Bashundhara Group, leading business and industrial conglomerate in the country, will soon enter into the era of third generation telecommunications - the transmission control protocol (TCP) popularly called internet protocol (IP) telephony.
Reputed transmission control protocol (TCP) solution provider in the United States of America the SYSCO has been appointed to supply the basic devices, technical know-how and commissioning of the system.
An agreement has been signed between the Bashundhara Group and the MetroNet (Bangladesh) Limited, local agent of the SYSCO, here at the corporate office of the Bashundhara Group.
Co-chairman of the Bashundhara Group Sadat Sobhan and chief executive officer of the MetroNet (Bangladesh) Limited Syed Almas Kabir signed the agreement on behalf of their respective entities.
Adviser (Press & Media) Mohammad Abu Tayeb, deputy general manager (IT) Anisur Rahman Khan, project coordinator Ehsanul Haq Chopra of the Bashundhara Group and deputy general manager of the MetroNet (Bangladesh) Limited Mohammad Mahbubul Alam among others joined the agreement signing ceremony.
Forerunner in expediting development by introducing modern technology in the country, the Bashundhara Group has opted to procure the system for bringing all its enterprises under an integrated, fast, economic and multi-purpose communication network in phases.
First phase of the project is supposed to be finished by early August this year.
Beauty of the IP telephony is excellent blending of voice, video and data applications apart from absolute automatic and economic management and unified messaging that refers to text-to-speech and speech-to-text facilities. |
