0.1m WiFi hot spots soon

The government will instal WiFi facilities in at least 0.1 million public places across the country, State Minister for Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said on Saturday. “WiFi hot spots will be set up at market places, bus and launch terminals and educational institutions all over the country ”, he told a workshop organised by the Information and Communication Technology Department titled “Info Government-3 What we want”, at the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) auditorium in the city. He said government wants to reach the Information and Technology facilities at the grassroots. ICT Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan presided over the programme which was also attended by Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique, according to a news agency.