The government has planned to establish one lakh Wi-Fi hotspots in different rural areas to provide people internet connectivity free of cost with an aim to diminish the information and communication gap between city and rural areas.
The establishment of the service would be focused especially at market places and other developing areas, according to a high official of Information and Communication Technology ministry.
Md Nazrul Islam Khan, secretary of ICT ministry, yesterday told the Dhaka Tribune: “We are planning to expand our ICT development work to the remotest areas in the country and provide free internet to people who cannot afford the service.”
He said they would establish the infrastructure gradually and try to provide all kinds of technical support from the rural areas.
About the initiative, Nazrul Islam said: “Through this process we can reduce the ‘digital divide’ between the city and rural areas.”
According to sources, the ICT ministry is currently planning the project and would establish it within the next fiscal.
Nazrul also said the cost of the project could not be estimated yet but estimations would be completed before pre-budget meetings.
He said he was optimistic about the project and hoped that the facilities would create employment in the rural areas as well reduce unnecessary hazards.
The ICT official said the government has already established more than five thousands Union Information Centres, adding that “We will create new centres at haats and bazars.”
The ICT ministry is currently working on a project of apps development which it expects will enable people to use modern services more easily.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Muhammad Zahidul Islam
Quelle/Source: Dhaka Tribune, 11.01.2014
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