Summit to establish 100km optical fiber cable
Thursday, 15 July 2010
FE Report
Summit Communications Limited (SCL), a Nationwide Tclecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN), Wednesday disclosed that it will establish a 100km underground optical fiber cable network in the capital for providing nationwide transmission service.
Under the agreement, the SCL will lease the I 00km optical fiber network to 12 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) throughout the next three years. The SCL to this effect signed an agreement with 12 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) at a city hotel.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SCL Arif Al Islam and authorized personnel of respective ISPs signed the agreement. President of ISP Association of Bangladesh Aktaruzzarnan Monju spoke on the occasion as the chief guest.
On the occasion, Aktaruzzaman said the initiative would help eliminate hazardous overhead cables in he capital and would create opportunity for telecommunication industry to use the network and expand Internet facilities throughout Bangladesh including rural areas stretching to the villages.
The construction of fiber optics network and its expansion with Internet facilities will work as a one of the foundation of digital Bangladesh, they hoped.
"This will greatly support ICT and Telecom sector complying present government's plan to make 'Overhead Cable Free' Dhaka City and to establish digital Bangladesh with the harmony of providing quality and cheaper telecommunication technological access to mass population," said Arif Al Islam.
He said that utilization of underground fiber optics network would provide a fresh momentum to the development of telecommunication and ICT sector in terms of providing unlimited capacity in bandwidth and ensure security of connectivity.
"We have also a plan to encompass the entire country," he said adding that "in context of upcoming 3G technological developments, requirement of bandwidth will grow exponentially and fibre optic will be the solution for transmission backbone of telecommunications operators.
The SCL also plans to provide quality telecommunication transmission service to all telecommunication operators including ANS operators, Internet Service Providers, IGW, 1CX, IIG and other license holders issued by BTRC.
The SCL got license from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in December last year.
Summit Communications Limited (SCL), a Nationwide Tclecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN), Wednesday disclosed that it will establish a 100km underground optical fiber cable network in the capital for providing nationwide transmission service.
Under the agreement, the SCL will lease the I 00km optical fiber network to 12 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) throughout the next three years. The SCL to this effect signed an agreement with 12 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) at a city hotel.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SCL Arif Al Islam and authorized personnel of respective ISPs signed the agreement. President of ISP Association of Bangladesh Aktaruzzarnan Monju spoke on the occasion as the chief guest.
On the occasion, Aktaruzzaman said the initiative would help eliminate hazardous overhead cables in he capital and would create opportunity for telecommunication industry to use the network and expand Internet facilities throughout Bangladesh including rural areas stretching to the villages.
The construction of fiber optics network and its expansion with Internet facilities will work as a one of the foundation of digital Bangladesh, they hoped.
"This will greatly support ICT and Telecom sector complying present government's plan to make 'Overhead Cable Free' Dhaka City and to establish digital Bangladesh with the harmony of providing quality and cheaper telecommunication technological access to mass population," said Arif Al Islam.
He said that utilization of underground fiber optics network would provide a fresh momentum to the development of telecommunication and ICT sector in terms of providing unlimited capacity in bandwidth and ensure security of connectivity.
"We have also a plan to encompass the entire country," he said adding that "in context of upcoming 3G technological developments, requirement of bandwidth will grow exponentially and fibre optic will be the solution for transmission backbone of telecommunications operators.
The SCL also plans to provide quality telecommunication transmission service to all telecommunication operators including ANS operators, Internet Service Providers, IGW, 1CX, IIG and other license holders issued by BTRC.
The SCL got license from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in December last year.