Telecom Minister asked ISPAB to continue its fight to get ITES Accreditation
The Posts and Telecommunications Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar expressed his resentment that ISPAB was not included in ITES despite repeated DO letters. He said that even after the decision taken in the meetings presided over by the Prime Minister, it was not implemented. So he urged the ISPAB President-General Secretary to lobby in all possible ways. ‘I will fight for you’, he said.
The Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar expressed his stand at the opening ceremony of the three-day long workshop organized by ISPAB, which started on Thursday at Sarina Hotel in Banani of the capital.
Addressing the ISP traders, the minister said that the usage of voice is decreasing every day and the usage of data is increasing. We now turn to the data world. Here the leadership is yours. Just as the people are the source of the state, the grassroots customers are your strength. So you have to implement IPv6 to fight for existence. Network security must also be ensured. They should be taught safe and productive use of the Internet.
Mustafa Jabbar said, "You have to learn from your working life, there is no substitute for training to acquire skills." And fixed broadband internet will be needed to overcome the limitations of mobile internet. Therefore, Internet service providers will be the most advanced army of Smart Bangladesh.
ISPAB President Imdadul Haque presided over the event while the Director General of BTRC Brigadier General Ehsanul Kabir, Coordinator of IBPC Md. Abdur Rahim Khan, APNIC Instructor from Australia David Mitchell Palan and APNIC Instructor from Bangladesh Abdul Awal spoke as special guests. ISPAB General Secretary Nazmul Karim Bhuiyan delivered the welcome address.
While speaking as a special guest at the event, Coordinator of IBPC Md. Abdur Rahim Khan commented that the security of individuals, institutions or the state is no longer about weapons; it depends on the security of the network.
He said, ISPAB has given us a good opportunity by being our partner in setting up the lab. Therefore, in the future, I will cooperate as much as possible in the creation of Nix's pop in various departments. Nix will be placed in 3 categories within this year.
The use of Internet in the country is increasing at a rate of 35 percent per year, Director General of BTRC Brigadier General Ehsanul Kabir said that the use of Internet in the country will be 6000 Gbps in 2023. 8,500 Gbps will be required by the year 2025 and 19,000 by the year 2030. You do this bandwidth routing. So hope to continue this type of training to improve their skills.
Commenting that 'Internet is now the sixth basic need', he said that now 10 percent of the country is IPv6. In 2019, the active sharing issue was shelved. That status quo is no longer there. It is being worked on and will be confirmed soon.
The ISPAB President Imdadul Haque, while speaking as the President of the event drawing the attention the telecom minister said, ‘I call on Jabbar Vai and BTRC to provide active sharing opportunities for ISPAs like mobile operators’ and drew the attention of the minister to update the license of small traders.
He further informed that, ISPAB is setting up its own office at 10,000 square feet in Banani. Besides this month, Nix service will be launched in two new categories. Simultaneously, the APNIC trainers Abdul Awal, Nasir Uddin and Dev Palan are training 80 engineers of ISPAB in this three-day workshop.
