Database of internet service providers on the cards
BSS
The government has taken initiative to formulate a database of internet service providers as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure cyber security, said officials, reports BSS. They said the move also aims to make available the benefit of the reduced price of bandwidth as well as real broadband internet to the end users. Talking to the news agency, state minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said the process of formulation of the database is now underway.
We want to secure the cyber space for the people of the country as well as ensure the benefit, which the government is providing at bulk-level to end user level, she added. Meanwhile, the officials of posts and telecommunications division informed that few big internet service providers have already submitted the lists of their sub-agents.
Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has issued license to a total of 434 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in six categories. The regulator handed over nationwide license to 126 ISPs while 62 licenses for central zone, 17 zonal (south and east) licenses as well as ISP along with cyber cafe, license to 175 operators under A
category, 29 license under B category and 24 licenses under C category.
Officials said, apart from the authorized ISPs, huge number of unauthorized ISPs based on the small areas in capital and other parts of the country are offering internet services by collecting bandwidth from the license holders. But, miscreants carry out different cyber crimes using the internet line from the unauthorized ISPs as well as cyber cafes.
