Bangladeshi government Tuesday 10 august 2011 decided to give 3G (third generation) internet service license through open auction for the development of telecom sector using the latest internet service. The decision was taken at a high-profile meeting convened to review the fees and charges related to the telecommunication at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Tuesday morning.
The 3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunications services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) specifications by the International Telecommunication Union.
The meeting also decided to give license of Voice of Internet Protocol (VoIP), PM’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told journalists after the meeting. At the meeting, he said, a decision was also taken to plan a guideline for the mobile phone operators. It also fixed the social obligation fee of the telecom companies at one percent and discussed the regeneration fee of the mobile phone operators.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Post and Telecommunications Minister Raziuddin Ahmed Razu, PM`s Advisers Dr Moshiur Rahman and Dr Gowher Rizvi, State Minister for Science and ICT Architect Yeafesh Osman and BTRC Chairman Zia Ahmed, among others, attended the meeting.
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