Google to help 500,000 students learn about the Internet
Google is literally hitting the road to promote the potential of the internet in Bangladesh. The company today launched ‘Google Bus Bangladesh’, an educational program aimed at teaching key digital skills to more than half a million students in the South Asian country.
There are some outlandish programs to help connect the world’s population — including Google’s balloons, SpaceX’s forthcoming satellites, and Facebook’s drones — but Google is going back to basics with this roadshow across the world’s eighth most populated country.
Why Bangladesh telcos deal better with dropped calls
Santanu Ganguly, a businessman from Kolkata, visits Bangladesh every three months.
In October, when he landed at Dhaka airport Ganguly was surprised by a Grameenphone advertisement offering subscribers a minute of free talk time for every dropped call.
Ganguly has learnt to live with frequent call disconnections in India, even after changing mobile operators over the past couple of years. He found fewer calls dropping on his temporary connection from Grameenphone.
And, it was honouring its commitment to provide free talk time for d...
Ganguly has learnt to live with frequent call disconnections in India, even after changing mobile operators over the past couple of years. He found fewer calls dropping on his temporary connection from Grameenphone.
And, it was honouring its commitment to provide free talk time for d...
Digital Center Entrepreneurs Conference on Nov 11
The “Digital Center Entrepreneurs Conference-2014” will be held on 11 November at the National Parade Ground to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the establishment of Digital Centers in all the Union Parishads of the country.
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From left) Mr. Kabir Bin Anwar DG (Admin), PMO and PD of a2i and Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP, State Minister of Information and Communication Technology Division were present at the press conference held at Prime Minister’s Office yesterday.[/caption]
A press...
From left) Mr. Kabir Bin Anwar DG (Admin), PMO and PD of a2i and Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP, State Minister of Information and Communication Technology Division were present at the press conference held at Prime Minister’s Office yesterday.[/caption]
A press...
Agri Tech Fair at ACI Center in city
ACI Agribusiness arranged an Agri Tech Fair in ACI Center on Tuesday, focusing manifestation of high quality Agriculture ingredients and supreme Technology.
A typical Bangladeshi village, a village fair with modern farming ingredients and modern farming machineries were demonstrated in the fair. Focusing Agro-Infrastructure development through providing complete solution to farming and continuous development of farming elements through genetic and supreme engineering research, ACI Agribusinesses is the largest integrator in the agricu...
A typical Bangladeshi village, a village fair with modern farming ingredients and modern farming machineries were demonstrated in the fair. Focusing Agro-Infrastructure development through providing complete solution to farming and continuous development of farming elements through genetic and supreme engineering research, ACI Agribusinesses is the largest integrator in the agricu...
Govt to create cartel of IGW operators
The government plans to create a cartel of international gateway (IGW) operators, in an attempt to allow a handful of companies to form a 2-tier clearing exchange for gaining control over the pricing of international incoming call termination, The Dhaka Tribune reports. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has already formed a panel to that effect, comprising 7 of the 23 active IGW operators.
The IGW Operators Forum (IOF), which currently includes 18 operators, has also been working to implement the 2-tier system that would eliminat...
The IGW Operators Forum (IOF), which currently includes 18 operators, has also been working to implement the 2-tier system that would eliminat...
Internet, mobile, PSTN users rise in August
Bangladesh ended August with 40.83 million internet subscribers, compared with 39.35 million at the end of July. The mobile internet base reached 39.32 million, up from 37.84 million in July, according to figures from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
The number of fixed-line internet users totaled 1.23 million in August, almost flat compared with the previous month, while the number of Wimax subscribers amounted to 271,831 by end-August, compared with 276,046 at end-July.
The cou...
The number of fixed-line internet users totaled 1.23 million in August, almost flat compared with the previous month, while the number of Wimax subscribers amounted to 271,831 by end-August, compared with 276,046 at end-July.
The cou...
