Robi (company)

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Robi Axiata PLC (d/b/a Robi, stylized "robi axiata") is the second largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh. Axiata of Malaysia holds a major controlling stake of 61.82% in the company, while Bharti Enterprises of India (owner of Bharti Airtel) holds 28.18% and investors in DSE and CSE hold 10%. Robi first commenced operation in 1997 as TM International Bangladesh Limited with the brand name AKTEL and was a joint venture of A K Khan & Company, Axiata (Telekom Malaysia) and NTT Docomo. In 2010, the company was re-branded to ‘Robi’ and the company changed its name to Robi Axiata Limited. As per government rule, the name changed to Robi Axiata PLC in 2024 as Robi is listed in Stock Market and a Public Limited Company. Robi Axiata has FDD spectrum on 900, 1800 & 2100 and TDD spectrum on 2600 MHz bands. On 16 November 2016, Airtel Bangladesh was merged into Robi. Currently Robi has 2G GSM, 4G LTE and 5G NR networks commercially live since the 3G UMTS network was shut down.

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