The commissioning of the new submarine cable is a landmark in the country’s telecommunications and information communication technology sectors as it will tremendously enhance the performance and capacity in this field.
Mit den Worten "Heute beginnen wir eine neue Reise, denn Bangladesch fährt auf den Informations-Superhighway" eröffnete Premierminister Khaleda Zia die neue Glasfaserleitung.
Das Glas-Backbone mit einer Datentransferrate von zehn Gigabit/s erstreckt sich innerhalb von Bangladesch über 1.265 Kilometer. Bis jetzt waren die 155 Mbit/s des staatlichen "Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board" das höchste der Gefühle, ebenso viel schneller angebunden ist man nun international.
As you may know, the Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006, sponsored by the World Economic Forum has been released. According to the report, Bangladesh is marginally improved but going backwards in terms of its ICT development. The report uses the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), covering total of 115 economies during the year 2005, to measure the degree of preparation of a nation or community to participate in and benefit from ICT developments.
"I believe e-governance will eventually help eliminate corruption, which has become the number one problem today and the government has failed to contain it."
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