The government has taken a plan to set up one IT village in every district of the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made the disclosure while addressing officials of the Post and Telecommunication and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry during her visit to the ministry’s secretariat on Sunday morning.
“Steps have been undertaken to set up ICT Village at Mohakhali in Dhaka and Rajshahi, Chittagong and Barisal. Besides, we have taken a plan to set up one IT Village Software Technology Park in every district of the country,” she said.
The prime minister said Bangladesh has been placed in third position in outsourcing through the use of IT.
She informed that Bangladesh is fetching $125 million dollars annually by exporting software and IT services.
There are 7,000 information service centres across the country and 104 radio and television broadcasting centres, said the premier.
“The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has given 1,881 licences in different categories,” she said.
She said the government awarded long-awaited 3G licences to five mobile phone operators, and the activities of 4G will begin soon.
She said Bangladesh has recently signed an agreement for linking another cable with the existing submarine cable to make international communications uninterrupted and speedy.
Source: bdnews24
