Citycell eggs students on to participate in ICT
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
FE Report
Citycell has recently participated in a seminar titled 'Prospects and Future of ICT Education in Bangladesh' organised by Southeast University. The seminar was held at the university auditorium in the city, said a press release.
The seminar was opened and chaired by M Shamsher Ali, founder vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University, president of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and vice chancellor of Southeast University.
Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, deputy general manager, Product and Business Development of Citycell, joined the seminar as one of the guest speakers.
He talked about the involvement of young professionals and students in ICT for poverty alleviation.
In this respect, he highlighted the importance of Citycell's high-speed wireless data service 'Zoom' for availing information about 'Location Based Fish Tracking' and 'Location Based Agriculture System'. With Zoom, people can access and browse internet at any time from any place within Citycell's extensive network. Armaan said young people can provide community information to rural people to facilitate their daily activities.
He also focused on the Citycell's Interactive Voice Response System. People can have required 'Location Based Agriculture Information' through dialling some specific numbers (from Citycell phone) with this system.
M Lutfar Rahman, professor, Department of Computer Science of the Dhaka University, and RI Sharif, dean, School of Sciences of Southeast University, also spoke about the nationwide communication network for efficient management information system and application areas of ICT in the country.
Citycell has recently participated in a seminar titled 'Prospects and Future of ICT Education in Bangladesh' organised by Southeast University. The seminar was held at the university auditorium in the city, said a press release.
The seminar was opened and chaired by M Shamsher Ali, founder vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University, president of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and vice chancellor of Southeast University.
Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, deputy general manager, Product and Business Development of Citycell, joined the seminar as one of the guest speakers.
He talked about the involvement of young professionals and students in ICT for poverty alleviation.
In this respect, he highlighted the importance of Citycell's high-speed wireless data service 'Zoom' for availing information about 'Location Based Fish Tracking' and 'Location Based Agriculture System'. With Zoom, people can access and browse internet at any time from any place within Citycell's extensive network. Armaan said young people can provide community information to rural people to facilitate their daily activities.
He also focused on the Citycell's Interactive Voice Response System. People can have required 'Location Based Agriculture Information' through dialling some specific numbers (from Citycell phone) with this system.
M Lutfar Rahman, professor, Department of Computer Science of the Dhaka University, and RI Sharif, dean, School of Sciences of Southeast University, also spoke about the nationwide communication network for efficient management information system and application areas of ICT in the country.