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ICT and Knowledge-based GrowthExperience of BangladeshPresentation by Prof. J. R. ChoudhuryVice Chancellor, BRAC UniversityatInternational Seminar on ICT Policy Reform and Rural Communication Infrastructure30 August, 2004 Outline of Presentation Telecom Infrastructure in Bangladesh The Digital Divide Global Connectivity Internet Private sector ISPs (June 1996) VSAT initially licensed by BTTB deregulated in 2000 around 90 ISPs mostly in Dhaka gradually spreading to other Cities/Towns E-mail Dialling from outside 1994 300,000 account holders CAGR 80% c. 1.8 million users Global Connectivity(contd.) Broadband – wireless or cable available in Dhaka and Chittagong Submarine Cable connection to Global Information Superhighway SEA-ME-WE 4 to be commissioned by 2005 Internet Exchange being set-up Recent Developments Bangladesh’s Strengths A substantial number of educated unemployed youth force, with ability to read and write English Quite a few Bangladeshi skilled IT professionals working abroad (NRBs) Universities in Bangladesh are turning out an increasing number of graduates in Computer related subjects every year A large number of Bangladeshi students are studying overseas in Computer related subjects. Bangladesh offers a very attractive cost-effective wage level, viz. Fiscal Import Duties , Taxes and VAT withdrawn from all computer hardware and software Tax holiday allowed for 5 consecutive years 15% price preference for locally developed software Banking procedures amended and simplified Working Capital loan without collateral Equity Participation Fund (Tk. 5000 million or US$80 million) Infrastructure Software Copyright Act enacted in 2000 IT Act (Digital Signature, Cybercrime) awaiting enactment by Parliament BERNET (Bangladesh Educational Research Network) set up High Speed Data Communication network (Fibre Optic Backbone) being set up in the country; all 64 districts now connected; 500 sub-districts to be connecte