19-615: Super Cup is the highest-budgeted football competition organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation and is one of the two club football season cups in Bangladesh, the other being Federation Cup . The competition kicked off for the first time on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 inaugurated by Citycell 's Chief Executive Officer Michel Seamour and the Federation's president Kazi Salahuddin in which Mohammedan Sporting Club became
38-528: A heated remeet. The third Super Cup was held in June 2013 in which Mohammedan Sporting Club became champion for the second time by beating 2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champion Sheikh Russel KC . This article about a Bangladeshi football competition is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bangladesh Football Federation Bangladesh Football Federation ( Bengali : বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন , Bānglādesh fūṭbôl fēḍārēshôn )
57-678: A regional league at the third tier of the nation's football league pyramid. In 1980, the Federation started the Federation Cup , which grew to be the country's top national cup competition. In 2009, it launched the Super Cup tournament, which ran in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2013, the prize money for winning the competition was Tk 10 million. In the inaugural competition, Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivals Abahani Limited Dhaka . Competitions currently run by BFF: Competitions currently run by BFF: Competitions previously run by BFF: Nitol-Tata
76-560: A string of other spinoff plans that continued into 2007. The postpaid plan was branded as Citycell One . The Postpaid subscribers enjoy 4 FnF numbers to other operators, 30 sec pulse applicable for all outgoing, Zoom Data service etc. in additional. Besides, two newly launched postpaid plans are available. In Dhaka International Trade fair 2009, Citycell Introduced a postpaid service called VOICE-DATA plan with cheaper tariff voice call and sms on any operator and BTTB (NWD) and 0.25 Tk/minute voice call and sms on any Citycell Number. Zoom Ultra
95-484: Is a data plan where the customer receives an internet dongle to surf the web in the regions which Citycell provides coverage. Zoom came with either one of two MODEMs, Huawei EC321 or ZTE MG880+. Zoom Ultra utilizes EV-DO technology. ZTE AC782 or Tianjian E618 is the dongle given with Zoom Ultra. Huawei EC5321 router is also offered for Zoom Ultra service. Zoom Ultra provides download speeds up to 512 kbit/s. Citycell has been fined BDT 1.5 billion (150 crore) by
114-712: Is the governing body that administers the sport of association football in Bangladesh . It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national teams , as well as the Bangladesh Premier League and various other competitions and tournaments. The BFF was one of founding members of the South Asian Football Federation . It is based at BFF Bhaban, in the Motijheel Thana of the country's capital, Dhaka . The Bangladesh Football Federation
133-565: The BTRC in 2016. In 1989 Bangladesh Telecom Limited (BTL) was awarded a license to operate cellular, paging, and other wireless communication networks. Then in 1990 Hutchison Bangladesh Telecom Limited (HBTL) was incorporated in Bangladesh as a joint venture between BTL and Hutchison Telecommunications (Bangladesh) Limited. HBTL began commercial operation in Dhaka using the AMPS mobile technology in 1993 and became
152-470: The 2nd cellular operator in South Asia (after Sri Lanka's Celltell , established on 1989). Later that year Pacific Motors bought 50% of BTL. By in 1995 HBTL was renamed as Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (PBTL) and launched the brand name 'Citycell Digital' to market its cellular products. By the end of 2007 Citycell had refurbished its old brand identity and introduced a new logo and corporate identity;
171-412: The country using CDMA and EVDO technology. Citycell's total mobile subscriber base was 0.142 million as of August 2016. The ownership structure of Citycell was divided amongst SingTel (44.54%), Pacific Motors (37.95%) and Far East Telecom (17.51%). It was the smallest mobile operator of Bangladesh in terms of subscribers. In 2016, it ceased operations, due to the firms inability to pay dues ordered by
190-536: The first champion beating arch-rival Abahani Limited . The prize money for the tournament was $ 150,000 which is said to be a record in Asia. Mohammedan defeated the country's Premier League winners Abahani 1–0 in an exciting final attended by a crowd of 44,000 in the country's main international football venue Bangabandhu National Stadium . The second Super Cup was on 6 August 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium by 2010–2011 season champion Abahani Ltd beating Mohammedan SC in
209-414: The first phone plan with negative tariff in the country. In the plan, customers received credit towards their balance after they received calls from other Citycell subscribers. In the same year, Citycell launched Aalap Super plan. Subscribers of this plan could make free calls to other Citycell subscribers during late night hours. This espoused numerous copycat products from its competitors. Later that year
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#1732881332825228-484: The history of Bangladesh football. Later in 2010, it made contract with Grameenphone - country's leading mobile phone operator, for the sponsorship of BFF's tournaments. BFF secured US$ 70,000 for one year when Nitol-Tata again became the official sponsor for the 2013–14 season. On 13 March 2022, Pusti became the beverage partner of Bangladesh Football Federation following a two-year agreement. Citycell Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited , ( dba : Citycell )
247-620: The new logo is very reminiscent of the old logo. However, the slogan "because we care" has remained unchanged. On 20 October 2016, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission suspended the spectrum allocation of Citycell after evaluation of the company's number of dues. But on 3 November 2016, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh directed the BTRC to reinstate its spectrum and on 6 November 2016, BTRC returned
266-399: The regulator, BTRC , ordered all phone companies to cease free call facility offerings. In 2006, Citycell launched Hello 0123 plan. The name 0123 signified tariff of Tk 0 for calls to one Citycell number of the subscriber's choice, Tk 1 for calls to two other Citycell numbers, Tk 2 for calls to all other Citycell numbers and Tk 3 for calls to all other networks. This plan was followed up with
285-471: The sole distributor of Tata vehicles in Bangladesh was the official sponsor between 2000 till 2005. In April 2008, the BFF secured BDT 16,00,00,000 (equivalent to US$ 22,85,714 appx) for three years from a multinational mobile operator company, Citycell (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited) for three years as sponsorship for Bangladesh Football Federation, which is a record in the football sponsorship money securing in
304-522: The suspended spectrum to Citycell. Citycell used to offer both prepaid and postpaid plans. Since Citycell operated in CDMA technology, it offered R-UIMs instead of SIMs . Citycell previously offered nine different prepaid plans. Citycell started offering prepaid plans from 2003. It was the first to offer a prepaid plan with BTTB connectivity in the same year. In 2005, it launched the Aalap Call Me plan -
323-595: Was elected vice-president of the AFC for the term from 1990 to 1994. After Bangladesh gained independence in the early 1970s, the BFF assumed responsibility for the Dhaka League , which had begun in 1948. The league resumed for the 1973 season, but has since been superseded by the Bangladesh Premier League (founded in 2007 as the B.League) and the Bangladesh Championship League (in 2012), and now exists only as
342-668: Was founded on 15 July 1972 by Md. Yousuf Ali , the country's former Minister for Education, Culture and Sport; the general secretary under Ali was Abul Hashem of Wari Club . It became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, and FIFA in 1976. It is also a founding member of South Asian Football Federation . Bangladesh has been elected to be part of the AFC Executive Committee for two four-year terms: in 1982–1986 and 1998–2002. Hafizuddin Ahmed
361-477: Was the oldest mobile operator of Bangladesh . It was the 1st mobile operator company in Bangladesh and one of the pioneering telecommunications network companies in South Asia , along with Etisalat of Sri Lanka and Paktel of Pakistan. Former BNP leader & former foreign minister M Morshed Khan is the founder chairman of PBTL (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited) & Citycell.It was the only mobile operator in
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