satellite radio in Bangladesh by October next for broadcasting
advanced information of weather and cautionary warnings for the
maritime fishing zones in remote regions.
This was disclosed by the Vista Communications at a press conference
held at the Dhaka Reporter's Unity (DRU) on Wednesday.
Vista Communications chairman A Hussain, chief executive officer
Rashed Iqbal, chief technical officer Probir Kumar Barua and chief
marketing officer Asif Kawnine were present at the press conference.
This digital satellite radio will provide the services including
advanced disaster bulletin and introduce the programmes like e-
disaster management training, e-agriculture, e-medicine, e-health and
e-policing among the far-reaching people in the country.
To provide digital radio broadcasting and emergency disaster alert
and management to Bangladesh, the Vista had made a deal with the US-
based digital satellite radio network WorldSpace in Washington on
April 23 last.
Chief executive officer of the company Rashed Iqbal said, "This radio
channel will be able to timely and effectively disseminate emergency
alerts in the remotest area of Bangladesh and even to cover entire
Bay of Bengal."
Using the latest satellite technology of WorldSpace, it will help
manage pre and post disaster, forecast weather bulletin, deliver
advanced emergency alert in far-reaching areas including costal belt
of the country, he added.
"It will also broadcast special bulletin to identify potential
fishing zone in the Bay of Bengal so that the fisherman can catch the
abundant fish," he said adding that this will help save 70 per cent
time consumed in fishing and besides, 50 per cent more fish can be
netted than what is usually caught.
By using satellite radio, the developed countries have made a great
leap in establishing their commercial enterprises through marketing
their products, said the CEO.
Currently, the WorldSpace, which provides digital satellite audio,
data and multimedia services, broadcast footprint covers over 130
countries including India and China, all of Africa and the Middle
East and most of Western Europe.
The cost of a digital satellite radio set will be Tk 15,000.
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