4G within current govt tenure:Joy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday said the 4G (fourth generation) telecommunications technology will be implemented within the tenure of the present government. “We had implemented the 3G in our previous term. In the present tenure, we’ll implement the 4G,” he said. Joy, the only son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said this while addressing a views-exchange meeting on Digital Bangladesh jointly organised by ICT division and Access to Information (A2i) of Prime Minister’s office held at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) Auditorium in the city. Entrepreneurs of Union Information Service Centre (UISC), BCC assistant programmers, freelancers and field-level government officials took part in the programme. Joy said, “If any mobile operator wants, it can introduce 4G now by taking permission. WiMax service providers are now being given permissions for the 4G.” He went on saying, “Only five and a half years ago Digital Bangladesh was a dream. Some people four years ago had teased us about Digital Bangladesh. Today, nobody taunts us as everyone is benefited with it," according to UNB.