Laptop production takes off in Bangladesh today

[bd_4_ever]

Manufacture of low-priced laptops takes off today


The manufacture of low-priced laptops kicks off today in Bangladesh, Telecoms Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju said in parliament.

The much-discussed laptops will hit markets by the end of the month, he added.

“I will inaugurate the laptop manufacturing factory [today] and the honourable prime minister will launch marketing of the laptop by the end of this month,” the minister said, in response to queries placed by lawmakers.

Under the country's first initiative to make laptops, the minister said there will be four types of laptop, priced at Tk 10,000, Tk 12, 000, Tk 21,000 and Tk 25,000.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Raju had earlier said the locally made laptops would hit the market by May or June, which would contribute to building a 'Digital Bangladesh'.

The telecoms minister's speech yesterday renewed hopes for the first laptops made in the country.

In response to another query, the minister also informed parliament about the government's steps to turn the 8,500 post offices in Bangladesh into e-centres, by supplying laptops, computers, generators, printers, internet modems, digital cameras, photo-printers and mobile phones.

Manufacture of low-priced laptops takes off today

 

[Aamna Ali]

Manufacture of low-priced laptops takes off today


the minister also informed parliament about the government's steps to turn the 8,500 post offices in Bangladesh into e-centres, by supplying laptops, computers, generators, printers, internet modems, digital cameras, photo-printers and mobile phones.

Manufacture of low-priced laptops takes off today

Wow!..Now that is something that we ought to learn from and copy
..We can install computers in Post offices and make them centres for internet connectivity..This will help a lot of people as we have a huge network of post offices in India and i believe they can be utilised better if we implement this Bangladeshi idea

 

[khurasaan1]

Oh! okay nice to hear that Bangladesh is working hard for technology developments,..........

 

[bd_4_ever]

Wow!..Now that is something that we ought to learn from and copy
..We can install computers in Post offices and make them centres for internet connectivity..This will help a lot of people as we have a huge network of post offices in India and i believe they can be utilised better if we implement this Bangladeshi idea

Indeed...and the traditional nature of post-office services are dying and could be transformed into a modern hub for communication.

However, as the post-offices are even stationed in the most rural of areas...turning them into e-centers could actually enhance the usage of technology for the better of people who stay there.


Cheers!!!

---------- Post added at 03:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:04 AM ----------

Oh! okay nice to hear that Bangladesh is working hard for technology developments,..........

Lol you dont seem too happy about it...


Cheers!!!

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Real cheap laptops.

It is a step in the right direction for a digital revolution.

Most commendable.

Which company is manufacturing this.

I am sure it will have a huge export market!

 

[untitled]

Are these these same laptops Bangladesh is producing ?

One Laptop per Child

 

[chisty_chowdhury]

The brand name is Doel.

 

[Garry]

good job !! congratulations

 

[integra]

Although Doel means our national Bird
it still sounds like Dell,

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Nice name too!

 

[Mujraparty]

sweet ...good job Bangladesh
any details on the configuration yet ....!!..


OT :
dint we(India) had a similar program ...wtf hapnd to it

 

[Zabaniyah]

Although Doel means our national Bird
it still sounds like Dell,

Don't worry, I am pretty sure it won't violate Dell's copyrights

 

[integra]

'Doel' to hit market this month

Gazipur, July 8 (bdnews24.com) — 'Doel', one of the four models of cheaper laptop manufactured by state-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS), will hit the market by the end of this month, the telecommunications minister has said.

"The price of Doel will be Tk 12,000," Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju told reporters on Friday.

"Apart from the commoners, school and college students will be able to buy the low-priced laptops," he said after seeing the trial run of the laptop factory at TSS in Gazipur.

"We've planned to export the laptops in the future after meeting the local demand," he added.

On Thursday, the minister told parliament that there would be four models of the laptop priced at Tk 10,000, 12,000, 21,000 and 25,000 which would hit the market later this month after the prime minister's approval.

The efforts to market the laptops had been going on for over two-and-a-half years.

"Now it's a Tk 1.48 billion project. At least 10,000 laptops will be produced here per month. The project can be expanded if TSS gets a larger space for its factory," he told the journalists.

TSS managing director Mohammad Ismail said, "The project is being implemented in collaboration with the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Malaysian Thin Film Transistor (TFT) and foreign experts."

He said 60 percent of the laptop parts, including the motherboard, would be manufactured in the factory.

"The factory will initially produce some 200 laptops experimentally," Ismail said.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

What are the technical details?

Any idea?

Notwithstanding, it is great start to even produce 200.

The manufacture will pick up as demand increases.

 

[SpArK]

DOEL looks good. Congrats