Dhaka, March 16 -- Teletalk looks forward to the Economic Relations Division (ERD) as the lone state telecom operator's 4G mobile broadband network expansion project remains stalled following cancellation of its first tender.

The operator is now weighing multiple options -- whether to select one of the three original companies, issue a new tender among all of them or exclude the previous entities and invite fresh bids.

To navigate this situation, Teletalk sought guidance from the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) through a letter on February 18.

In response, the BPPA recently provided opinion in a letter signed by its director (deputy secretary) Sakhawat Hossain, stating that the public procurement rules and associated pol...