Local cell phone sets to hit market soon
Sunday, 6 September 2009
The first locally-manufactured mobile phone sets are set to hit the market by next January, while the Bangladeshi made digital land phones will be available this month, an official said Wednesday, bdnews24.com reports.
Telephone Shilpa Sangsta, a state-owned company under the telecommunications ministry, will manufacture and market mobile-phone sets at prices between Tk 1,500 and Tk 10,000, the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on post and telecommunications told reporters at the parliament media centre.
"The committee also recommended that the ministry prepare a master plan to enable Khulna Cable Shilpa Sangstha to release fibre optic cables to the market by December 2010 at a reasonable price," said Hasanul Huq Inu MP, the head of the committee.
He said other plans included reaching low-cost laptop computers and solar panels to the public, particularly to students and the rural population.
Inu said the technology to manufacture laptops, however, would come from abroad.
"It will be possible to market digital land sets for Tk 500-600," he said.
Inu said the production-oriented plan would breathe life into the moribund state-owned telecom entity.
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) and other government entities including Teletalk have been directed to have their goods manufactured in domestic factories, he said.
"These measures should make it possible to meet 25 per cent of local demand in the sector and to earn foreign exchange," said Inu.
Telephone Shilpa Sangsta, a state-owned company under the telecommunications ministry, will manufacture and market mobile-phone sets at prices between Tk 1,500 and Tk 10,000, the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on post and telecommunications told reporters at the parliament media centre.
"The committee also recommended that the ministry prepare a master plan to enable Khulna Cable Shilpa Sangstha to release fibre optic cables to the market by December 2010 at a reasonable price," said Hasanul Huq Inu MP, the head of the committee.
He said other plans included reaching low-cost laptop computers and solar panels to the public, particularly to students and the rural population.
Inu said the technology to manufacture laptops, however, would come from abroad.
"It will be possible to market digital land sets for Tk 500-600," he said.
Inu said the production-oriented plan would breathe life into the moribund state-owned telecom entity.
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) and other government entities including Teletalk have been directed to have their goods manufactured in domestic factories, he said.
"These measures should make it possible to meet 25 per cent of local demand in the sector and to earn foreign exchange," said Inu.