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Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd, one of the licensees to whom BTRC gave license last year to run business providing Wimax facility in Bangladesh, has inaugurated Wimax internet service in some selected areas of the capital. The inauguration ceremony was held on 21st October in a hotel in Dhaka. Augere named much-waited Wimax internet service "Qubee".

On its inauguration ceremony, Russel T Ahmed, head of marketing, Augere, said that the service is initially being given in Gulshan, Banani, Mirpur, Bashundhara Residential Area, and Uttara Residential & Commercial Area. Anyone living in these areas can become a subscriber of the country's first Wimax service provider, Qubee. Augere said that the service will be available in each part of the country in near future.

Qubee is offering two initial packages. As said in the inauguration ceremony, one of them is for personal use while the other one is for business. Under its first package, customer will have to pay Tk. 3,400/month for Qubee 512 kbps (64 kBps) which is limited to 6 GB (Gigabyte) usage (Data Transfer or Download) per month. The other package, named Qubee 1 Mbps (128 kBps), charges Tk. 6,200/month and is limited to 9 GB usage per month. Additional Tk. 0.15/MB (Megabyte) data transfer or download will be charged if the monthly limit exceeds.

Moreover, customers will need to have a Wimax modem in order to get connected to the Wimax wireless broadband internet service of Qubee. The modem is priced at Tk. 7,000. There will be no installment charge for Wimax customers.


WiMax is a technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes from point-to-multipoint links to portable and fully mobile internet access. Bangladeshi internet users have been dying for this technology since past few years. Last year Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) arranged an auction for starting Wimax business in Bangladesh. Augere, who has already started Wimax Internet service in Bangladesh under the brand name "Qubee", is one of the four winners of the auction.

After the launch of Wimax in Bangladesh with the hand of Augure wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd, mixed reaction is seen among general people of the country. Most of them are not satisfied due to the "Extreme Monthly Charge" applicable for Wimax customers. However, on the inauguration ceremony of Qubee, it was said that the monthly charge will be reduced by making some offers in future.