State-run Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) is set to launch a "triple-play service" providing video and data facilities alongside the voice transmission through a single network, officials said here today.
"The project is expected to get the ECNEC approval in its meeting tomorrow," a planning ministry official familiar with the process told BSS.
BTCL officials, meanwhile, said the project mainly focused on establishing modern telecommunication facility, expanding tele-density and tele-access as well as information and communication technology services for the people.
"We plan to implement the project by June, 2020 upon getting the approval of ECNEC," a BTCL official said.
He said the Telecommunication Network Modernization for Digital Connection involved Taka 2,573 crore, and of the amount the government would provide Taka 756 crore from the national exchequer and the remaining Taka 1,817 crore would come as project assistance from China.
The existing BTCL network currently could offer only the voice service while its video and data services quality were far from the modern time demands.
The officials said the government has moved for the new project to upgrade the existing equipment, replace copper cable-based network by fiber optic cable and modern transmission system of BTCL to comply with the vision-2021.
Under the project, three internet protocol multimedia sub-system platforms with the capacity of 16 lakh connections would be installed while copper cables would be replaced by 2,367 km fiber optic cable and 793 km new copper cable would also be installed from transmission.
Besides, eight backbone equipment each having capacity of 100 gbps, six core routers for IP network, 114 other routers, 143 access switches and 139 other switches would be collected in the project.
Moreover, a central monitoring system would also be installed for 24-hour telephone connection, network operation and maintenance.
Source: BSS