Business Report :
Bangladesh Submarine Cables, a fiber optic submarine cable telecommunications company and telecommunications service provider has decided to reduce bandwidth prices by 10 percent which is may reduce internet bills at user’s level.
The decision was finalized at a board meeting of the state-owned company yesterday.
The information was disclosed in a press release issued by the Press Wing of the Chief Adviser to the interim government on Sunday.
Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the Chief Adviser on Posts, Telecommunications, and ICT Affairs, said the government is working to make internet access more affordable.
“Reducing wholesale bandwidth prices is one of the key steps. This 10 percent price cut will apply to all bandwidth at the international gateway level,” he said.
Taiyeb added that discussions are underway to provide mobile operators access to Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) facilities, which could reduce transmission costs by up to 39 percent.
DWDM is an optical networking technology that increases the bandwidth of fiber networks by transmitting multiple data streams simultaneously on different light wavelengths through a single fiber.
“We have already consulted with telecom operators. It is expected that they will pass on the benefits to end users by lowering internet prices by up to 10 percent,” Taiyeb said.
