Bangladesh rejected India's bandwidth transit proposal
Bangladesh- In the atmosphere of tension, this time the interim government of Bangladesh withdrew the decision to give 'bandwidth transit' to India. New Delhi had applied for a 'bandwidth transit' facility using Bangladeshi territory to increase mobile internet connectivity in northeastern Indian states. But that proposal was rejected by the 'Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission' (BTRC). Incidentally, the amount of data that can be sent per second is called bandwidth or data transmission speed.
According to a source in the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, this decision has been taken due to fears that Bangladesh's role as a regional digital hub may be weakened. BTRC has issued a guideline in this regard on December 1. Bangladesh's 'Summit Communications' and 'Fiber at Home' applied to BTRC for permission to establish a transit link from Akhaura to Singapore with Indian company 'Bharti Airtel Limited' under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. It also received initial consent.
A BTRC official while talking to an all-India press claimed that India will benefit from this bandwidth transit. But there will be no benefit to Bangladesh. The only gain would have been the Hasina government's beneficiary Bangladesh Summit and Fiber at Home. And so Bangladesh is taking such a decision considering all aspects.
However, even if he claims so, the current situation is considered to be responsible for this decision. It should be noted that fundamentalist parties like Jamaat and Hefazet Islam have been making headway in Bangladesh ever since Hasina lost her seat. And in this situation, diplomatic relations between the two countries are also deteriorating. Meanwhile, the issue of rejecting the application of 'Bandwidth Transit' came to the fore.