The
government has reduced the cost of internet bandwidth to BD Taka 180 from BD
Taka 360 to ensure internet access at affordable cost for the users across the
country. This new costing will be effective from 1st July 2019. The decision
has been taken by the Posts and Telecommunications Division under the Ministry
of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the Peoples Republic
of Bangladesh. The aim is to reduce bandwidth prices to the lowest level.
This
decision was taken at a meeting called "Digital Infrastructure Development
for a Digital Bangladesh" at the conference room of the Post and
Telecommunications Department on Thursday (June 27th). The meeting was chaired
by the Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabber. The secretary of the
Department Ashok Kumar Biswas was also present in the meeting.
The
honorable Minister Mr. Mustafa Jabber said about the redundancy of internet
bandwidth. He also said that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government is very
IT friendly.
In
order to make it possible for ordinary people to use the internet at an
affordable cost, in August 2009, the price of every mbps internet bandwidth was
reduced from 27 thousand taka to 18 thousand taka. Later, in April 2011, Taka
12 thousand, Taka 8 thousand in April 2012, Taka 2,800 in April 2014 and the cost
was reduced at maximum of 960 Taka in September 2015 and the minimum of Taka
360.
He
said, from 1996 to 2001 and from 2009 to till, there has been a radical change
in the country for the development of Information Technology sector. Even in
2008, around 7.5 gbps bandwidth were used in the whole country. But now it has
now been upgraded to 1100 gbps.
Re-priced
list of internet related services in different categories:
- IP transit for IIG: Bandwidth mbps up to 500-999 charge 350 taka per mbps.
- For minimum 3 years, 335 per mbps.
- Bandwidth mbps 50000+ charge 300 per mbps.
- For minimum of 2 year term the mbps charge is Tk. 285.
IP
transit for ISP:
- Bandwidth mbps (5-19) (from only Upazila or Union level) per mbps charge is 400 taka.
- For minimum 3-year contract, mbps charges up to Tk 375.
- Bandwidth mbps 40000+ charge Tk 310 per mbps .
- For minimum 3-year contract, the charge per mbps is Tk. 290.
BTCL
Local Content Transmission Charge:
- Transmission charge in the area of greater Dhaka Tk. 30 per mbps.
- Transmission charge out of Dhaka is Tk 100 per mbps.
For
Education and Training Institution:
- Bandwidth mbps upto 5-99 charge 300 Taka per mbps.
- For minimum 5-year contract, charged at Tk. 270 per mbps.
- Bandwidth mbps 3000 and above charge of 200 Taka per mbps.
- For minimum 5-year contract, mbps charges up to 180 taka.
For
government offices, semi-government organizations and corporate offices:
- Bandwidth mbps 5-49 charge Tk. 395 per mbps.
- For minimum 5-year contract, the charge is 355 taka per mbps.
- Bandwidth mbps 3000+ charges up to 250 taka per mbps.
- For minimum 5-year contract, the charges is are Tk 225 per mbps.
VPN
Services:
- Same-rate bandwidth (mbps) across the country, from 1 to 5 mbps 300 taka per mbps
- Bandwidth (mbps) 10000 or more, per mbps 30 taka.
Apart
from this, customers of rural area will get 10% discount from the above
mentioned charges. At the same time, the cost of bandwidth of Linux web hosting
packages and Windows Web hosting packages has been reduced.
Find
out the below Screenshots:
You
can also find out details from www.btcl.gov.bd.
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