ISPAB Digital March 2009>>

PR Log (Press Release) – May 23, 2009 – ISPAB
Digital March 2009>>
Internet makes everything better..

History of Internet in Bangladesh

From the 1996 the VSAT base data circuit was commissioned for the first time at the inspiration of private organization in the country. Upon VSAT commissioning, internet connectivity was established & its services were made available to the public. After internet was launched, the June 1996 National polls results were made available to the net of the world using World Wide Web. This was the first ever usage event of its kind in Bangladesh. The effort was appreciated in many corners especially among the Bangladeshis living abroad. Later many popular events were put on the web servers to make these available on the Internet. Couple of these included 'cyclone warning' and 'disaster information', cricket match, a wide variety of business information, local educational programmes, entertainment and many more.

After the introduction of Internet, the use of email increased exponentially owing to point to point direct transmission. Prior to it dial-up links were used to communicate to an overseas e-mail server using international phone calls. The uploading & downloading
of mails took place using UUCPs (Unix-to-Unix copy).

Use of chat and introduction of usenet news were also a significant addition to the local users of the net. Now with on-line services all other usage and services of the Internet are available to the end users of the internet in Bangladesh too.



Growth of Local Internet
The mid 1996 introduction of Internet did not instantly create a market. At the end of year, there were only two ISPs in the country and the numbers of users were close to one thousand only. The year 1997 recorded a tremendous growth. The total numbers of ISPs were more than a dozen and the clientele growth was ten times higher than that of the previous year. Afterwards, a few new ISPs started their venture recording a proportionate growth in number of users. As of now the total number of ISPs in the country is approximately 100+ and there are approximately 30 lac users connected to them. In last couple of years, some wide variety of Internet services popularly known as value added services, were introduced. These include Internet fax & internet telephony services.
But the current number of user is not the optimal level. There are some reason why the Internet user is less in number that are,
•   Education system of Bangladesh
•   Electricity problem
•   Insufficient Backbone network
•   Economic problem
•   Lacking of Government Initiative
•   Poor knowledge about Computers
•   Lack of English language

Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared to build Digital Bangladesh by 2021. Now is the time for building Digital Bangladesh. The aim of ISPAB is to developed villages through Information Technology especially school and colleges.  For that reason ISPAB, bpc and BTRC organized an event “ISPAB Digital March 2009”.

The “ISPAB Digital March 2009” will be start on 13th May at 8.30 am from the BTRC’s office. Brig Gen Zia Ahmed, psc (Retd.) Chairman Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission inaugurated the event. The schedules of the “ISPAB Digital March 2009” are follows-

•   13th May at 3.00 pm ISPAB awareness program at Comilla Zila School.
•    14th May Chandpur Club Auditorium
•   16th May Chittagong Muslim Education Society High School
•   17-18th May Chittagong Engineering Institute- world telecommunication day fair 2009.


Organized by: ISPAB, BTRC, bpc

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