Bijoy Phone Explained

Bijoy Phone is a Bangladeshi fixed line operator. It is a private public switched telephone network (PSTN) operator in Bangladesh. As of May 2008, total number of subscriber of this operator is 3.948 thousand.^[1]

History

Bijoy Phone has obtained license from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to provide fixed phone services in the Northeast part of Bangladesh.^[2]

Numbering scheme

Bijoy Phone uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers:

+880 605 N₁N₂N₃N₄N₅N₆N₇N₈

where 880 is the International Subscriber Dialling Code for Bangladesh and is needed only in case of dialling from outside.

605 is the access code for Bijoy Phone as allocated by the Government of Bangladesh. Omitting +880 will require to use 0 in place of it instead to represent local call, hence 0605 is the general access code.

External links

• Official Web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission . 2008-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080707235747/http://www.btrc.gov.bd/newsandevents/pstn_phone_subscribers/pstn_phone_subscribers_may_2008.php . 2008-07-07 . dead .
2. Web site: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission . 2008-03-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060406131313/http://www.btrc.org.bd/listof_pstnoperators.htm . 2006-04-06 . dead .