Dhaka, April 22 -- Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, the chief advisor's special assistant on ICT, has called on operators to reduce mobile internet prices.

In a Facebook post on Monday, he wrote, "The government has already provided mobile operators with DWDM [Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing] and dark fibre facilities.

"With this support, private mobile companies do not have a valid excuse not to lower internet prices."

Noting that reducing mobile internet costs could offer some relief amid ongoing high inflation, he added: "The government has extended policy support to mobile network operators and, through public-private partnerships, reduced wholesale internet rates at both national and international levels. Now it's their turn to contribut...