Banglalink had 1.03 million connections until December 2005. The number of Banglalink users increased by 257%[4] and stood at 3.64 million at the end of 2006, making it the fastest-growing operator in the world of that year.[citation needed] In August 2006, Banglalink became the first company to provide free incoming calls from BTTB for both postpaid and prepaid connections. On 20 August 2008, Banglalink got past the landmark of a 10 million subscriber base.[5] As of August 2021, Banglalink has a subscriber base of 36.90 million.