BTRC.
Raquib said with this order, Citycell will have to pay Tk 1.28 billion to BTRC.
Earlier, on 3 November 2016, the Supreme Court ordered the authorities concerned to immediately reopen Citycell frequency and directed mobile firm to pay Tk 1 billion in dues.
Besides, the SC formed a three-member committee, headed by professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, vice chancellor of University of Asia Pacific, to settle the dispute between Citycell and the BTRC. The committee was asked to settle the matter within one month.
Later, the committee submitted its report to the Appellate Division in June last year recommending payment of Tk 3.72 billion to BTRC and Citycell paid Tk 2.44 billion.
On 5 March last, the Appellate Division asked the mobile phone operator to pay rest of Tk 1.28 billion to BTRC.
Ahsanul Karim, a counsel of Citycell, said "We had filed a petition before the court seeking a revision of the recommendations made by the committee as there were flaws in its counting."