In July 2005 an official of AKTEL was arrested on charges of misappropriation of crores of taka from the company. Avijit Kumar Saha, an executive of credit control division of AKTEL was arrested by police following a case filed accusing Avijit of misappropriating Tk 3,15,63,000 from the company.
In late 2007 Aktel had been fined BDT 1.45 billion for its involvement in the illegal use of VoIP or call termination business by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
In May 2008 BTRC issued showcause notice to AKTEL for fake re registration of subscribers.
CSR:
Aktel has been offering scholarships to three Bangladeshi students every year for bachelor courses in engineering, information technology and business administration since 1998 to study at Multimedia University in Malaysia.
It is the founding member of Chittagong Skills Development Centre (CSDC) that is offering technical training and business management education through its strategic partnership with Penang Skill Development Centre (PSDC) of Malaysia and its internal members. In 2007 Aktel received Standard Chartered-Financial Express Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award 2006 for their significant contributions to CSR and philanthropic activities.
Products offered:
Aktel offers an array of different packages. In addition to offering the fundamental pre-paid and post-paid mobile services, it offers a wide range of value added products and services such as, SMS, GPRS, mobile data services, infotainment services, SMS banking, Caller Ring Back Tone, Ringtones download, Picture Messaging, MMS, Voice Greetings, Call Blocking on 4 August 2008, which give subscriber to control which call he or she receive or not and Bengali SMS.
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