SPECTROCAN completed a detailed study of the existing radio spectrum management administration in Dhaka, Bangladesh in August 2000. The study was sponsored by the Canada-Bangladesh Infrastructure Consultants (CBIC) and funded by CIDA. It included recommendations on resolving serious frequency allocation problems in the radio-telephone sector as well as a number of recommendations to improve the existing administrative structures in Dhaka.

For the same client, in May 2001 in preparation for the creation of the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Spectrocan was contracted to conduct a study focusing on the feasibility of outsourcing spectrum management and control operations in Bangladesh. The study considered the possible alternatives of involving the private sector in technical and administrative aspects of spectrum management, and incorporated a preliminary control network design and a financial model linking the cost of operation and the potential spectrum related revenues.