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Foundation for Indo-Bangla telecom link laid in Tripura

In an effort to create a hassle-free and potent internet link for the northeastern states, union Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday laid the foundation stone here for an international internet gateway through Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Agartala, Tripura’s capital city, would be the third international internet gateway in India after Mumbai and Chennai. indo-bd telecom link“After the establishment of the optical fibre cable (OFC) link between Akhaura (along Agartala) and Cox’s Bazar, there would not...

India to get high-speed internet from Bangladesh

North eastern states of India will be soon get high-speed uninterrupted Internet connectivity through an international gateway from Bangladesh connecting north eastern region via Cox Bazar. internetCommunications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will lay the foundation stone on Saturday in Agartala for the installing the cable from Indian side that will connect with the international gateway—a cable connection to transfer voice and data and connect internet services. The telecom connectivity in North East is frequently disturbed due to fragile telecom ...

SK C&C completes construction of backbone networks

SK C&C unveiled on July 6 that it has successfully completed a project to establish Bangladesh’s national backbone network system, called an “Expressway for Informatization.” For two years and seven months since 2012, the company has implemented the project to connect 368 websites of the central government and public organizations through a single backbone network and control fiber-optic cable networks, transmission networks, and Internet networks across the country. Lee Soo-youngThe 32 billion won (US$29 million) project has now enab...

Indian BSNL announces telecom link with BD soon

Weeks after signing of an agreement by New Delhi and Dhaka on telecommunication links, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Saturday announced that work will start this week to operationalise the system. “Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to start work next week to link Akhaura with International Gateway for Internet Service (IGIS) at Cox’s Bazar (in southeast Bangladesh),” BSNL’s chief general manager (NE one circle) D. P. Singh told reporters on Saturday. telecomIn the presence of visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendr...

Internet connectivity to Tripura from Bangladesh

Tripura will be gateway for reliable and super-fast Internet facility as Bangladesh government has agreed to allow India to use unspent bandwidth in the neighbouring country’s Cox Bazar, a BSNL official said today. “An agreement of using unspent bandwidth available at Bangladesh’s Cox Bazar has been signed internetrecently. The BSNL has taken initiative to implement the ambitious plan at the earliest,” Chief General Manager (NE-circle) of BSNL, D P Singh said. As per the agreement, Bangladesh government would allow the BSNL to use 10 GB Internet co...