A delegation of Tata Communication from India Wednesday visited Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and showed interest in contributing to the country’s telecom sector.
Associations involved in information technology on Tuesday demanded that the National Board of Revenue should revise its tax structure for importing capital machinery for the IT sector.
The country's telecommunication and internet links were once again disrupted from Sunday night for about eight hours as miscreants snapped Dhaka-Cox's Bazar optical fibre line that links the nation to the submarine cable system.
Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), the state-run land phone operator, launched pre- paid cards last week for as many as 10,000 customers initially in Dhaka city to come back in the competition in the land phone market.
Learning of computer should be made compulsory in school-level for building a computer-literate and skilled generation, speakers at launching ceremony of the BCS IT Exposition 2008 said on Sunday. Introducing IT business opportunities like call centre, Internet getaway, VOIP and other business will not bring the optimum level of success in the country without making an IT-skilled manpower, they said.
The Bangladesh Tele-communications Regulatory Commission has invited preliminary proposal from private-sector investors to set up a submarine cable system to back up the existing undersea cable.
'BCS IT Expo 2008', one of the largest computer expositions in Bangladesh will begin from March 30 at the BCS Computer City, at Multiplan Centre in New Elephant Road, Dhaka.
The country experienced about 1000 MW of load shedding Thursday, making the SSC examinees the worst sufferers, reports UNB.
The examinees, particularly of Gulshan and its adjoining areas, suffered most as a major power disruption left them without power for over seven hours on a day they started their exams.
The Government has taken up a Tk 45 crore project to set up a computer network to connect 45 ministries in the Bangladesh Secretariat with the Chief Adviser's Office and the Planning Commission.
Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has proposed a maximum fine of Tk 500 crore for violation of licensing conditions by any telecoms service provider, its chairman Manzurul Alam said Tuesday.
