CTO forum starts in city today

The Commonwealth Telecommuni-cations Organization (CTO) Council Meeting, and ICT and Telecommuni-cations Forum begins in the capital today (Monday) with the theme "Towards a Digital Commonwealth".

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar is scheduled to inaugurate the 59th edition of the CTO council meeting and annual forum at Hotel InterContinental, said a press release on Sunday, reports BSS.

Dhaka is going to host the highest event of the CTO for the second time where 250-300 delegates from different commonwealth countries including telecommunication and information technology ministers, high officials of government, regulatory body chiefs, representatives of private organisations and telecom and ICT experts are expected to participate.

The CTO forum is a very important and highest policy formulating platform for the government, regulators and stakeholders especially for different operators in the Commonwealth Countries.

This edition of the CTO forum would focus on broadband connectivity for digital transformation, nature of global service fund, over the top, spectrum neutrality and its impact, cyber security, data protection policy, block chain and global facilities, spectrum management, young generation in information technology and few other issues.

In the opening ceremony, CTO Chairman Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum and International Telecommunication Union Deputy Secretary General Malcom Johnson would deliver goodwill message while BTRC Chairman Md Jahurul Haque would give opening remarks.