Robi Axiata Limited, doing business asRobi, is the second largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh currently owned by two major stakeholders being Axiata and Bharti Airtel. In this company, Axiata of Malaysia holds a major controlling stake of 61.82%, Bharti Airtel of India holds 28.18%, and remaining 10% stake is hold by investors in DSE and CSE.[4]
Robi first commenced operation in 1997 as Telekom Malaysia International (Bangladesh) with the brand name ‘AKTEL’. In 2010 the company was re-branded to ‘Robi’ and the company changed its name to Robi Axiata Limited. Robi Axiata has spectrum on GSM 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz bands.
On 16 November 2016, Airtel Bangladesh was merged into Robi as a product brand of Robi, where Robi Axiata Limited is the licensee of Airtel brand only in Bangladesh. Having successfully completed the merger process, Robi has emerged as the second largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh.[5] Controversies:
Robi Axiata Limited started as a joint venture company between Telekom Malaysia and AK Khan and Company. It was formerly known as Telekom Malaysia International Bangladesh Limited which commenced operations in Bangladesh in 1997 with the brand name 'AKTEL'. In 2008, AK Khan and Company exited the business by selling its 30% stake to Japan's NTT Docomo for US$350 million.[6]
On 28 March 2010, 'AKTEL' was rebranded as 'Robi' which means "sun" in Bengali. It also took the logo of parent company Axiata Group which itself also went through a major rebranding in 2009.[7] In 2013, after five years of presence, Docomo reduced its ownership to 8% for Axiata to take 92%.[8]
On 28 January 2016, it was announced that Robi Axiata and Airtel Bangladesh will merge in Q1 2016. The combined entity will be called Robi, to serve about 40 million subscribers combined by both networks. Axiata Group will own 68.3% share, while Bharti Group will own 25%, and NTT Docomo held 6.31% shares.[9][10] Finally Robi and Airtel were merged on 16 November 2016 and Robi set sail as the merged company.[11] Later on, in 2020, after a decade with Robi, NTT Docomo decided to leave Bangladesh by selling its remaining stake in Robi Axiata Limited to Bharti International.
In August 2021, CEO Mahtab Uddin Ahmed stepped down as Robi CEO. [12] Company CFO M Riyaaz Rasheed stepped in as acting CEO in addition to his current duties.[13][14]
Mobile network operator Robi Axiata Limited has appointed Rajeev Sethi as the company’s chief executive officer from October, 2022. He will be replacing M Riyaaz Rasheed, who has been serving as Robi’s acting chief executive officer since August 2021.[15]
Achievements
In 2005, then AKTEL, now Robi, was the first operator to introduce GPRS and 3.5G services in the country.[16] It is the first company to launch 4.5G service in all the 64 districts of the country. Robi also claims to have the widest international roaming coverage with 398 operators across 182 countries with widest 4G roaming footprint in 29 countries with 40 operators. Robi has clearly pioneered in the domain of mEducation with the creation of the largest online school of the country, Robi-10 Minute School, which is providing quality educational content to millions of students across the country for free of cost. Among many awards it has won nationally and internationally, the prestigious GSMA Glomo award for the Best Mobile Innovation for Education and Learning in the "Connected Life Awards" category at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017, is highly noteworthy.[17]
Numbering scheme
Robi 4G SIM card, Both sides of the SIM card are presented together.
Robi uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers:
18 and 16 is the access code for Robi as assigned by the Government of Bangladesh. Omitting +88 will require to use 0 in place of it instead to represent local call, hence 018 and 016 is the general access code.
N1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8 is the subscriber number.
After merger with airtel, besides '018', Robi owns '016' number series too.
New system and regulations that: Any operator of (017-013)(019-014)(015) can change his operators by MNP.....
Network
Robi is currently the second largest mobile operator in Bangladesh in terms of total number of mobile towers or BTS. As of October 2021, Robi has a total of 13,812 BTS towers across the country.[18]
Mobile services
Robi 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, EDGE, 3.5GHSPA+, 4.5G, LTE-A, Fixed Broadband, international roaming, Mobile Banking, SMS banking, Caller Ring Back Tone, MMS, Voice Greetings, Welcome Tunes etc. Robi has got the widest international roaming coverage among all the operators in Bangladesh.
Digital services
Robi provides different digital services. They are -
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holds a major controlling stake of 61 82 Bharti Airtel of India holds 28 18 and remaining 10 stake is hold by investors in DSE and CSE 4 Robi Axiata LimitedEmblem of RobiRobi Axiata Limited Corporate HeadquartersTypeSubsidiaryIndustryTelecommunicationsPredecessorTelekom Malaysia International 1997 Bharti Airtel 2016 Founded1997 26 years ago 1997 HeadquartersRobi Corporate Office 53 Gulshan South Avenue Gulshan 1 Dhaka BangladeshArea servedBangladesh India Key peopleRajeev Sethi CEO ProductsMobile Telephony EDGE GSM GPRS UMTS HSDPA HSUPA HSPA HSPA DC HSPA FDD LTE LTE A VoLTERevenueUS 910 million 2020 Net incomeUS 20 million 2020 Members49 004 million December 2019 ParentAxiata 61 82 Bharti Enterprises 28 18 General public 10 WebsiteCompany Main Website Airtel a product brand licensing only in Bangladesh Footnotes references 1 2 3 Robi first commenced operation in 1997 as Telekom Malaysia International Bangladesh with the brand name AKTEL In 2010 the company was re branded to Robi and the company changed its name to Robi Axiata Limited Robi Axiata has spectrum on GSM 900 1800 and 2100 MHz bands On 16 November 2016 Airtel Bangladesh was merged into Robi as a product brand of Robi where Robi Axiata Limited is the licensee of Airtel brand only in Bangladesh Having successfully completed the merger process Robi has emerged as the second largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh 5 Controversies Contents 1 History 2 Achievements 3 Numbering scheme 4 Network 5 Mobile services 6 Digital services 7 ReferencesHistory EditRobi Axiata Limited started as a joint venture company between Telekom Malaysia and AK Khan and Company It was formerly known as Telekom Malaysia International Bangladesh Limited which commenced operations in Bangladesh in 1997 with the brand name AKTEL In 2008 AK Khan and Company exited the business by selling its 30 stake to Japan s NTT Docomo for US 350 million 6 On 28 March 2010 AKTEL was rebranded as Robi which means sun in Bengali It also took the logo of parent company Axiata Group which itself also went through a major rebranding in 2009 7 In 2013 after five years of presence Docomo reduced its ownership to 8 for Axiata to take 92 8 On 28 January 2016 it was announced that Robi Axiata and Airtel Bangladesh will merge in Q1 2016 The combined entity will be called Robi to serve about 40 million subscribers combined by both networks Axiata Group will own 68 3 share while Bharti Group will own 25 and NTT Docomo held 6 31 shares 9 10 Finally Robi and Airtel were merged on 16 November 2016 and Robi set sail as the merged company 11 Later on in 2020 after a decade with Robi NTT Docomo decided to leave Bangladesh by selling its remaining stake in Robi Axiata Limited to Bharti International In August 2021 CEO Mahtab Uddin Ahmed stepped down as Robi CEO 12 Company CFO M Riyaaz Rasheed stepped in as acting CEO in addition to his current duties 13 14 Mobile network operator Robi Axiata Limited has appointed Rajeev Sethi as the company s chief executive officer from October 2022 He will be replacing M Riyaaz Rasheed who has been serving as Robi s acting chief executive officer since August 2021 15 Achievements EditIn 2005 then AKTEL now Robi was the first operator to introduce GPRS and 3 5G services in the country 16 It is the first company to launch 4 5G service in all the 64 districts of the country Robi also claims to have the widest international roaming coverage with 398 operators across 182 countries with widest 4G roaming footprint in 29 countries with 40 operators Robi has clearly pioneered in the domain of mEducation with the creation of the largest online school of the country Robi 10 Minute School which is providing quality educational content to millions of students across the country for free of cost Among many awards it has won nationally and internationally the prestigious GSMA Glomo award for the Best Mobile Innovation for Education and Learning in the Connected Life Awards category at the Mobile World Congress MWC 2017 is highly noteworthy 17 Numbering scheme Edit Robi 4G SIM card Both sides of the SIM card are presented together Robi uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers 880 16 XXXXXXXX 880 18 XXXXXXXXWhere 880 is the International subscriber dialing code for Bangladesh 18 and 16 is the access code for Robi as assigned by the Government of Bangladesh Omitting 88 will require to use 0 in place of it instead to represent local call hence 018 and 016 is the general access code N1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8 is the subscriber number After merger with airtel besides 018 Robi owns 016 number series too New system and regulations that Any operator of 017 013 019 014 015 can change his operators by MNP Network EditRobi is currently the second largest mobile operator in Bangladesh in terms of total number of mobile towers or BTS As of October 2021 Robi has a total of 13 812 BTS towers across the country 18 Mobile services EditRobi 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 EDGE 3 5G HSPA 4 5G LTE A Fixed Broadband international roaming Mobile Banking SMS banking Caller Ring Back Tone MMS Voice Greetings Welcome Tunes etc Robi has got the widest international roaming coverage among all the operators in Bangladesh Digital services EditRobi provides different digital services They are 10 Minute School Online education platform bdapps Bangladesh s national app store BDTICKETS Bangladesh s largest online ticketing platform Binge Live TV amp video streaming service Built by Raskenlund 19 and powered by RedDot Digital Binge Box Android TV set top box Duronto Browser Bangladesh s first bangla web browser Funflix video streaming service powered by Bongo GAME HUB Online game store powered by E B Solutions Islamic Portal Islamic content service Kuuk TV video streaming service powered by Bongo My Drive Cloud storage powered by Funambol Noor Digital Islamic content service powered by Gakk Media RedDot Digital Marketing agency Robi Apps Club Subscription based app store Powered by Bemobi Robi BoiGhor eBook reader Robi Intelligent Cam Pro Online camera controller Robi Intelligent Solutions Smart home controller Robi My Sports Online Live sports service Robi MyPlay Online gaming service powered by Gakk Media Robi Screen video streaming service Robi VTS Vehicle Tracker RobiCash Digital wallet Robishop Online shopping RobiTV Live TV service powered by Bongo Treasure Wars Bangladeshi environment based real time battle royale game Built by Riseup Labs WINit 1 quiz game in BangladeshReferences Edit Robi Airtel 29 January 2016 Retrieved 31 January 2016 Robi makes Tk 170m profit in 2019 Prothom Alo English 22 February 2020 Retrieved 23 June 2020 Press Release on Telecom Subscription Data as on December 2019 Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission 18 April 2019 Retrieved 23 June 2020 Company Profile Robi Robi NTT DoCoMo to buy 30pc stake in AKTEL for 350m The Daily Star Retrieved 17 October 2015 Aktel turns into Robi takes a new logo Dhaka Mirror Retrieved 17 October 2015 Japan s Docomo shrinks stake in Robi The Daily Star Retrieved 17 October 2015 Malaysia s Axiata and India s Bharti to merge subsidiaries Reuters 28 January 2016 Retrieved 29 January 2016 Axiata and Bharti Airtel Agree to Merge Operations in Bangladesh Axiata 28 January 2016 Retrieved 29 January 2016 Robi sets sail as the Merged Company Robi Mahtab Uddin Ahmed steps down as Robi CEO Mahtab Ahmed steps down as Robi MD after 5 years bdnews24 com Retrieved 5 August 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Mahtab Uddin Ahmed steps down as Robi CEO Dhaka Tribune 5 August 2021 Retrieved 5 August 2021 Rajeev Sethi joins Robi Axiata as CEO Aktel launches GPRS Retrieved 2 October 2020 Robi 10 Minute School wins prestigious Glomo Awards 2017 at the Mobile World Congress Retrieved 2 October 2020 Banglalink to build 3 000 more towers by 2022 The Business Standard 30 October 2021 Retrieved 31 October 2021 Raskenlund Streaming Media experts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robi company amp oldid 1123675798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
