Tata, SingTel officials see BTRC chairman to explore scope

Dhaka, April 02 (bdnrews24.com) – Officials of Tata Communications met with BTRC chairman Manzurul Alam Wednesday to express the company's interest in being part of the burgeoning telecoms sector in Bangladesh. Officials of the Singapore-based SingTel also met separately with the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to discuss issues tied to the telecoms sector's future prospect. Tata's senior vice president Christopher Almedia led a four-member delegation—Varun Pendey (general manager), Rojan Vohra (regional director, South Asia), Prabhakar Verma (manager) and the company's marketing consultant for Bangladesh MA Reaz—to the BTRC office in the capital. The BTRC chairman told bdnews24.com: "We have asked for detailed proposals to spell out in which area and how they want to work with us." "Once we get the proposals we will review them," he said. He said they would welcome any effort to bring in new technology, which could benefit rural Bangladesh. An official statement said the Tata delegation was happy to see progress in the country's telecoms sector bdnews24.com/mrf/jr/rah/2024hours