Wi-Fi connectivity on city buses in Dhaka

Dhaka – The government has planed  introduction of third generation Wi-Fi connectivity on city buses to facilitate commuters to surf internet on the go, officials said on Tuesday. Twenty city buses being operated by state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will bring the service to the commuters to and from Uttara and Motijheel route. The service…

Mobile operators demand VAT-free internet service

Dhaka – Mobile phone operators have demanded waiver of Value Added Tax on internet services to translate the government’s dream of information revolution in Bangladesh, industry insiders said on Monday. They made the suggestions in budget proposal placed before the National Board of Revenue recently. Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (Amtob) said the…

Canadian envoy requests for going slow over blackberry embargo

Dhaka – Canadian envoy in Dhaka on Tuesday requested Bangladesh to go slow on the embargo that the authorities have imposed on blackberry mobile over security matters, officials said. Heather Cruden made the request meeting Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission chairman Sunil Kanti Bose and the telecom secretary Abubakar Siddique. Blackberry handsets, manufactured by Canadian company…

Arif president-Milon secretary of BCS

Dhaka – AHM Mahfuzul Arif became the new president of the Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS), largest trade body of ICT and computer, while Nazrul Islam Milon elected as general secretary of the trade body on Sunday. The first meeting of the new executive committee, which was elected on Saturday, designated them as top office bearers…

UK holds cyberwar game in Churchill’s WW2 bunker

London (newsnextbd.com) — Under London’s streets in Winston Churchill’s World War II bunker, young techies are fighting a new kind of war. Bent over their computers in a steel-reinforced room, dozens of amateur cyber security experts spent Friday racing to understand why Britain’s banking network suddenly seemed to have gone offline, reports AP. The exercise…

What's your take on how augmented reality will affect business?

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Will Google 'X Phone' beat Samsung Galaxy S4 and Apple iPhone 5?

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