US company offers launching IT, broadcasting satellite for Bangladesh
Monday, 23 June 2008
A US company, 'New Skies' has offered Bangladesh to carry out all of its work to launch its own IT and broadcasting satellite at a cost of 100 million dollars, highly placed sources said, reports BSS.
A senior consultant of the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) of USA, Harun Rashid Khan is coming to Dhaka early next month. He will place a paper on the technical aspect and facilities on usage of a satellite, the sources said.
Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Major General (retd) Manjurul Alam, is going to visit Vietnam to gather experience on launching of satellites on July 2 to July 4. He will also visit the headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at Geneva to settle problems on frequency.
Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser on post and telecommunications ministry Brigadier General (retd) MA Malek told BSS that initiative on launching a satellite should have been taken much earlier. The American company, New Skies has already offered launching a Satellite at a cost of 100 million dollar.
He said a representative of the company met him Sunday at the Secretariat and placed the offer. Malek advised him to meet the chairman of the BTRC.
A senior expert from NASA is coming to Bangladesh next month who will advice Bangladesh on the Satellites, he added. Malek said small countries like Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam have also launched satellites at their own initiatives. Bangladesh has taken no initiatives in this regard. But ITU have already provided 'orbital allocation.' The chairman of BTRC is going to Geneva to resolve problems on frequency, he added.
The special adviser said since Bangladesh have no satellite of its own it has been forced to spend its hard earned foreign exchange on satellite rentals to maintain internal and international communications and broadcasting services.
Bangladesh would not only save foreign currencies but also get high quality services on technical side.
A senior consultant of the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) of USA, Harun Rashid Khan is coming to Dhaka early next month. He will place a paper on the technical aspect and facilities on usage of a satellite, the sources said.
Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Major General (retd) Manjurul Alam, is going to visit Vietnam to gather experience on launching of satellites on July 2 to July 4. He will also visit the headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at Geneva to settle problems on frequency.
Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser on post and telecommunications ministry Brigadier General (retd) MA Malek told BSS that initiative on launching a satellite should have been taken much earlier. The American company, New Skies has already offered launching a Satellite at a cost of 100 million dollar.
He said a representative of the company met him Sunday at the Secretariat and placed the offer. Malek advised him to meet the chairman of the BTRC.
A senior expert from NASA is coming to Bangladesh next month who will advice Bangladesh on the Satellites, he added. Malek said small countries like Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam have also launched satellites at their own initiatives. Bangladesh has taken no initiatives in this regard. But ITU have already provided 'orbital allocation.' The chairman of BTRC is going to Geneva to resolve problems on frequency, he added.
The special adviser said since Bangladesh have no satellite of its own it has been forced to spend its hard earned foreign exchange on satellite rentals to maintain internal and international communications and broadcasting services.
Bangladesh would not only save foreign currencies but also get high quality services on technical side.