Bangladesh will start issuing licences for Call Center in April
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Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will start issuing licences for call centres in April, the commission's chairman said on March 19. The proposals came at the ''Public Hearing on Call Centre Licensing'' organised by the Commission at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre Wednesday morning.
As a follow-up to Public Consultation on the Proposed Licensing Guidelines for Call Centre, BTRC invited the general public and call-center enthusiasts to attend the public hearing where the proposed Licensing Guidelines, and terms and conditions were discussed openly.
"We will publish the guidelines for call centres next week and start receiving applications from the first week of April," said BTRC chairman Major General (Retd) Manjurul Alam. "There is no category for getting the call-centre license. Any good citizen having trade license can apply for the license," BTRC chairman Alam told journalists at the break of the daylong public hearing.
BTRC would provide the license as long as there would be the market demand, he said, adding that there is no condition for getting the license at this moment. Anyone could get the license at a cost of Tk 5,000 for five years, which was proposed Tk 50,000 earlier, and no renewal fee for the license.
"The advertisement for applying for the license will be circulated on the BTRC website from the first week of April and also go on television and radio. Meanwhile, we''ll revise the proposed licensing guidelines for call centre based on the suggestions of the public hearing," Alam said.
According to the guidelines, call centres in Dhaka and Chittagong will get revenue-sharing holiday for a period of three years and, for other parts of the country, the holiday period will be for five years. On completion of the holiday period, the licence holders will have to share 0.5 per cent revenues with the BTRC every year.
BTRC said the licence fees for five years will be taka five thousand and there will be no renewal charge. Maximum 40 per cent foreign investment (FI) will be allowed for hosted call centre service providers, BTRC officials said at the public hearing.
They further said in the first year of its operation, a centre will be free to employ as many as foreign employees it needed, but thereafter the number of foreign employees in a call centre or hosted call centre service provider must not constitute more than 10 per cent of its total manpower.
There will be two types of call centre licences—licence for domestic call centre services and licence for international call centre services.
The licences will be in three categories for both national and international services, such as hosted call centre services provider, hosted call centre licence and call centre licence.
Up to 40 percent foreign investment will be allowed to set up a hosted call centre services provider but 25 percent for others.
As the BTRC is proposing for the entrepreneurs to use IPLC (International Private Leased Circuit) for operating the call centres initially, the participants of the public hearing found it much expensive and asked the BTRC to look into the matter.
Responding to the remarks, chairman Alam said the BTTB has discounted 25 percent bandwidth charge for IPLC to facilitate the promising call centre industry.
"If needed, the BTRC will request the BTTB to reduce it more," he said, adding that the BTTB would also be requested to reduce the license fee of VSAT, as the call-centre entrepreneurs would also need it.
To facilitate the industry, the BTRC is to take step for establishing a second submarine cable at the end of this month, Alam said, expecting that the submarine cable would start in next one year at the maximum.
Speaking to the journalists, he said the BTRC is planning to arrange a call-centre fair in the country after formally inaugurating the industry on a large scale.
"Organisations concerned and clients will be invited to visit the industry here in the fair, like it was done recently in the Philippines," he said.
A call centre or call center From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_centre
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
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Leading Cross Cultural Virtual Teams (1 PDU) New!
Project Estimating and Scheduling for Utility Companies (1 PDU) New!
PMP® Prep Overview (No Credit)
Managing Multiple Projects Overview (1 PDU)
Project Management Methodology (1 PDU)
Benefits of Becoming a Six Sigma Green Belt (1 PDU)
The Zen of Project Management (1 PDU)
Microsoft® Excel Tips and Tricks (1 PDU)
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®):
An Overview of Purpose and Benefits (1 PDU)
Improving Results with Six Sigma (1 PDU)
Successfully Integrating Project Management and Six Sigma (1 PDU)
Microsoft® Office Project 2007: New Features and Benefits (1 PDU)
The Power of Acknowledgment (1 PDU)
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Saturday, March 08, 2008
Bangladesh adds 2.05 mln mobile phone users in one month
Bangladesh adds 2.05 mln mobile phone users in one month
Bangladesh's six mobile phone carriers added 2.05 million new subscribers in January, 2008, taking the total number of mobile user to 36.42 million in the one of the world's fastest growing mobile market, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission data.
The total number of Mobile Phone Subscribers has reached 36.42 million at the end of January 2008.
You can access full report at the following url:
http://www.groundreport.com/US/Bangladesh-Adds-2-Million-Cell-Phone-Users
Bangladesh's six mobile phone carriers added 2.05 million new subscribers in January, 2008, taking the total number of mobile user to 36.42 million in the one of the world's fastest growing mobile market, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission data.
The total number of Mobile Phone Subscribers has reached 36.42 million at the end of January 2008.
You can access full report at the following url:
http://www.groundreport.com/US/Bangladesh-Adds-2-Million-Cell-Phone-Users
Bangladesh IT Sector Companies in Dhaka Stock Exchange & Performance Evaluation
Only the following companies are listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange
Now it's time to evaluate their performance, in reality out of these seven listed companies only four are active in business by name. Our Bangladeshi ICT Journalists friends should investigate further how these companies are performing since inception, and what type of impact they are creating in Bangladesh IT Sector.
AGNISYSL( Agni Sytems Ltd. )
BDCOM( BDCOM Online Ltd. )
BDONLINE( Bangladesh Online )
DAFODILCOM( Daffodil Computers Ltd. )
INTECH( In Tech Online Ltd. )
ISNLTD( Information Services Network )
RASPITDATA( Raspit Data Management )
Now it's time to evaluate their performance, in reality out of these seven listed companies only four are active in business by name. Our Bangladeshi ICT Journalists friends should investigate further how these companies are performing since inception, and what type of impact they are creating in Bangladesh IT Sector.
AGNISYSL( Agni Sytems Ltd. )
BDCOM( BDCOM Online Ltd. )
BDONLINE( Bangladesh Online )
DAFODILCOM( Daffodil Computers Ltd. )
INTECH( In Tech Online Ltd. )
ISNLTD( Information Services Network )
RASPITDATA( Raspit Data Management )
Friday, February 29, 2008
Cellphone Jammers for Bangladesh Jails
Cellphone Jammers for Bangladesh Jails to stop widespread use by high profile inmates.
Following detection of quite widespread use of mobile phones by prisoners in violation of the jail code, the Bangladesh government decided to install cellphone jammers at all 67 prisons across the country. Recently Jail authority seized a few mobile phones from prisoners, which they had been using while in jail.
One low range cellphone jammer has already been installed at Dhaka Central Jail experimentally about 15 days ago. In the first phase, the jammers will be installed at all 12 central jails, and the rest of the jails will get them gradually.
Recently, newspapers published reports with corroborations from jail authorities that many high profile prisoners, detained in the ongoing anti-graft drive, have been using mobile phones coordinating their political, professional, and other activities outside from jails.The jail authorities already took punitive actions against at least 10 high profile prisoners for using cellphones in prisons violating the jail code.
Imprisoned former ministers Air Vice-marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and Barrister Nazmul Huda, and former state minister Aman Ullah Aman were shifted to Narayanganj Jail punitively for using mobile phones in Dhaka Central Jail.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, political adviser to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, was sent to Sylhet Jail punitively from Kashimpur Jail, and former housing minister Mirza Abbas was sent back to Dhaka Central Jail from Apollo Hospital for same reasons.
The jail authorities also seized mobile phones from possessions of imprisoned former state minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Sigma Huda, wife of Nazmul Huda, Sabera Aman, wife of Aman Ullah Aman, and Khusnud Lobi, wife of former lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi.
The cellphone jammers will be purchased from abroad through tenders.
Following detection of quite widespread use of mobile phones by prisoners in violation of the jail code, the Bangladesh government decided to install cellphone jammers at all 67 prisons across the country. Recently Jail authority seized a few mobile phones from prisoners, which they had been using while in jail.
One low range cellphone jammer has already been installed at Dhaka Central Jail experimentally about 15 days ago. In the first phase, the jammers will be installed at all 12 central jails, and the rest of the jails will get them gradually.
Recently, newspapers published reports with corroborations from jail authorities that many high profile prisoners, detained in the ongoing anti-graft drive, have been using mobile phones coordinating their political, professional, and other activities outside from jails.The jail authorities already took punitive actions against at least 10 high profile prisoners for using cellphones in prisons violating the jail code.
Imprisoned former ministers Air Vice-marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and Barrister Nazmul Huda, and former state minister Aman Ullah Aman were shifted to Narayanganj Jail punitively for using mobile phones in Dhaka Central Jail.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, political adviser to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, was sent to Sylhet Jail punitively from Kashimpur Jail, and former housing minister Mirza Abbas was sent back to Dhaka Central Jail from Apollo Hospital for same reasons.
The jail authorities also seized mobile phones from possessions of imprisoned former state minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Sigma Huda, wife of Nazmul Huda, Sabera Aman, wife of Aman Ullah Aman, and Khusnud Lobi, wife of former lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi.
The cellphone jammers will be purchased from abroad through tenders.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Bangladesh Total Land Phone Subscribers 1.2 mln as of Dec-07
Bangladesh Total Land Phone Subscribers 1.2 mln as of Dec-07
BANGLA IT News:
RanksTel, the largest private PSTN operator in the country with over one lakh subscribers.The officials of the private land phone operators said growth is increasing now. The subscription base of the private land phones reached around near 2 lakh in 2007.
In recent days, the private land phone companies have started growing to challenge the state-run Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) that has over 10 lakh land phone customers across the country.
In the face of the growing competitions, the BTTB reduced phone connection fees twice in the last 18 months.
At present, 5 private companies offer land phone services across the country.
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Bangladesh Total Mobilephone Subscribers 34.37 mln as of Dec-07
BANGLA IT News:
According to the BTRC http://www.btrc.gov.bd, the number of mobile phone subscriber increased by 58 percent to 34.37 million in December 2007 from 21.77 million a year earlier
Total number of mobile phone subscribers of Bangladesh's six network operators has reached 34.37 million at the end of December 2007.
That compares to 33.10 million at the end of November, according to the latest update from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
Bangladesh Total Mobile phone Subscribers as of Dec-07
Grameenphone subscribers 16.48 million
Banglalink subscribers 7.08 million
AKTEL subscribers 6.40 million
Warid Telecom subscribers 2.15 million
CityCell subscribers 1.41 million
Teletalk subscribers 0.85 million
BANGLA IT News:
RanksTel, the largest private PSTN operator in the country with over one lakh subscribers.The officials of the private land phone operators said growth is increasing now. The subscription base of the private land phones reached around near 2 lakh in 2007.
In recent days, the private land phone companies have started growing to challenge the state-run Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) that has over 10 lakh land phone customers across the country.
In the face of the growing competitions, the BTTB reduced phone connection fees twice in the last 18 months.
At present, 5 private companies offer land phone services across the country.
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Bangladesh Total Mobilephone Subscribers 34.37 mln as of Dec-07
BANGLA IT News:
According to the BTRC http://www.btrc.gov.bd, the number of mobile phone subscriber increased by 58 percent to 34.37 million in December 2007 from 21.77 million a year earlier
Total number of mobile phone subscribers of Bangladesh's six network operators has reached 34.37 million at the end of December 2007.
That compares to 33.10 million at the end of November, according to the latest update from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
Bangladesh Total Mobile phone Subscribers as of Dec-07
Grameenphone subscribers 16.48 million
Banglalink subscribers 7.08 million
AKTEL subscribers 6.40 million
Warid Telecom subscribers 2.15 million
CityCell subscribers 1.41 million
Teletalk subscribers 0.85 million
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Bangladesh Total Mobilephone Subscribers 34.37 mln as of Dec-07
Bangladesh Total Mobilephone Subscribers 34.37 mln as of Dec-07
BANGLA IT News:
According to the BTRC http://www.btrc.gov.bd, the number of mobile phone subscriber increased by 58 percent to 34.37 million in December 2007 from 21.77 million a year earlier
Total number of mobile phone subscribers of Bangladesh's six network operators has reached 34.37 million at the end of December 2007.
That compares to 33.10 million at the end of November, according to the latest update from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
Bangladesh Total Mobile phone Subscribers as of Dec-07
Grameenphone subscribers 16.48 million
Banglalink subscribers 7.08 million
AKTEL subscribers 6.40 million
Warid Telecom subscribers 2.15 million
CityCell subscribers 1.41 million
Teletalk subscribers 0.85 million
BANGLA IT News:
According to the BTRC http://www.btrc.gov.bd, the number of mobile phone subscriber increased by 58 percent to 34.37 million in December 2007 from 21.77 million a year earlier
Total number of mobile phone subscribers of Bangladesh's six network operators has reached 34.37 million at the end of December 2007.
That compares to 33.10 million at the end of November, according to the latest update from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
Bangladesh Total Mobile phone Subscribers as of Dec-07
Grameenphone subscribers 16.48 million
Banglalink subscribers 7.08 million
AKTEL subscribers 6.40 million
Warid Telecom subscribers 2.15 million
CityCell subscribers 1.41 million
Teletalk subscribers 0.85 million
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Tiger IT Awarded a follow-on contract for Bangladesh ID & Transparency
Reference:
Transparency for National ID Card Project in Bangladesh & IT Vendor Selection
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangla_ict/message/5058
BIO-key, Tiger IT Awarded a follow-on contract for Bangladesh ID
This solution is being used to prepare voter rolls and issue national ID cards in preparation for Bangladesh's general elections to be held in 2008.
The initial implementation of the solution has successfully registered and issued national ID cards for nearly 5 million people and demonstrated the creation of local voter rolls for the election.
The registration process, which is designed to be convenient for citizens, incorporates a timesaving pre-registration step as well as scheduled appointment times to enroll each citizen's biometric information including photograph, four fingerprints and signature. The biometric enrollment process takes about 5 to 6 minutes per person.
"Tiger IT's implementation of WEB-key(R) performed above expectations. Operating at more than 1 million matches per second on a single processor, it accurately identified duplicate registrations," said Ziaur Rahman, Managing Director of Tiger
IT.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangla_ict/message/5247
Transparency for National ID Card Project in Bangladesh & IT Vendor Selection
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangla_ict/message/5058
BIO-key, Tiger IT Awarded a follow-on contract for Bangladesh ID
This solution is being used to prepare voter rolls and issue national ID cards in preparation for Bangladesh's general elections to be held in 2008.
The initial implementation of the solution has successfully registered and issued national ID cards for nearly 5 million people and demonstrated the creation of local voter rolls for the election.
The registration process, which is designed to be convenient for citizens, incorporates a timesaving pre-registration step as well as scheduled appointment times to enroll each citizen's biometric information including photograph, four fingerprints and signature. The biometric enrollment process takes about 5 to 6 minutes per person.
"Tiger IT's implementation of WEB-key(R) performed above expectations. Operating at more than 1 million matches per second on a single processor, it accurately identified duplicate registrations," said Ziaur Rahman, Managing Director of Tiger
IT.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangla_ict/message/5247
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