Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei conducted Bangladesh’s first trial of 5th Generation Network at a ceremony in Dhaka.
According to a Tweet by the People’s Daily of China, the ceremony, which took place Wednesday, July 25, in the capital Dhaka, was in conjunction with Bangladeshi government departments and a joint venture.
Also involved in first trial are Huawei Bangladeshi government’s Post and Telecommunications Division, the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Robi, a joint venture of Asiata Group Berhad ( Malaysia), Bharti Airtel Limited ( India) and NTT DoCoMo Inc. (Japan).
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The fifth generation trial was inaugurated by Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser, Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Officials said the purposes of the event are to show how a 5G ecosystem can be cultivated in “ Digital “Bangladesh” and how to use 5G to respond to the economic transformation of Bangladesh as well as the operators, the paper said.
The next generation of wireless technology is expected to change the way everyday life. 5G will play vital role in automatic driving. Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Big Data, Internet of Things, Smart City and Network, they said.
