Policy for fibre optic lines on rlys, roads, highways soon
Staff Correspondent
The government has decided to formulate a policy guideline for setting up optic fibre lines on railways, roads and highways that aims at increasing government revenue, creating competitiveness among the private telecommunication companies and providing modern communication facilities to the people at cheaper rates.A recent meeting at the Ministry of Communications with the Minister Nazmul Huda in the chair took the decision and formed a high-powered committee comprising officials of Bangladesh Railway and Roads and Highways Department to make specific recommendations about this, sources said. The committee has been asked to submit the draft report within ten days. Some private telephone companies are using the optical fibre lines on the railways, but due to lack of comprehensive policy guidelines, the government is deprived of expected revenues. Bangladesh Railway has already signed an agreement with a private telephone company for providing the optic fibre line service for 20 years without having any policy guideline. The policy guideline is expected to bring the government a handsome amount of revenue from the private telephone companies.
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