Asia may boast of being the largest landmass on earth. But it behaves like archipelago in terms of telecoms. Intra-Asian connectivity has been fully depended on submarine cable although the countries share common border. As a result the 60% population of the world has been punished with more than 300% internet bandwidth prices than their European counterparts. Political taboo and over-mystified national security issues have been keeping the Asian countries in isolation. Bangladesh has not been an exception either. Fortunately the state-owned carrier has announced the activation of terrestrial link with India. It will salvage Bangladesh from depending on the sole undersea cable (SEA-ME-WE4). Connectivity increases productivity. It’s better to be late than never. Read more.
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