Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Major General (retd) Emdadul Bari said that internet prices should be reduced to expand digital services. He said this at a round table discussion on 'Importance of telecommunication network to face future challenges' organized by Telecom and Technology Reporters Network, Bangladesh (TRNB) at a hotel in the capital on Monday.
BTRC chairman said that the price of internet should be the price of water. To expand digital services, the cost of internet must come down. Which BTRC is working on. Stating that no one will be allowed to become a monster in the telecom sector, he said that those who try, will be cut if necessary.
BTRC chairman also said that many powers of BTRC have decreased. It will be restored. Also, more licenses will not be given in the future. Rather work will be done to give sustainable license. We will now move from voice friendly to data friendly.
He said, the mobile operators want to give all the towers to the companies. Again, if the operators want to take fiber services at an affordable price, they should also take care of that.
Rashed Mehdi, former president of TRNB, presented a keynote speech on the topic of 'Importance of telecommunication network to meet the future challenges' in the meeting. He said that until 2024, the transmission network has gone up to 1 lakh 71 thousand 106 km in the whole country.
As a result of this network, all internet based services have spread up to the union level of the country. General Secretary Masuduzzaman Robin gave a welcome speech under the chairmanship of Samir Kumar, president of the organization.
Moinul Haque Siddiqui, Chairman of Fiber at Home, Farrukh Imtiaz, Chief Network Architect of Summit Communication Limited, Nurul Mabud Chowdhury, Acting Managing Director of Teletalk, Dhaka University Professor Dr. Mosaddek Hossain Kamal, MTB Secretary General Mohammad Zulfikar, BRAC University School of Law teacher Saimum Reza Talukder, Robi Aziat Chief Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Officer Sahedul Alam, Banglalink Chief Corporate and Regulatory Officer Taimur Rahman, ISPAB President Imdadul Haque and others.
