Investors will no longer be able to buy into Grameenphone with immature funds as the market regulator has suspended netting facilities against shares of the country's largest issue until further notice. In a bid to prevent overheating of the market, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a circular Monday announcing the measure, effective from Tuesday.
Six foreign companies have expressed their interests in manufacturing mobile set and laptop with the joint venture of state owned Bangladesh Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS). Managing Director of TSS Ismail Hossain told the news agency that the letters of their expression of interest were sent to head of the Electric and Electronic Department of BUET for scrutiny.
Telecom regulator on Monday issued a show cause notice to Citycell asking the mobile phone operator to explain why it was selling unauthorised connections.
Extortion and threat to high profile people using cell phones is going unabated as law enforcers could hardly trace the criminals who manage their SIM cards without following proper registration procedure.
Mobile phone operator Grameenphone Limited signed another deal with Axiata (Bangladesh) Limited known as Aktel to share their infrastructure for mutual benefit.
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, instead of the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, from now on will issue licences for international call handling under the amended International Long Distance Telecommunications Services policy.
SoftExpo-2010 will be kicked off Wednesday at the city's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre with the participation of over 150 local and international companies. Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the lone organization to promote the country''s booming software industry, is organizing the biggest software exposition with the theme of ''Digital Bangladesh in Action''.
The export volume of software and information technology-enabled services increased by 32.17 per cent last year with a sale worth some $ 32.91 million in 2008-09, while the industry has fixed a target for $ 38 million in 2009-10 fiscal.
The World Bank asked Bangladesh on Wednesday to follow experiences and practices of Singapore in information and communication technology (ICT) to achieve its vision for a digital country by 2021. "Digital Bangladesh has generated public excitement and support, challenged the government to new ways of working and thinking ... and solve problems through ICT," said Ellen Goldstein, country director of World Bank in Bangladesh.
The government is introducing smart card, a tag with computer chip, for overseas jobseekers from tomorrow to ease the immigration process and help them more effectively while they are abroad.
