A special committee headed by a commissioner of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will prepare licensing guidelines for 450MHz mobile frequency licenses by November, Telegeography.com reported on July 15, 2014. The committee aims to allocate the 450MHz band to cellcos after the 700MHz band is auctioned next year. Both lower-frequency ranges are aimed at allowing mobile broadband network operators to deploy higher-performance services and cover wider areas at a lower cost. BTRC chairman Sunil Kanti Bose said the regulating committee is working on recovering the unused spectrum in the 450MHz band from different entities, as the band had previously been allocated to certain fixed line/fixed-wireless operators. The regulator recently refused state-run PSTN operator Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) an allocation of the 450MHz band in favor of reserving it for mobile companies. Bose also noted that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will release updated official guidelines on 450MHz utilization worldwide next year.