New alliance formed for market equality in telecom, ICT

Aiming at ensuring fair competitive market for country’s private sector, a new alliance named Bangladesh Alliance for Fair Competition (BAFCOM) yesterday started its journey with the participation of representatives from different sectors, reports BSS.
BAFCOM is formed with the collaboration of BASIS, FBCCI, DCCI, MCCI, JCI Bangladesh, Bankers Association, Insurance Association, eCab, BACCO, ISPAB, Bangladesh Copyright and IP Forum, Bangladesh Innovation Forum, Music Industries and all other associations and forums of Bangladesh.
President of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) Mustafa Jabbar will lead the fifteen members of the convening committee of the non-profit organization BAFCOM.
The announcement of the new platform made at a press conference at BASIS office this morning to break the monopoly business of few companies, especially in telecommunication and ICT sectors, by ensuring consumers’ interest.
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB)’s Telecom and IT Committee Convener and MCCI’s IT Committee Chairman Habibullah N Karim, DCCI Vice-President Atique-E-Rabbani, Band Artist Maksudul Haque, TiE Dhaka Vice-President and Managing Director of Green Delta Insurance Farzana Chowdhury, Bdjobs CEO Fahim Mashrur, BACCO Secretary General Towhid Hossain, Bangladesh Mobile Phones Importers Association (BMPIA) Presi-dent Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub, Junior Chamber International Bangladesh (JCI) Ex-President Mostafizur Rahman Sohel, Content Provider and Aggregators Association of Bangladesh (CPAAB) President ATM Mahbubul Alam, Bangladesh Copyright and IP Forum Founding CEO Barrister ABM Hamidul Misbah and many others were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the formation of the platform, Mustafa Jabbar said “main focus of this forum is to confirm 
fair market competition among all sectors of Bangladesh.”
Mentioning that there are many organizations like telco who are trying to do monopolies, he said: “Such monopoly business is the main barrier for small and medium entrepreneurs to establish. We do not want such monopoly.”
In order to remove such obstacles, Jabbar said “we need proper laws, guidelines and awareness of concerned persons and BAFCOM will work on these issues.”
“This forum will not only work in Telecom or IT industries, it will work to ensure fair competition and net neutrality among all sectors,” he said,
adding, “We will try to create fair market competition through the implementation of Competition Act 2012”.
The BAFCOM Convener said: “we will not tolerate any kind of pressure from multinational companies for the sake of our local entrepreneurs.”

New alliance formed for market equality in telecom, ICT

Aiming at ensuring fair competitive market for countrys private sector,a new alliance named Bangladesh Alliance for Fair Competition (BAFCOM) yesterday started its journey with the participationof representatives from different sectors, reports BSS. BAFCOM is formed with the collaboration of BASIS, FBCCI, DCCI, MCCI,JCI Bangladesh, Bankers Association, Insurance Association, eCab, BACCO, ISPAB, Bangladesh Copyright and IP Forum, Bangladesh Innovation Forum, Music Industries and all otherassociations and forums of Bangladesh. President of Bangladesh Association of Softwareand Information Services (BASIS) Mustafa Jabbar will lead the fifteen members of the convening committee of the non-profit organization BAFCOM. The announcement of the new platform made at a press conference at BASIS office this morning to break the monopoly business of few companies, especially in telecommunication and ICT sectors, by ensuring consumers interest. Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB)s Telecom and IT Committee Convener and MCCIs IT Committee Chairman Habibullah N Karim, DCCI Vice-President Atique-E-Rabbani, Band Artist Maksudul Haque,TiE Dhaka Vice-Presidentand Managing Director of Green Delta Insurance Farzana Chowdhury, Bdjobs CEO Fahim Mashrur,BACCO Secretary General Towhid Hossain, Bangladesh Mobile Phones Importers Association (BMPIA) Presi-dent Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub, Junior Chamber International Bangladesh (JCI) Ex-President Mostafizur Rahman Sohel, Content Provider and Aggregators Association of Bangladesh (CPAAB) President ATM Mahbubul Alam, Bangladesh Copyright and IP Forum Founding CEO Barrister ABM Hamidul Misbah and many others were present on the occasion. Speaking on the formation of the platform, Mustafa Jabbar said main focus of this forum is to confirm fair market competition among all sectors of Bangladesh. Mentioning that there are many organizations liketelco who are trying to do monopolies, he said: Such monopoly business is the main barrier for small and medium entrepreneurs to establish. We do not want such monopoly. In order to remove such obstacles, Jabbar said we need proper laws, guidelines and awareness of concerned persons and BAFCOM will work on these issues. This forum will not only work in Telecom or IT industries, it will work to ensure fair competition and net neutrality among all sectors, he said, adding, We will try to create fair market competition through the implementation of Competition Act 2012. The BAFCOM Convener said: we will not tolerateany kind of pressure from multinational companiesfor the sake of our localentrepreneurs.