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By: TAZUL ISLAM

TAZUL ISLAM — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:40:25 +0000

Dear Sir,
We are from Dhaka , Bangladesh ( South Asia )
We are interested to establish business contact with Buyer or Out Sourcing Company of Data Entry Works of USA , CANADA or EUROPE or ANY OTHER COUNTRY who are interested to place order or like complete the Current Data Entry Works from Bangladesh in competitive price maintaining good quality.
With kindest regards.

Tazul Islam
Chemico Marketing Company
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel : 880-2-9332749
Fax : 880-2-9330758
Email : chem065@yahoo.com

By: TAZUL ISLAM

TAZUL ISLAM — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:53:09 +0000

Dear Sir,
We are from Dhaka , Bangladesh. .
Highly interested to work with your esteemed company for receiving firm order for DATA ENTRY or DATA PROCESSING WORKS from USA , CANADA or EUROPE
The works will be done in competitive price in Dhaka , Bangladesh and will be of good quality
Kindly place some small order on trial or send us details of your works if any .
With kindest regards.

Tazul Islam
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel : 880-2-9332749
Fax : 880-2-9330758
Email : seenlin@hotmail.com

By: Floyd Buenavente

Floyd Buenavente — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:21:39 +0000

Interesting but I’d rather outsource to the Philippines though, their english is way much better.

By: samarajiva

samarajiva — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:21:42 +0000

Jahangir:

How are the prices and quality of the broadband connections you can get in the main cities? Are you satisfied? If not, do you have alternative suppliers to go to?

By: Jahangir

Jahangir — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:10:11 +0000

Bangladesh is taking gigantic steps on the way to bridge the digital divide though it is not easy task. The population is large and the key priority of the state is to feed the hungry millions than giving them computers. However, in spite of that many developments takes place in the key cities. It will not take long for Bangladesh to beat India in IT. Job market in IT in Bangladesh is booming as it was never before.

By: Monsur

Monsur — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:57:53 +0000

Those licensed physician of GrameenPhone Telemedicine use Bangla langauge. FYI.

By: M Sabbir

M Sabbir — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:34:21 +0000

I do not know which language they use.

By: Doanld Gaminitillake

Doanld Gaminitillake — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:32:41 +0000

Dear Sabbir

can you educate me on one area?
Other than voice — does these licensed physician use a computer to communicate with its subscribers?

do they use English or Bengali?

Donald

By: samarajiva

samarajiva — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:31:43 +0000

Seems like it’s a domestic BPO that will be served by Grameen, not BTTB.

If you want export of services, you need cheap and reliable international connectivity. That Grameen cannot give.

Please see the following for what it takes:

http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?newsID=1803905964&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=24 and
http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/09/baseline-sector-analysis-of-the-bpo-industry-in-sri-lanka/

By: M Sabbir

M Sabbir — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:54:46 +0000

Thx but what about these news? Don’t this news prove in spite of the leased line costs, which might be higher, BPO market in B’desh is booming. Isn’t it?

Bangladesh ready to enter the BPO market

The South Asian nation of Bangladesh is ready to make its foray into the contact center and BPO market, according to Gartner Group consultant Naila Chowdhury.

Chowdhury, a former director of mobile phone company, GrameenPhone, presented the keynote paper at the Call Center and BPO: Opportunity for Bangladesh seminar, jointly hosted by The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and Junior Chamber International (JCI) Bangladesh. In her presentation, Chowdhury said this is the high time for beginning of a new industry, which might create unlimited job scope for educated young people with IT literacy.

http://callcentres.net/CALLCENTRES/LIVE/me.get?site.sectionshow&CALL2016

New Bangladesh medical contact center

Bangladesh mobile phone company GrameenPhone has joined with Telemedicine Reference center Limited (TRCL) to launch an electronic health information and service known as Healthline.

The new interactive telephone consultation service will be open to all GrameenPhone subscribers and offers advice from a licensed physician who will work from a medical contact center. The center will initially be able to take 15 calls at any one time although it will be able to increase its capacity if needed.

The contact center will be able to dispense both emergency and non-emergency advice and doctors will be available to take calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Subscribers will also be able to find information on various drugs and pharmacies, on medical facilities and the doctors attached to them, and results from laboratory tests and recommendations.

http://callcentres.net/CALLCENTRES/LIVE/me.get?site.sectionshow&CALL2203

By: samarajiva

samarajiva — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:21:22 +0000

The laws of supply and demand operate in monopoly markets but do not yield low prices and high quality

Is Bangladesh not one of the least liberalized markets in the world? The recent policy announcement on international long distance telephony appears set to continue this status.

I am afraid Bangladesh will not be creating jobs and exports in the BPO industry for some time.

By: Lara Alawattegama

Lara Alawattegama — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:10:16 +0000

The leased line rates listed for Bangladesh in the report are those that are offered by the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB)
http://www.bttb.net/
The tariffs are available online.

The leased line rates noted for pakistan are those offered by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL).

By: M Sabbir

M Sabbir — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:23:39 +0000

Thx. That was a real eye opener. Which operator offers these rates?

Any idea why leased line prices are so high in B’desh? The figures look too illogical. What is $ 58 in Pakistan is more than $ 30,000 in B’desh. I cannot think of any other commodity that shows such a wide price variation. Aren’t the laws of demand and supply applicable to the leased line market?

I wonder why B’desh, a country that has been taking giants steps towards bridging the digital divide in the last few years have not taken this fact into account.

On a lighter note, I guess the broadband users would have preferred to be remained as East Pakistan instead of fighting for independence in 1971. If so they could have paid $ 58 for something they now pay $ 30,000 .

By: samarajiva

samarajiva — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:59:18 +0000

Please look at the Boradband benchmark data at http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/.

Do you not think that leased lines prices and ease of obtaining them will have to be improved if Dhaka is to become an attractive BPO destination?

By: Mukesh Shetty

Mukesh Shetty — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:48:25 +0000

Dhaka can be a good spot for BPOs if the investors do not mind travelling in boats half of the year and spending half of their investments in bribes to brown sahibs.