AKTEL has brought a new and first ever service in Bangladesh, AKTEL ETV news called 'News On Demand', says a press release.

AKTEL is the first operator to launch this Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based service in Bangladesh with 'Software Shop Limited' (SSL).

An agreement signing ceremony between AKTEL and SSL was held at AKTEL's corporate office in Mohakhali in the city recently in this regard.

This WAP-based service available in ALKTEL Spice, where only AKTEL customers would be able to access and download the news from the latest or archived menu.

There will be a clip for the headlines, which will be updated four times a day. The subscribers will be charged Tk 10 for each download. The link is http1/aktelspice.mobi

AKTEL's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Jefri Ahmad Tambi said, "We always try to come up with quality services which will really fulfill the unmet demand of our valued customers. I am sure this News on Demand Service will help our customers to be more updated with their busy life."

AKTEL Managing Director and CEO Jefri Ahmad Tambi and Chief Commercial Officer of AKTEL Bidyut Kumar Basu were present on the occasion.

Along with them, representatives from ETV Admin and HR Manager M M Ruhul Amin, SSL Managing Director Sayeeful Islam, Business Development Manager Ashish Chakraborty, Manager of VAS Division MD Shofiul Alam were also present.