Research paper on the Broadband internet in Bangladesh and its impact
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Introduction:
Bangladesh is a developing country. The internet in Bangladesh
has increased significantly. In spite of some facing constraints in expanding
internet access and to use, development of the internet and information
technology are high government priorities. At first Bangladeshi people used
dial- up internet and now broadband internet users are rapidly increasingly.
But Broadband internet is not spread every corner in
Bangladesh. This internet is mostly available and cheap in Dhaka city. The
definition of broadband as the technology that enables high speed transfer of
data. The primary stages the internet
was accessed through dial up[1] mean,
consumer and enterprise demand promoted the development technologies
that facilitated access at higher speeds.
Now a days the broadband internet is mostly using the industry,
universities, corporate office in Bangladesh and it becomes popular in
Bangladeshi people.
It also contributes the economic in the Bangladesh. So it
is the challenges for the researchers.
Many broadband internet provider institutions run the
broadband internet business and creating employment in our country.
[1]Dial up means technology refers to internet access
over conventional voice telephone lines at speeds that do not exceed the 56kbps
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Objectives
of the study
Every research proposal has some objectives. Without
objectives research is not fruitful. The main objective of the study are :
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To identify the cause of the the number of Broadband
internet users in Bangladesh growing rapidly.
·
To identify the its economic impact by the broadband
internet service.
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Literature
Review:
Literature review is conducting a study that is
considered as the most important phase of the study. There are many research
paper on the broadband series.
Literature review has been conducted to how the
broadband impact the American economy. For the popularity of broadband by 2009
there were 471 million broadband subscriptions [1]. Between 2004 and 2010
telecommunications and cable tv companies in the United States invested over
97.7 billion in broadband development [2]. In some emerging countries broadband
investment is also increasingly rapidly. Chinese companies have invested 7.44
billion in broadband in 2004[3] while Malaysian operators invested 1.6 billion
since 2009[4]. By this amount of capital is invested to the broadband internet
technology, it is natural that policy makers and researchers in the social
science have begun to analyses the economic and social impact of broadband. So
broadband is a new challenge for researchers. First its development has
proceeded at an incredibly fast pace. Within 12 years broadband has been
adopted by over 62 percent of households in the unites states, 80 percent in
the Netherlands and 95.8 per cent in Korea[5]. Second only the countries have
to understand early on its economic potential in the broadband internet
investment. Third since broadband is an
access technology for data communications , it only has an economic effect in
combination with the adoption of information technology and implementation of
the organization and to change in enterprise.
[1] . source : internet world statistics ( September
2009)
[2] See Atkinson and Schultz (2010)
[3] source: Sinopac (2009), Taiwan Research
[4] Am Research (2010) . Telecommunication: CAPEX
risk from escalating competition in broadband
1.4 Limitation of the study :
Like many other studies it has a few limitation. The
limitations are:
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Study area : The study area is only the Dhaka city.
Others city cannot be counted in the study.
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Financial support: There is no financial support in
the research study.
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Sample size : No sample and methodology in the
study.
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Time limit: short time in the research study.
1.5Journey
from Dial to broadband in Bangladesh:
Firstly in Bangladesh started dial up internet
service and that is very slow speed than broadband. However in this condition
some young talents started dial up email service and made it commercially
available for public use. In late 1995 the government of Bangladesh subscribed
the VAST ( VERY SMALL APRTURE TERMINAL) data circuits. On June 4, 1196 the VAST
base data circuit was commissioned for the first time in the country. The
effort was appreciated in many corners especially among the Bangladesh living
abroad. After 2005 Bangladesh got connected
to the SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable after that this time when number of
internet users increased by quite a big margin as bandwidth quality and price
became affordable to general people. As now Bangladesh telecommunication
regulatory commission has about one hundred and sixty six registered ISP license
holders and there are Four hundred and fifty thousand users connected to them
which is about 0.32% of the total population.
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Top Broadband providers in Bangladesh:
There are some wonderful internet service providers
in Bangladesh. This list providers a snapshot of top 4 internet broadband
providers in Bangladesh.
1. Bangladesh
T&T Broad :
This is the state owned internet service provider in
Bangladesh. This organization was established by the government in the year
1979 to provide essential telecommunication connectivity to all citizens. Later
it transforms itself to modern facilities such as mobile phones and internet
services.
2. BDcom: Connectivity progress
BD com focusing on online based services operators a
famous broadband service named smile. This providers came with high speed
broadband internet.
3. BOL:
Bangladesh online Ltd:
This is a service by the IT division of the famous
BD export company Ltd . It was established in the year 1998 with the goal of
bringing BD in the high speed internal global map.
4. BRAC
net services:
Engineering excellence in connectivity. This
organization uses internet devices to connect the nation of Bd.
1.7Others
internet providers in Bangladesh:
Mobile operators:
Most Bangladeshis first experience with the internet
via mobile services. Estimated 90% of Bangladeshis internet user got their
access mobile services in 2010[1]. Out of city cell mobile operators, teletalk,
grameenphone and Banglalink offer 3G services in 62 district of Bangladesh.
Operators are expanding 3G services on all areas.
WiMAX:
Three companies Banglalion communication Ltd, Brac
Bdmail Network Ltd and Augere wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd are allowed to
operate WiMAX in Bangladesh in September 2008[2]. Three firms purchased the
licenses at auction for 2.15 billion (BDT) from the BRTC under an agreement.
[1] See Asian Tiger Capital Research (2010).
Bangladesh telecom sector: Challenge & opportunities.
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Growing Fixed Broadband users in Bangladesh:
The number of Broadband users in Bangladesh is
increasingly than the mobile operators internet subscribers. In a month the
number of subscription has increase by 47 percent. According to BRTC the number
of subscriptions of internet providers and public switched telephone networks
crossed 1,9 million in September. During the same period in 2014 the number was
1.232 million period and it was 1.223 million. The broadband users is
increasingly at homes. By the end of September the number of mobile internet
users increased by 1.8 million in a month to cross 54 million. Subscribers’
base of WiMAX continues to dwindle. Within a month its user number dropped from
around 168000 to 165000. International telecommunication union and UNESCO “ The
state of Broadband 2015” report placed Bangladesh at 149th position among
189 countries worldwide in internet proliferation.
Source: bdnews24.com/business/2015/10/23/number of
fixed broadband users in Bangladesh Growing.
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Economic impact of Broadband in Bangladesh:
The economic impact of broadband manifests through
four types of effects.
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Contribution to economic growth.
·
Contribution to productivity gains.
·
Creation of consumer surplus.
·
Improvement of firm efficiencies.
Contribution
to economic growth:
Broadband technology is a contributor to economic
growth. First the development of Broadband technology across business
enterprises improves productivity by facilitating the adoption of more
efficient business processes( marketing, inventory organization and streaming
of supply chains). Second existence deployment of enterprise by maximizing
their reach to labour pools, access to raw material and consumers. The economic
impact of broadband is fairly recent. The broadband contribute to increase GDP
growth in Our country.
Contribution
to productivity:
Logically to assume that productivity of information
workers defined as the portion of the economically active population whose
working function is to process information depends on the investment in ICT
capital. Broadband provides information to the employers. Broadband is a
specific component performing this important productivity enhancement.
Impact
on job creation:
The Broadband creates the job in our country. Broadband
network contribution affects employment in three ways. Firstly Network
construction requires the creation of direct job ( such as telecommunication
technicians, construction workers). In addition the creation of direct jobs has
impact on indirect employment. Finally the household spending based on the
income generated from the direct and indirect jobs creates induced employment.
Beyond the employment and output impact of network
construction. The study of network externalities resulting from broadband
penetration has led to the identification of numerous effects:
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New and innovative applications and services such as
telemedicine , indirect search, e commerce etc
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New forms of commerce and financial intermediation
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Mass customization of products
Impact
on firm efficiency:
Converging with the aggregate macro- economic
research the microeconomic analysis of the impact of broadband has helped
understand the multiple effects that the technology has on firm performance. In
addition to the impact on productivity other microeconomics studies have
focused on the impact of broadband technology on business expansion, product
innovation and business creation.
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Conclusion:
The objectives of this study was first to provide
evidence on the economic impact on broadband in our country. Although Broadband
is not spread all over the country but hopefully it spread over the country.
There are many Broadband provider service and subscription increase rapidly.
The government is now more invest in the broadband technology. In recently BTCL
has exported broadband india and Bhutan
and Bangladesh connect new submarine cable for more speed internet service. The
government should create specific policy
for the broadband services in our country.
References:
Atkinson N.R and schulz (2010) , Broadband in
America.
Asian Tiger Capital Research (2010). Bangladesh
telecom sector: Challenge & opportunities.
The Impact of Broadband on the Economy: Research to Date and Policy Issues April 2012
