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The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Mustafa Jabbar, informed bdnews24.com of the plans.
“The main challenge for next year is to launch Five-G,” he said. “Although there are plans to launch the technology between 2021 and 2023, we are ready to launch the service any day.”
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Mustafa Jabbar (file photo)
Specifying that the Five-G policy is almost in its final stage, the minister said: “We have prepared the wave that operators will need to launch this service. There are all kinds of preparations for the wave auction.”
Initially, the telecommunications minister thinks that not everyone needs the Five-G service.
“Initially, there are plans to launch this service in the banking, agricultural, business and industrial sectors in 2021.”
After the introduction of 2G mobile phone service in Bangladesh in 1990, 3G came in 2013 during the Awami League rule. Then in 2016, the Four-G service was launched.
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Five-G technology has already been introduced in several countries around the world, including South Korea, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Australia. An important aspect of this technology is the ‘Internet of Things-IoT’, where devices used to communicate from one device to another will also be considered clients.
Not just Five-G, but four mobile operators have been asked to convert their BTS to Forge by next year and the work is expected to be completed in 2021, the minister said.
Stating that work is underway to stop illegal phones in early 2021, the telecommunications minister said: “Regulator BTRC will start rolling out the technology in April to stop illegal and fake mobile phones.” When the technology is introduced, no carrier SIM will work on these phones in the customer’s hands. “
National company Synesis IT signed an agreement with BTRC in December to stop illegal mobile devices and register legal devices. Under the agreement, Synesis must introduce the National Equipment Identity Registry (NEIR) system within 120 business days.
Illegal phones will be shut down soon, the telecommunications minister said.
Mustafa Jabbar said: “If this technology is introduced, it will reduce illegal phones in the country and increase government revenues. Currently, mobile phones are assembled and manufactured in about 9 factories. As a result, the national industry will also develop ”.
The Minister said that the initiative had been taken to amend the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Act 2001. I hope that this work can be completed this year. “
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He said that more emphasis will be placed on implementing existing policies to improve the quality of telecommunications services in 2021. “There is a labor shortage at BTRC,” he said. The hiring process is underway. Initiatives are being taken to decide what is in the regulatory body. “
Initiatives have been taken to connect Bangladesh with a third submarine cable to ensure high-speed internet on demand, as well as to build a strong network supporting ‘Five-G’, the minister said.
He said the goal is to complete the project by June 2024.
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He said that the launch work for Bangabandhu Satellite-2 is ongoing, adding that other processes are underway, including the finalization of what kind of Bangabandhu Satellite-2 will be next April.
SM Farhad, Secretary General of the Association of Mobile Telecommunications Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB), told bdnews24.com that “the telecommunications sector will play a positive role in people and the economy in general in the new year as in years previous “.
Demanding a reduction of the ‘additional tax burden’ on the sector, he said: “We expect the government and policy makers to reduce the additional tax burden on the sector in the future, considering how the telecommunications sector has supported to people during the difficult times of the coronavirus outbreak. ” . “
According to the outline of the National Telecommunications Policy, the regulator and all government stakeholders will play their part in the implementation of Digital Bangladesh by cooperating with this sector.
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