Robi (company)
telecommunications company operating in Bangladesh
Robi Axiata PLC (d/b/a Robi) is the second largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh. Axiata of Malaysia holds a major controlling stake of 61.82% in the company, while Bharti Enterprises of India (owner of Bharti Airtel) holds 28.18% and investors in DSE and CSE hold 10%. Robi first commenced operation in 1997 as Telekom Malaysia International (Bangladesh) with the brand name ‘AKTEL’ and was a joint venture of Axiata and NTT Docomo. In 2010, the company was re-branded to ‘Robi’ and the company changed its name to Robi Axiata Limited. As per government rule, the name changed to Robi Axiata PLC in 2024 as Robi is listed in Stock Market and a Public Limited Company. Robi Axiata has FDD spectrum on 900, 1800 & 2100 and TDD spectrum on 2600 MHz bands. On 16 November 2016, Airtel Bangladesh was merged into Robi. Currently former airtel users are known as Robi cirkle users. Although they are shifted from airtel to Robi Cirkle their remaining Account balance, MFS Account etc will not be impacted because the number series 016 used by Airtel BD & Warid BD is now under the lisence of Robi Axiata PLC. Robi has emerged as the second largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh. Currently Robi has commercially live 2G, 4G and 5G network.
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