Dhaka, April 20 -- Mobile operators have warned that nationwide electricity and fuel shortages have put uninterrupted telecom services at risk across Bangladesh.

The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) has formally communicated the gravity of the situation to the regulator, noting that without immediate government intervention and priority energy allocations, the country's mobile networks face an imminent risk of total shutdown.

In a letter to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission chairman on Saturday, the organisation detailed the massive fuel requirements of the three private operators --Grameenphone, Robi, and Banglalink -- to keep their Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) and data centres opera...