The total loss of telecom and IT sector is worth Tk 18 thousand crores
In the last 10 days, the country’s telecom and IT sector, built on the Internet and the talent of youth, has suffered a loss worth of Tk 18 thousand crore. The government will take the initiative to deal with the risk of employment at below 4 percent interest from the funds of thousands of crores in the fund of Bangladesh Bank to bring back the ‘confidence and trust of the young generation’ by establishing emergency network protocols and adopting business continuity plans so that the internet is never interrupted.
This information was presented in the stakeholder meeting held on Thursday in the conference room of the Posts and Telecommunications Division at the Secretariat on the recent situation in the postal, telecommunication and information technology sectors and ensuring uninterrupted telecom services and cyber security, damage assessment of terrorist attacks and future plans.
Post and Telecommunication Secretary and Submarine Cable Company Chairman Dr. Md. Mushfiqur Rahman presided over the meeting while the State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present as the chief guest. Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) Secretary General Mohammad Zulfikar, BASIS President Russell T Ahmed, ISPAB President Imdadul Haque, e-CAB Senior Vice President Sahab Uddin Shipon and representatives of telecommunication and BFDS sectors participated in the event.
After the meeting, State Minister Palak said, we have come to know that the overall financial loss in the postal, telecommunication and IT sectors is about 18 thousand crore taka. Most of these sectors depend on foreign markets. Along with this infrastructure and business loss, there is a loss of goodwill to foreign customers. We have taken a plan to overcome the financial loss and policy support to overcome this situation. In this, we discussed an Emergency Internet Protocol. According to their demands, I am giving utmost importance to the issues to be done to keep the internet dependent business running from the 7200 Gbps capacity of the submarine cable. I assure to fulfill their application and rational demand.
Palak also said, we want to give incentives for freelancers at the individual level. For this I have made an application to the Ministry of Commerce.
