Telecom operators to send all SMS-notifications in Bangla from June
Telecom minister Mustafa Jabbar has called on all the telecom operators to complete the activities related to sending SMS in Bangla by June, reports UNB.
He said that 91 per cent of the technical works related to sending SMS in Bangla have already been completed. The telecom operators have finish the remaining works by June.
The minister said this while inaugurating the service to send all the SMS-notification from the telecom operators in Bangla to mark the language martyrs day at the conference room of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Sunday.
BTRC chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder said that 16 types of mobile SMS and notifications will be sent in Bengali.
BTRC vice-chairman Subrata Roy Maitra said that Bangla typing system has already been introduced in all mobile handsets and SMS service has been launched in Bangla for customers at half cost.
Mentioning that many customers do not understand if a message is sent in English, he said that all Bangla speaking people will benefit from the introduction of SMS in Bangla.
Director general (systems and services) of BTRC Brigadier General Md Nasim Parvez presented the activities related to the introduction of SMS service in Bangla in detail.
BTRC chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder said that 16 types of mobile SMS and notifications will be sent in Bengali.
BTRC vice-chairman Subrata Roy Maitra said that Bangla typing system has already been introduced in all mobile handsets and SMS service has been launched in Bangla for customers at half cost.
Mentioning that many customers do not understand if a message is sent in English, he said that all Bangla speaking people will benefit from the introduction of SMS in Bangla.
Director general (systems and services) of BTRC Brigadier General Md Nasim Parvez presented the activities related to the introduction of SMS service in Bangla in detail.
He said that Banglalink is at the forefront in sending Bangla SMS to the customers as five per cent of the company's work is still left. Grameenphone is in the next position completing 90 per cent of the work of sending SMS in Bangla.
Meanwhile, state-owned operator Teletalk has completed 85 per cent of the work while Robi 78 per cent.
At present, more than 1.51 billion daily text messages are delivered to the subscribers, he added.
Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications Division, Md Khalilur Rahman said the government is trying to make Bengali the official language of the United Nations.
The Posts and Telecommunications Division has taken initiative to convert most of the laws printed in English of this ministry into Bangla.