Bangladesh faces telecom shutdowns from Mideast fuel crisis
Dhaka: Bangladesh faces a widespread shutdown of mobile phones without rapid improvements in fuel shortages sparked by the Middle East war, operators said Monday.
The South Asian nation of 170 million people imports 95 percent of its oil and gas, mostly from the Middle East, and shortages have hit hard, with queues at filling stations lasting for as long as 12 hours.
The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) said Monday that continued telecom operations can no longer be sustained without the fuel needed to power operations including data centres.
