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100,000 WiFi hotspots planned
Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-04-12 14:40:56.0 BdST Updated: 2014-04-12 14:40:56.0 BdST
The government has initiated a move to set up 100,000 WiFi hotspots in various public places across Bangladesh.
The hotspots will be installed in places like educational institutes, markets, bus and launch terminals under a project called ‘Development of National ICT Infra-Network for Bangladesh Government Phase 3’.
State Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said this at a workshop titled ‘Info Government-3: What we want’ at the Bangladesh Computer Council auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday.
Under this project, the government will also install optical fibre cables, 25,000 IP phones and 4,500 biometric data centres in Upazilas.
File Photo File Photo Routers will be set up in government offices where Internet is available so that visitors can be brought under network, he said.
“Many might say this is a difficult job. But I don’t think it is difficult or impossible at all,” Palak said.
The junior minister said they had also proposed state-owned mobile operator Teletalk to install the WiFi spots.
A $160-million proposal was made for the ‘Info Government-3’ project, he said.
ICT Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan said they hoped to start the project next year. “We need money. We will lobby for money once the project is approved.”
Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-04-12 14:40:56.0 BdST Updated: 2014-04-12 14:40:56.0 BdST
The government has initiated a move to set up 100,000 WiFi hotspots in various public places across Bangladesh.
The hotspots will be installed in places like educational institutes, markets, bus and launch terminals under a project called ‘Development of National ICT Infra-Network for Bangladesh Government Phase 3’.
State Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said this at a workshop titled ‘Info Government-3: What we want’ at the Bangladesh Computer Council auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday.
Under this project, the government will also install optical fibre cables, 25,000 IP phones and 4,500 biometric data centres in Upazilas.
File Photo File Photo Routers will be set up in government offices where Internet is available so that visitors can be brought under network, he said.
“Many might say this is a difficult job. But I don’t think it is difficult or impossible at all,” Palak said.
The junior minister said they had also proposed state-owned mobile operator Teletalk to install the WiFi spots.
A $160-million proposal was made for the ‘Info Government-3’ project, he said.
ICT Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan said they hoped to start the project next year. “We need money. We will lobby for money once the project is approved.”
