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Published on December 1, 2014
The research report further says that for the first time Bangladesh has been included in the 100 million users' club of fourteen countries.
The sheer number of mobile users in Bangladesh, being 75% of its population, reflects a huge stride taken in ownership of a powerful communication device while 62% population uses mobile in India.
It is the Awami League led government initiatives like lowering the cost of internet, making internet available to the rural parts and many others steps that contributed to tremendous achievement.
Moreover, the country has the potential to outshine many South Asian countries in the mobile banking league table as the daily mobile banking transaction hits BDT 250 corer which accounts for 5.6% of the total GDP.
In a bid to achieve its promise to build a Digital Bangladesh, the government turned its attention on how to expand the number of mobile users and to promote mobile banking.
As part of its plan, mobile banking has been introduced to pay different utility bills, ending the hassles of standing in a long queue to pay the bills.
People now pay their utility bills while they can also get SSC, HSC and University admission test results and submit the University admission forms through cell-phone.
Healthcare like telemedicine services became as simple as sending sms to a friend.
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