Shah Alam Nur :
A good number of companies are showing their interest to build ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Park under Public Private Partnership (PPP) in view of the government’s initiative to establish ICT villages and hi-tech parks in the country under PPP.
By this time four companies namely Accenture Communications Infrastructure Solutions Ltd, WALTON, Digicon Technologies Ltd and Augmedix have got the government’s approval to set up ICT Park under PPP.
In October, the government declared the Walton Hi-Tech Industries (WHIL) as private Hi-Tech Park in line with the rules and regulations of Hi-Tech Park guidelines.
“We have approved four different ICT projects under PPP to develop the ICT sector of the country,” an official of ICT Ministry told The New Nation.
He said, the ICT Division has decided to develop all the infrastructures related to hi-tech parks under the PPP model.
Under PPP, a number of firms signed separate memorandums of understanding (MoUs) last month with Bangladesh Hi-Tech Authority and ICT Division. Those firms are likely to invest $2 billion in the country’s IT (Information Technology) sector.
Under the agreements, Singapore-based Telecom Asia would invest around $1 billion within the next few years covering different areas of the IT sector in Bangladesh. Sea Mark (Bangladesh) plans to invest $50 to $100 million in computer software and hardware sectors.
London-based Techshed will initially make on investment of $5 million to manufacture computer under “DG” (Delta Golf) brand name. The investment will be increased in the next few years with the expansion of market for the computer brand.
“Bangladesh has the prospects of earning $50 billion from ICT sector through exports of software by the year 2041 if it can create skilled ICT workforce,” Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for ICT said.
He said, local ICT industry has achieved a tremendous export growth in recent time thanks to its international standard and diversified products.
The growth of the country’s IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) is very encouraging, as many of the local entrepreneurs have been exporting their products to world markets, he said.
According to the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the main destinations of Bangladeshi computer service are the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Finland and India.
A good number of companies are showing their interest to build ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Park under Public Private Partnership (PPP) in view of the government’s initiative to establish ICT villages and hi-tech parks in the country under PPP.
By this time four companies namely Accenture Communications Infrastructure Solutions Ltd, WALTON, Digicon Technologies Ltd and Augmedix have got the government’s approval to set up ICT Park under PPP.
In October, the government declared the Walton Hi-Tech Industries (WHIL) as private Hi-Tech Park in line with the rules and regulations of Hi-Tech Park guidelines.
“We have approved four different ICT projects under PPP to develop the ICT sector of the country,” an official of ICT Ministry told The New Nation.
He said, the ICT Division has decided to develop all the infrastructures related to hi-tech parks under the PPP model.
Under PPP, a number of firms signed separate memorandums of understanding (MoUs) last month with Bangladesh Hi-Tech Authority and ICT Division. Those firms are likely to invest $2 billion in the country’s IT (Information Technology) sector.
Under the agreements, Singapore-based Telecom Asia would invest around $1 billion within the next few years covering different areas of the IT sector in Bangladesh. Sea Mark (Bangladesh) plans to invest $50 to $100 million in computer software and hardware sectors.
London-based Techshed will initially make on investment of $5 million to manufacture computer under “DG” (Delta Golf) brand name. The investment will be increased in the next few years with the expansion of market for the computer brand.
“Bangladesh has the prospects of earning $50 billion from ICT sector through exports of software by the year 2041 if it can create skilled ICT workforce,” Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for ICT said.
He said, local ICT industry has achieved a tremendous export growth in recent time thanks to its international standard and diversified products.
The growth of the country’s IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) is very encouraging, as many of the local entrepreneurs have been exporting their products to world markets, he said.
According to the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the main destinations of Bangladeshi computer service are the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Finland and India.
