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State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim has said that Access To Information (ATOI) has signed an agreement with a foreign delegation to reduce the prices of all types of internet.
He said this at a program called ‘Coding for Kids’ organized by Microsoft at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital on Friday (February 03) at 12:50 PM.
Tarana Halim said, "We have already taken steps to reduce the prices of all types of internet, from Atoi customers to the stakeholder level, how to reduce the price.
Atoi is also making an agreement with a foreign delegation to reduce the price, we hope that a specific approach will be able to move the poison of the price.
The state minister said, we want to determine the new price by comparing the current price of all types of internet in the market. So that the customer and business parties are not affected, the poison will be discussed further with all parties. We want the government to have a certain price, from which the customers and businessmen should move.
He said, "I am working to deliver the internet through cable connections in all parts of the country, so we are working on how to speed up all kinds of internet connections. I hope we can finish the internet speed soon."
Microsoft Bangladesh Managing Director Sonia Bashir Kabir and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) President Mustafa Jabbar and others were also present in this event.