Digital Bangladesh and new generation
The Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN) is one of the new initiatives endorsed by ASEM III (October 2000, Seoul, Korea) to connect research networks between Asia and Europe by linking EU's GEANT, the pan-European gigabit research network, with Asia's research networks such as the APII Testbeds in order to promote information exchanges in research and development and education.
At ASEM III, Korea, the European Commission (EC) and Singapore jointly proposed the TEIN project. ASEM leaders emphasized the need to establish and expand information and research networks between the two regions and among ASEM partners in order to facilitate the flow of knowledge and information as well as research endeavours.
This initiative aims to contribute to enhancing exchanges and cooperation between Asia and Europe through increased and more effective information flows; enhance and diversify research exchanges and cooperation between Asia and Europe; expand and diversify speedier and more powerful telecommunication connections between Asia and Europe.
On 8 December 2009 TEIN 3 will be installed in Vientiane, Laos, and will go online in 2011. Countries like Laos, Malaysia, Philippine und Vietnam will get benefits from it. TEIN 3 has broadband capacity with velocity up to 2,5 Gbit/s.
Everybody who uses Internet in Bangladesh experiences how slow it is. If somebody likes to search something on Google or to download something from Internet or is looking for her/his mail with attachment, she/he has to wait and wait and wait until the line is disconnected or she/he has no patience. If this situation is not changed we will lose a chance to update our knowledge and we will not able to get our share in the international IT business. There is a big potential for Bangladesh to earn million of Dollars through IT sector.
The new government must take the initiative to update our IT system and try to get excess to TEIN 3. It will help to increase Internet connectivity for research, education and business between Europe and Bangladesh via high-speed direct links to GÉANT2 and improve intra-regional connectivity across Asia.
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