Weeks after the signing of an agreement by New Delhi and Dhaka on telecommunication links, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced that the work will start this week to operationalise the system.
“Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to start work next week to link Akhaura with International Gateway for Internet Service (IGIS) in Cox’s Bazar,” BSNL’s chief general manager DP Singh told reporters on Saturday, reports NDTV on Monday.
In presence of visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, an agreement was signed in Dhaka on June 6 between Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited for leasing out of international bandwidth for Internet at Akhaura.
