BTRC to review revenue from ICT equipment, services
Bangladesh Telecommuni-cations Regulatory Commssion (BTRC) Chairman Brig Gen (Retd) Zia Ahmed yesterday said BTRC is putting emphasis on reviewing revenue from the ICT equipment and services to make them affordable for people from all classes of society.
“We have already proposed to reduce internet users' VAT from 15 percent to zero percent to increase users and disseminate information and communication technology (ICT) among the mass people, he said.
Zia was addressing a press conference at Chittagong Circuit House to brief the two-day programme beginning tomorrow to mark the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)-2009.
The event with the slogan 'Protecting children in cyberspace' will be celebrated this year in Chittagong instead of the capital to popularise the concept, create awareness and ensure participation of the youths.
Zia said they are determined to increase internet connectivity and fibre network in the remote areas of the country since the country will be covered with WiMAX and 3G technologies soon.
He said parents would have to play a vital role in protecting their children from unfair use of the net and ICT access of the children is a must since it is a right now.
He said BTRC has chalked out the programmes at Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) Chittagong centre to mark the day targeting the vision 2021 to materialise the dream of building 'digital Bangladesh'.
There will be 20 stalls at the venue where the programmes like ICT-based exhibition, ICT classes, seminar and online competitions will be held, he added.
BTRC Vice Chairman Hasan Mahmood Delwar and Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Farid Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury were present at the press conference.
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