RanksTel ( bn, র্যাংকসটেল) is a Bangladeshi
telecommunications company
A telephone company, also known as a telco, telephone service provider, or telecommunications operator, is a kind of communications service provider (CSP), more precisely a telecommunications service provider (TSP), that provides telecommunicat ...
. It is a private
public switched telephone network
The public switched telephone network (PSTN) provides infrastructure and services for public telecommunication. The PSTN is the aggregate of the world's circuit-switched telephone networks that are operated by national, regional, or local telep ...
(
PSTN
The public switched telephone network (PSTN) provides infrastructure and services for public telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other el ...
) operator in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
, and nation's second largest PSTN operator.
Ranks Telecom Limited, a member of
Rangs Group
Rangs Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include automobile, electronics, real estate, shipping, pharmaceuticals etc. A Rouf Chowdhury is the chairperson of Rangs Group and ...
, launched its fixed line operation under the brand name RANKSTEL on 14 April 2005. RANKSTEL is registered with Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. RANKSTEL holds PSTN and ISP licenses to operate nationwide. RANKSTEL has also been awarded an International Gateway (IGW) license and currently originates and terminates international voice traffic.
RANKSTEL's physical infrastructure includes about 10 major hubs (switching and transmission) and more than 200 access nodes across the country.
History
On 7 June 2004, Ranks Telecom Limited, a sister company of the RANGS Group, got a PSTN license to operate in Chittagong, Sylhet and Dhaka.
On 13 January 2005, RANKSTEL received an operational license from BTRC, allowing them to operate in Khulna and Bogra.
The firm launched its wireless phone service under the brand name of RanksTel on 14 April 2005.
On 9 September 2007, after more than two years of service, RANKSTEL received a nationwide PSTN license from the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
On 19 March 2010, the BTRC shut down the phone line operations of RanksTel for allegedly running unlicensed
VoIP
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operations. On 17 July 2011, RanksTel won approval to resume operations after a 16-month shutdown.
On 1 July 2012, RanksTel commercially relaunched their PSTN service.
On 8 January 2017, RanksTel launched a gigabit connectivity service and rebranded itself with a new logo.
Number plan
RanksTel uses the following numbering scheme:
* +880 44 R
1R
2R
3R
4R
5R
6R
7R
8
** +880 is the
International subscriber dialling Code for Bangladesh.
** 44 is the BTRC allocated code for RANKSTEL.
** R
1 is the local code for RANKSTEL
*** 7: Dhaka Central
*** 3: Chittagong
*** 9: Sylhet
*** 5: Bogra
*** 4: Khulna
*** 9: Dhaka
** R
2 is the Package identification number for the subscriber of RanksTel
** R
3 to R
8 is Subscriber identification number for RanksTel
References
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Telecommunications companies of Bangladesh