Bright prospect to tap overseas job market
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
FE Report
Introduction of 3G (Third Generation) technology would create a large job market for Bangladeshi talented youths, said a senior official of a leading European telecom vendor Monday. "Bangladesh can look for managing Network Monitoring Centers (NMC) of overseas telecom operators but it only requires uninterrupted power supply and steady high-speed Internet connection," said Per-Henrik Nielsen, Managing Director of Ericsson Bangladesh Limited. "One-third of the country's 160 million population is less than 30 year old. This segment of population can help the government achieve its Digital Bangladesh vision," he added. He said Bangladesh got huge talented youth population capable of managing networks of overseas operators, who are willing to outsource this kind of 24/7 jobs to a secure and cheaper market like Bangladesh. "It will started to happen as soon as the country is ready with 3G/HSPA (High Speed Packet Data) access and I believe this will happen by Q1 or Q2 next year," Nielsen told a selected group of journalists while briefing on "ICT Market & Technology Trends" at a city hotel on the day. He said two major impediments ahead of the country are power shortage and absence of steady and high-speed Internet connection. "Bangladesh is unable to tap the huge potential to earn foreign currency to help boost its economy without having these two key elements," Nielsen added. "There are companies ready to offer hundreds of similar jobs for the talented Bangladeshi youths," he said adding that Ericsson got a plan to set up NMC to offer 500 to 1,000 jobs once the power situation improves. But at the same time the country needs redundancy of its Internet bandwidth, therefore it should look for having terrestrial connectivity and others means to reduce pressure on its lone undersea cable, he added. Nielson also foresees huge potential for the PC as a Service (PCS) which offers a net book with bare-minimum software e.g. only hardware and net connectivity. "People can subscribe a service with minimum possible start-up cost and pay for software when necessary," said Ericsson Bangladesh boss, who joined the office August last year. This service -PCS--now we are talking in Bangladesh is a reality in many countries even in neighboring India where Ericsson collaborating with service providers, Nielson added. Ericsson, the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturer representative, identified power shortage and absence of steady and high-speed internet connection as two major impediments that are holding back the country. "As a result, Bangladesh is failing to tap the huge potential to earn foreign currency to help boost its economy." Continued to page 14
Introduction of 3G (Third Generation) technology would create a large job market for Bangladeshi talented youths, said a senior official of a leading European telecom vendor Monday. "Bangladesh can look for managing Network Monitoring Centers (NMC) of overseas telecom operators but it only requires uninterrupted power supply and steady high-speed Internet connection," said Per-Henrik Nielsen, Managing Director of Ericsson Bangladesh Limited. "One-third of the country's 160 million population is less than 30 year old. This segment of population can help the government achieve its Digital Bangladesh vision," he added. He said Bangladesh got huge talented youth population capable of managing networks of overseas operators, who are willing to outsource this kind of 24/7 jobs to a secure and cheaper market like Bangladesh. "It will started to happen as soon as the country is ready with 3G/HSPA (High Speed Packet Data) access and I believe this will happen by Q1 or Q2 next year," Nielsen told a selected group of journalists while briefing on "ICT Market & Technology Trends" at a city hotel on the day. He said two major impediments ahead of the country are power shortage and absence of steady and high-speed Internet connection. "Bangladesh is unable to tap the huge potential to earn foreign currency to help boost its economy without having these two key elements," Nielsen added. "There are companies ready to offer hundreds of similar jobs for the talented Bangladeshi youths," he said adding that Ericsson got a plan to set up NMC to offer 500 to 1,000 jobs once the power situation improves. But at the same time the country needs redundancy of its Internet bandwidth, therefore it should look for having terrestrial connectivity and others means to reduce pressure on its lone undersea cable, he added. Nielson also foresees huge potential for the PC as a Service (PCS) which offers a net book with bare-minimum software e.g. only hardware and net connectivity. "People can subscribe a service with minimum possible start-up cost and pay for software when necessary," said Ericsson Bangladesh boss, who joined the office August last year. This service -PCS--now we are talking in Bangladesh is a reality in many countries even in neighboring India where Ericsson collaborating with service providers, Nielson added. Ericsson, the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturer representative, identified power shortage and absence of steady and high-speed internet connection as two major impediments that are holding back the country. "As a result, Bangladesh is failing to tap the huge potential to earn foreign currency to help boost its economy." Continued to page 14