Chinese firm looking to set up router factory
The KFL Group of China has shown keen interest in investing about Tk 100 crore to establish a router manufacturing plant in Bangladesh.
A delegation of the Chinese digital technology company expressed their eagerness in this regard during a courtesy meeting with Mustafa Jabbar, the posts and telecommunications minister, at the secretariat in Dhaka yesterday.
"They want to start manufacturing in three months. But I think it would take a few months more as they have to build the facility first," Jabbar told The Daily Star.
"Still, this is a very positive news for the country as we want to accelerate the policy of 'made in Bangladesh'," he added.
According to him, the router will be of IPv6 version and can connect to the internet from broadband and mobile connections.
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the latest version of the Internet Protocol, designed to succeed IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4).
IPv6 was developed to address the limitations of IPv4, primarily the exhaustion of available IPv4 addresses due to the rapid growth of the internet and increasing number of connected devices.
However, Jabbar emphasised the importance of manufacturing high-quality and cost-effective routers in the country.
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