Satellite -based Internet service Starlink has begun experimentally commercial journey in the country. This service has been launched in the country from today under the non-GiStationary Orbit policy. The Postal and Telecommunications Department has reported two packages for users. One of these is Starlink Residence and the other is Residence Light. The monthly cost in the residency package is Tk 5,000, the cost of residency lights is 1,220 monthly. However, it will cost Tk 5,000 for Internet setup equipment. There is no data limit here. In a connection you can use up to 5 megabits per second. However the device cannot be transferred.
The Postal and Telecommunications Department says fiber connections have not yet been reached in different parts of Bangladesh. Only 5 percent of the mobile towers have fiber. In this situation, the services of mobile companies are through microwave, which is basically low capability. There are still thousands of mobile towers in Bangladesh, who keep a mobile towers active with a bandwidth of only 5 Mbps for the Internet and that data internet is sold to thousands of customers. In the case of Sterling, only one setup box will solve this problem. That is, an entrepreneur in the village is a setup box of Starlink, which is priced at Tk 5,000, can buy it itself and use it constant and fast internet. Customers can use low lane and high speed Internet. It is noteworthy that the internet used in the Parliament or Advisor's residence or office at the same speed, at the same speed, any customer will be able to use high speed Internet in the remote and remote areas of the country, such as the hill region, hawranchal or forest.
Responding to a question as to how the entrepreneurs can use Starlink to provide internet services, the chief adviser's special assistant Faiz Ahmed Tayyab said, “We have done the rules of NGSO in such a way that Starlink or homogeneous internet access is entrepreneurship.” That is, if an entrepreneur or multiple entrepreneurs set up a fund of Tk 5,000, they will buy an Internet setup box through this fund. By purchasing, they will be able to sell or provide services to this internet in their surrounding stores. The Wi-Fi range is approximately 25 to maximum 5 meters, in this 5 meter zone, there are many shops in the village growth centers in Bangladesh. It is possible to easily buy a person or buy multiple individuals in the form of internet service or it is possible to use it in many ways. No obstacles have been created in the law. Besides, it is possible to use the Internet by sharing Wi-Fi in the city residence. Since Sterling has a built-in router, it is possible to use ISP setup from router to the router.
He also said that we will also try for our microcredit authorities or financial institutions or banks, so that this Starlink entrepreneurs will provide money. Besides, for those who are entrepreneurs for citizen service, we are planning to create financial packages for how Starlink can be easily taken. We are saying that the price of Starlink is a bit high. The monthly cost has been fixed by 3,000 and 3 thousand, we have reduced it with some sterling. But since it can be shared and there is no restriction on sharing and there is no restriction on sale, it is possible to create a successful business model, SME or business model with this Internet. Besides, if someone uses this starlink using it (without mobility and roaming facilities), there is no barrier to the Internet by feeding the Internet. That is, all kinds of legal benefits have been kept in the development of SMEs or entrepreneurs in Bangladesh.
He said, beyond that we are all Professor. I grew up in Muhammad Yunus's 'Phone Lady' concept. Sterling can create a new entrepreneurial genre as 'Wi-Fi Lady' if we want financial institutions in our microcredit or EMI or any MFI or MRA system. If desired, only rural women can buy Starlink with a special loan and give the opportunity to sell Internet services. In addition to the buildings, it is possible to join the process through informal co-waybing business.
Responding to a question as to how tolerable the price of Starlink is for resident customers, he said that a building contains many apartments, condoms, flats, flats using the Internet. They can use this service with a few apartments or floor matches. However, the range is a maximum of 20 meters. All in all, the one -time cost for entrepreneurs and for the general customers is a bit higher, but when it is used on a cooperative basis or sharing, this cost does not seem to be burdened.
