National Broadband Plan: Best Practices

Spreading broadband internet services to the rural areas can play a very important role in boosting the economic growth of the country, discussants of a telecom seminar observed on Tuesday.“Every 10 percent of broadband internet penetration can push up the economic growth by 1.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP),” Lt Col Rakibul Hassan, director of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Comm- ission (BTRC), said as he presented a keynote at the seminar.Studies suggest that the profitability of extending broadband internet is much higher for the developing countries comparing with that of developed ones, Rabiul Hasan informed through his paper: National Broadband Plan: Best practices.“Broadband is shaping our future,” he said.BTRC organised the seminar at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the afternoon to mark the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2011.International Telecom-munication Union (ITU) set the theme of the day as “Better Life in Rural Communities with ICT” as part of its 146th foundation celebration.