Decision on bandwidth sell-out tomorrow
The government is set to export unutilised bandwidth of Bangladesh's lone submarine cable, as the evaluation committee concerned sits tomorrow to reach a decision on it.
Bandwidth is a measure of available or consumed data communication resources.
Three local and foreign companies have already submitted price offers to Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) to buy such bandwidth.
Mir Telecom and Mango Telecom Service are the two local bidders, while the international company is India's Bharti Airtel.
"The unutilised bandwidth will be sold out, if the evaluation committee is satisfied with the prices offered by the bidders," said an official of the telecom ministry.
The country was linked with submarine cable in 2006 at a cost of $35.1 million. The SMW-4 cable has a capacity to handle 120GB bandwidth, of which Bangladesh currently subscribes 44.70GB. The country uses only 14.60 GB of its capacity domestically.
The BSCCL invited buyers through tenders last month in line with the government's decision to sell unused bandwidth.
Earlier, Singapore-based telecom giant SingTel has pulled back from its bid to use 2.5GB bandwidth from Bangladesh because of what it said a lengthy procurement process.
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