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Banglalink ((ベンガル語:বাংলালিংক)), is the second largest cellular service provider in Bangladesh after Grameenphone. As of September 2015, Banglalink has a subscriber base of 32.61 million with 24.81% market share.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mobile Phone Subscribers in Bangladesh September, 2015 )〕 It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Ventures Limited of Malta which is owned by Global Telecom Holding. Banglalink had 1.03 million connections until December 2005. The number of Banglalink users increased by 257 per cent〔(About Banglalink )〕 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 August 20, 2008, Banglalink got past the landmark of a 10 million subscriber base.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bangladesh's Banglalink tops 10 mln mobile users )〕 ==History== Sheba Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. was granted license in 1989 to operate in the rural areas of 199 upazilas. Later it obtained nationwide 15-year GSM license in November 1996 to extend its business to cellular mobile, radio telephone services. It launched operation in the last quarter of 1997 as a Bangladesh-Malaysia joint venture. In July 2004, it was reported that Egypt based Orascom Telecom is set to purchase the Malaysian stakes in Sheba Telecom through a hush-hush deal, as Sheba had failed to tap the bgfhjhjhusiness potentials in Bangladesh mainly due to a chronic feud between its Malaysian and Bangladeshi partners. An agreement was reached with Orascom worth US$25 million was finalized in secret. The pact has been kept secret for legal reasons, considering financial fallout and because of the feud. The main reason for the undercover dealing was the joint venture agreement between the Bangladeshi and the Malaysian partners, which dictates that if any party sells its Sheba shares, the other party will enjoy the first right to buy that. Integrated Services Ltd. (ISL), the Bangladeshi partner, was being ‘officially’ shown as purchasing the shares held by Technology Resources Industries (TRI) of Malaysia for $15 million. ISL then paid another $10 million to Standard Chartered Bank to settle Sheba's liabilities. In September 2004, Orascom Telecom Holdings purchased 100% of the shares of Sheba Telecom (Pvt.) Limited. It was acquired for US$60 million. Sheba had a base of 59,000 users, of whom 49,000 were regular when it was sold.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Egyptian Orascom Gets Sheba Telecom Malaysian stake )〕 Afterward it was re-branded and launched its services under the ''Banglalink'' brand on February 10, 2005. In March 2008, Sheba Telecom (Pvt.) Limited changed its name as Orascom Telecom Bangladesh Limited, matching its parent company name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orascom Telecom Bangladesh new name of Sheba )〕 In July 2013, following the 2011 ownership restructuring in the parent company,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vimpelcom confirms closing of ‘large and complex’ Wind Telecom deal )〕 the company name changed for the second time to Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orascom Telecom changes company name )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Banglalink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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