He also said negotiations to export bandwidth to Bhutan were only a contract signing away, which may inspire Nepal to follow suit. According to the Department of Telecommunications, Bangladesh is exporting 10 Gbps bandwidth to the Indian state of Tripura, as the eastern Indian states are hilly and have poor network connectivity. We can provide bandwidth to Bhutan and Nepal from Kuakata, and to the eastern Indian states from Cox's Bazar," Jabbar added. With the installation of the new submarine cable, Bangladesh will get 6 terabyte per second of bandwidth, boosting internet speed and helping launch 5G services in the country. Bangladesh now uses 1,600 Gbps bandwidth, as compared to 300 Gbps at the end of 2016.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 01, 2020 17:37 UTC