Trial bandwidth export to India begins Tuesday

Bangladesh will run the trial transmission of the bandwidth export to India from Tuesday.

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) to run trial transmission of bandwidth through Akhaura-Agartala frontier, reports BSS.

BSCCL, which is responsible for managing bandwidth, has already completed necessary preparation from its side.

"The formal export of bandwidth to India will be started from December 7 following the successful trial," said BSCCL Managing Director Monwar Hossain.

Officials said both the countries have already established linkage on November 16 as optical fibre of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) connected with its counterpart at zero point on the Akhaura-Agartala border.