Bangladesh to participate in Infocom 2005 in Kolkata

Nasscom, a well-known IT platform of India will organise the fair with the participation of 18 countries at the Salt-lake City Electronics Park on December 7-11.

Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) and Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) would take part in the fair.

In the Bangladesh pavilion, 12 IT organisations, including Daffodil, Rabsoft, XOS, Shaili, RM Systems will showcase their technologies as well as services.

BCS President SM Iqbal told BDNEWS that his association, basically, is going to participate in the fair because of Nascom and ASSOCIO. The main objective of attending the fair would be to cooperate participant-organisations.

ISPAB President Akhtaruz zaman Manju said that the fair would create an opportunity of highlighting country's IT sector to the world market and hoped that Bangladesh would utilize it.

Shoeb Chowdhury, Chief Executive Officer of Information Handling Services (IHS) and Insoft hoped to get huge ITES orders from Infocom 2005. Theme country Germany would take huge ITES from the south Asian countries.

Due to cheap labour cost, Bangladesh has the opportunity, he said adding that Bangladesh would successfully display its IT services before the participant-countries of Europe, America and Africa.

BCS is the logistic partner, IHS marketing partner and Monthly computer Bichitra media partner of the Bangladesh part in the fair.