Bangladesh is set to start transmission of bandwidth export formally to India next week this month in line with a bilateral deal struck earlier this year, which would pave the way to the country to earn over Tk 90 million annually, said officials.
“The formal export of the bandwidth will begin in any day of the next week to Tripura through the northeastern Akhaura-Agartala frontier,” said Monwar Hossain, managing director of state-run Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), on Monday.
“Both the countries are waiting for the schedules of the concern ministers of two sides after getting time from the ministers, we will go for the formal start immediately,” he added.
BSCCL officials earlier said the two neighbours set up structural links for bandwidth transmission on November 16 connecting BTCL’s optical fibre at zero point on the border.
But the trial transmission was delayed as India could not complete technical preparations to receive the bandwidth, they said. BSCCL is now transmitting 200 mbps bandwidth transmission on trial basis since the first week of December last year overcoming all the technical glitches. During Indian Prime Minister Norendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, the state-owned BSCCL struck a deal with Indian state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for exporting bandwidth.
According to the agreement, BSNL would import 10 gbps bandwidth for Tripura state from September this year but the export had been fixed one month ahead in August. Later, the deadline was missed due to incomplete preparation especially from Indian side. The payment would have to be made at the beginning of each quarter and Bangladesh will earn Tk 96 million a year by exporting bandwidth to India, according to a news agency. Cleared by nilufer
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