Bangla Lion Communications, Brac BDmail Network Ltd and Augere Wireless Broadband Limited Bangladesh - won Licenses to operate as WiMAX operators in Bangladesh. These 3 companies won in the auction for a record breaking 31 million dollar or 215 crore taka. The previous record for WiMAX license fee was in Singapore (18 million Dollar). Nine…
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What the hell is going on?
Yesterday, after attending the class I was going to a shopping mall. On my way I stopped at a fast food shop near Gulshan circle-1 along with my friends. I parked the car just infront of us- infront of the fast food shop too. After having our meal I started my car and when I…
Continue readingBTRC drafts Wi-Fi guideline [bdnews24]
Dhaka September 02 (bdnews24.com) – Telecoms regulators have published a draft guideline for use of Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology that they believe will quicken the pace of internet penetration in Bangladesh. BTRC published the draft on Tuesday, giving stakeholders just a week to come up with suggestions. "BTRC would like to seek views from the…
Continue readingCox’s Bazar and Sundarbans are out of the N7W selection once again
I believe u've already come to know about the fact that Cox'Bazar and Sundarbans are out of the voting of New Natural 7 Wonders of the World once again. This time it is because of the over enthusiasm. I know everybody in this campaign are trying their best but in this process some of them…
Continue readingHosting websites at Local webservers (Part 2) – The reality…
It was what I was fearing of... 2/3 days ago the SEA-ME-WE4 (submarine cable) link went down. And I found that I couldn't reach the sites which were hosted in local webservers (eg. btcl.gov.bd). I really don't have a good concept of how these routing take place, but I think it is because of the…
Continue readingHosting websites at Local webservers.
Most of the Bangladeshi website are hosted either at USA or at UK servers. There are many reasons for that. Those web servers are secured, fast, reliable and can handle much traffic and process load. Besides, those are powered by high speed internet connection yet at lower price than anywhere else. Those hosting service providers…
Continue readingBangladesh landmass ‘is growing’
By Mark Dummett BBC News, Dhaka New research shows Bangladesh may not be as vulnerable to rising sea levels caused by climate change as previously feared, scientists in Dhaka say. They say satellite images show the country's landmass is actually growing because of sediment dumped by rivers. A report by UN scientists has projected that…
Continue readingCox’s Bazar – A place, I’ll always like to travel to
3G to be tested experimentally by Ericsson in August
Ericsson will conduct a trial run of 3G for the first time in Bangladesh in the beginning of August. 2 hot spots in Dhaka has been chosen for this trial run. All necessary equipments have already arrived in Dhaka. In a press conference on last Tuesday the Ericsson authority has demonstrated a blink of 3G…
Continue readingShould Bangladesh provide the TRANSIT facility to India?
I can remember the topic became a burning issue during the reign of Awami League Government. It is believed that India has always had a soft corner and better relation with Awami League. That's why there was a pressure from the Indian side upon the Awami League Government to allow India the transit facility. Thanks…
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