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1 Hour Internet Service Disruption Tomorrow in Bangladesh: Internet connectivity in Bangladesh will face partial disruption for one hour early tomorrow as bandwidth supply from the second submarine cable will be disrupted for maintenance work

Submarine cable SEA-ME-WE-4 will remain disconnected for maintenance for 12 hours from 7am

Veon subsidiary Banglalink said on Wednesday it has completed the sale of part of its tower portfolio in Bangladesh to Summit Towers for BDT11 billion (US$100 million).

Three private licensees of submarine cable -- Summit Communications, CdNet Communications and Metacore Subcom Ltd -- have formed a consortium to install the cable

Internet services will face partial disruption in the country for about 20 hours on October 31 and November 2 as the country’s first submarine cable will remain partially disconnected for its upgradation.

Bandwidth imports from India have surpassed that from submarine cables due to a surge in internet usage, India’s more attractive pricing and enhanced redundancy, and the saturation of Bangladesh’s existing undersea cables’ capacity.

Bandwidth imports from India have surpassed that from submarine cables due to a surge in internet usage, India’s more attractive pricing and enhanced redundancy, and the saturation of Bangladesh’s existing undersea cables’ capacity.

Three private submarine cables have backtracked from their initial decisions to supply bandwidth separately through undersea cables and have now agreed to collaborate on one connection amid the US dollar shortage. 

When one talks about Summit Group, it should come as no surprise that the conglomerate has solidified its position in Bangladesh’s power industry while its chairman, Muhammed Aziz Khan, has been listed by Forbes as one of the richest men in Singapore.

Currently, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company operates two submarine cable landing stations with a capacity of 1,900 gigabits per second