Country Profile Bangladesh National Broadband Plan International … · 2015-01-30 ·...
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Country ProfileBrief History of Internet in
BangladeshBroadband Policy Present Scenario National Broadband Plan International ConnectivityChallenges to Increase Broadband
Usage
Government: Unitary and parliamentary republic
Identified as a Next Eleven economy
Country divided into• 7 divisions• 64 districts• 488 upazillas • 4546 unions
Population: One hundred and sixty million
Area: 147,570 sq. km Population growth rate:
1.37 percent Literacy rate: 57 percent Life expectancy: 70.36
years Urbanization rate: 3.5%
Internet users: 39353.142 thousands• Mobile Internet: 37846.096• WiMAX: 276.046• ISP + PSTN: 1231.00
Telephone subscriber• Mobile: 116.871 millions• PSTN: 1.1 millions
ccTLD: .bd International dial code: 880 PSTN operator: 4 Satellite Earth Station: 2
Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) Service Providers: 3
3G Cellular Mobile Phone Services Operator: 5
International Terrestrial Cable (ITC) Operator: 6
International Internet Gateway(IIG) operator:36
Submarine Cable connection:1 WiMAX Operators:2 CDMA Mobile Phone Operator:1
Internet came to Bangladesh in June, 1996
It was a dial up connectivity Government permitted VSAT
operation for Internet operation Initially there were BBS and e-
mail services Internet service started a few
months later There were only two ISPs in
1996 Less than a thousand
subscribers
Liberal policy of the government in the preceding years led to the rapid expansion of the industry
Number of Internet subscription was 186,000 in 2000
By 2005, there were 180 registered ISPs
In 2006, Bangladesh got connected to submarine optic fiber as part of the 16 country consortium SEA-ME-WE 4 project
The present government in its last tenure declared Vision:2021
The main theme of the Vision was to make ‘Digital Bangladesh’
The first ever broadband policy was declare in 2009
The policy defined bandwidth above or equal to 128kbps as the broadband
In 2013, minimum bandwidth 1Mbps was declared to be the broadband
This policy aimed at supplementing the attainment of MDG, PRS and goals of WSIS
Ensuring affordable, dependable and state-of-the-art broadband service to the consumers
Improving the access networksEnsuring interconnection among various
networksEncouraging the private sector and public-
private partnershipEncouraging development of local contents
including Bangla contents
The policy envisage following long term goals • All the 86,000 villages under broadband coverage• All the educational institutions up to primary level
under broadband coverage• All the union parishad (the lowest tier of local
government) building under broadband connectivity
• All the agricultural markets under broadband coverage
• All the post offices and cultural centers under the connectivity
• 2015 is the deadline
Bangladesh is striving to provide broadband connectivity up to the grassroots
Currently, all the 64 district headquarters are connected either with radio or with optical fiber
There are seven district headquarters have fiber optic connectivity
All the 488 upazilla headquarters are connected
There are 4546 Union Information Service Centers (UISC) to provide Internet services to the village people
Around sixty percent of them are 3G connected
Rest of the UISCs are 2.5G connected
Scenario after completion of planned projects
• 100 thousands wifi all over the country• Six of the remaining seven district
headquarters will have fiber optic connectivity
• The lone isolated district headquarter will be upgraded to STM-1 radio link
• All the union parishad buildings will have fiber optic link
• All government offices up to upzilla will have fiber optic link
• The whole country will be under blanket coverage of broadband wireless network through 4G LTE technology
Bangladesh has all three types of international connectivity• International terrestrial connectivity• Submarine cable connectivity• Satellite connectivity
Terrestrial link has a connection of 80 Gbps Submarine cable has a connection of 30 Gbps Satellite connection 24/8 Mbps
The only submarine cable system SEA-ME-WE-4
Linking 16 companies of 14 countries
It has a total length of 20,000 km with 1.28 Terabit/Sec capacity
Bangladesh has a share of 200 Gbps
Operator BSCCL Agreement signed on
March 7,2014 Landing station at
Kuakata of Patuakhali District
Connection within first quarter of 2016
Additional bandwidth of 1.4 Tbps
Contract signing with consulting Co.
The first orbital satellite of thecountry named after the fatherof the nation will be launchedby June, 2017
It will have 40 transponders It will provide both telecom
and broadcast services It will have two ground stations
Despite increasing broadband coverage,government identified and trying to overcomethe following challenges to increase its usage
• Making end terminals affordable to common mass• Content development in local language• Building training infrastructures all over the country• Reforming policies for enhancing eCommerce• Developing contents useful for different professions• Introducing various types of online services• Awareness building through various marketing
activities
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