{"id":80,"date":"2008-09-08T21:05:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T15:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2008-09-08T21:07:15","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T15:07:15","slug":"btrc-drafts-wi-fi-guideline-bdnews24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/2008\/09\/08\/btrc-drafts-wi-fi-guideline-bdnews24\/","title":{"rendered":"BTRC drafts Wi-Fi guideline [bdnews24]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"HEAD02\">Dhaka September 02 (bdnews24.com) \u2013 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BTRC published the draft on Tuesday, giving stakeholders just a week to come up with suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BTRC would like to seek views from the industry and any interested party on the various issues discussed in these Draft Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The stakeholders are requested to send their comments on these Draft Guidelines for use of Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Technology in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Commission is hereby providing guidelines for the approved commercial\/non-commercial use of the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band frequencies in Bangladesh using the Wi-Fi technology in order to ensure rapid expansion of services and accelerated increase in Internet penetration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As per the National Frequency Allocation Plan 2005 (NFAP 2005), spectrum from the ISM band in 2.4000-2.4835 GHz and 5.725-5.875 GHz is allocated for Wi-Fi use.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Access to the spectrum will be on shared basis. There will be no exclusive assignment to any individual or organizations, whether for private, public or commercial use,&#8221; according to the draft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any Government or Private Organization\/Educational Institution\/Corporate Body can establish and use Wi-Fi Network on non commercial\/non-profit basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Household\/private users are not required to take any permission from the Commission or pay any levy\/charge for using Wi-Fi in the given ISM band.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi is permitted in the given spectrum of ISM band. However, the maximum power output for the Wi-Fi equipment is limited to 1 watt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All commercial Wi-Fi Hotspot operators\/service providers shall possess an ISP or equivalent License (e.g., BWA License). Existing operators having such License from the Commission will be eligible to establish Wi-Fi network for providing last mile solution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Operators\/service providers will submit a detailed list of Wi-Fi outdoor Hotspots to the Commission. There will be levy\/charges applicable annually for all hotspots. The levy\/charge shall be charged as per the Rate List published by the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Commission reserves the right to cancel the permission if any complication arises anytime,&#8221; the draft said.<\/p>\n<p>bdnews24.com\/mrf\/2350hrs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka September 02 (bdnews24.com) \u2013 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&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,14,6,1],"tags":[],"how-to":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"how-to","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/how-to?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}