DHAKA, Nov 8, 2022 (BSS) - Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar today termed 5G as the name of highway for 5th industrial revolution, saying required environment for launching the 5G service has already been ensured in the country.
"We will have to put special emphasis on making the 5G service enabled to resolve realistic problems of daily life of common people apart from giving importance on its commercial aspect," he said.
Jabbar was addressing as the chief guest a roundtable on "5G Technology: Potentials and Responsibility" arranged by Telecom and Technology Reporters Network, Bangladesh (TRNB) and mobile operator Robi at a city hotel on the occasion of Robi's 25th anniversary.
TRNB President Rashed Mehedi chaired and moderated it while its General Secretary Masuduzzaman Robin delivered the welcome address.
Dhaka University's Institute of Business Administration (IBA) associate professor Dr Khaled Mahmud presented the keynote paper.
Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shyam Sundar Shikder, BTRC System and Service Division Director General Brigadier General Nasim Parvez, Robi Chief Corporate and Regulatory Officer Shahed Alam, Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) Managing Director Dr Md Rafiqul Matin,
Mobile operator Grameenphone corporate affairs officer Hossain Sadat, Banglalink regulatory operation deputy director Mokhlesur Rahman, Teletalk additional general manager (5G) Rezaul Karim Rizvi and Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh leader Imdadul Haque also spoke on the occasion, among others.
