The Commerce Secretary Officially Inaugurated the ISPAB Lab
The Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) has set up specialized labs at Dhanmondi and Mohakhali with the support of IBPC, Ministry of Commerce, with the aim of training and developing skills of Internet service providers and strengthening online security. Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh officially inaugurated this lab at Hotel Intercontinental on Saturday night.
The ISPAB President Emdadul Hoque presided over the ceremony while the ISPAB General Secretary Nazmul Karim Bhuiyan delivered the welcome speech. Coordinator of IBPC Md. Abdur Rahim Khan was also present among others. BdNOG er Secratery Barkatul Alam Biplob and Joint Secretary General of ISPAB Abdul Qayyum Rashed and Anwar Hossain, director Sakif Ahmed, AM Kamaluddin Ahmed Salim, Fuad Muhammad Sharfuddin and Md. Nasiruddin were present among others.
On the occasion of the 39th conference of South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG) and 16th conference of Bangladesh Network Operators Group (bdNOG), the commerce secretary handed over certificates to the trainees after the 4-day long technical trainings.
While speaking as the Chief Guest, Mr. Tapan Kanti Ghosh said that, ‘The population of Bangladesh is 170 million. In many countries of the world, development is hindered by the lack of people. Actually man is the source of all energy. Therefore, a country can progress only if people can be developed and made functional. In the countries of the world, the people of Bangladesh do the most difficult work but earn less. I am very happy that ISPAB is upskilling the staff through training. 2700 members of this organization are therefore a huge force. If you work like this without looking at anyone, we will help you as much as possible’.
Emdadul Hoque, while speaking as the president, said that about 90 Gbps traffic is now going through ISPAB Nix. He said, hopefully, in the next six months, we will become the top local Nix in the country. We want our cache servers to be on these Nix. Then national security will be intact. As a result, the country's money will remain inside the country. New employment will be created. We seek the help of Ministry of Commerce to set up Nix in Chittagong, Khulna and other divisions as well.
Meanwhile, three categories of international trainer Terry Sweetser (APNIC), Abdullah Al Nasser (APNIC), Md Zobair Khan, (APNIC), Warren Finch (APNIC), Shamim Reza, (APNIC), Suman Kumar Saha (ADN Telecom), Anurag Bhatia (Hurricane Electric), Rupesh Basnet (OM Networks) and Shayla Sharmin (Prime Bank) were present.
