The telecom regulator plans to invite fresh bids from the private sector for the installation of a separate submarine cable to provide internet connectivity. The bidding process is set to start by the middle of the year, said Sunil Kanti Bose, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
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Bangladesh cut off from cyber net
Internet connections in Bangladesh were totally disconnected for three hours on Thursday morning between 2:00am and 5:00am due to repairs carried out on the submarine cable between Singapore and Malaysia. Managing director of the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited
Second undersea cable to come in three years
The country is going to see the second international submarine cable within three years as the state-owned Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) has recently signed a deal to join a consortium of more than 16 countries. The project of the consortium styled SEA-ME-WE 5 (South East Asia-Middle East-West
BTRC slashes bandwidth prices by 31pc
The telecom regulator has reduced the monthly rental bandwidth price for leased internet access through submarine cable by one-third to spread the communication services among the masses. The monthly rental bandwidth price for leased internet access through submarine cable will be a maximum of Tk 12,000 per Mbps, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission