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Bangladesh has acquired an orbit from the International Telecommunications Union for it’s very own satellite, to be established as Bangladesh’s own with in 5-6 years times http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=80308. Not only these, the country is taking other development decisions that will revolutionize the IT and telecommunications sector in Bangladesh. I believe if the government can maintain this pace then Bangladesh is poised for a remarkable development and lots of job possibilities. Below are some of the latest developments that are planned:
1. Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) has also agreed to a proposal of Bangladesh Better Business Forum (BBBF) to drastically cut Internet bandwidth cost in line with the charges in the neighbouring countries within the next two months.
2. Awarding of Internet telephony licences to Internet service providers (ISPs) within next six months.
3. Setting up small scale software technology parks at economic zones within six-nine months.
4. Setting up a 17-acre ICT village in Mohakhali within six months.
5. Set up a second submarine cable for more bandwidth and back up.
6. Establishing a central e-governance centre for effective implementation of e-commerce/digital business.
7. Allow credit card transaction for e-commerce and setting up an electronic payment gateway system.
8. Tax holidays by five years to software and IT enabled services.
9. Reducing the VAT and service charge for internet access to 4.5 percent from existing 15 percent.
10. Set aside atleast 2 percent of ADP (Annual Development Budget) for ICT for every ministries and departments.
11. Asign more frequencies for Mobil companies.

Online payment gateway services and International merchant accounts are very risky venture and costly. Not every company will accommodate international commerce due to the risky nature of this business. However in order to market your product globally you will definitely require an International payment gateway for selling your merchandise over the net. One such company that provides this valuable service is CTAN Management. With their merchant service you do not require a U.S bank account and can take Visa and Master Card. You can collect your money in any currency since they send your money via wire transfer and can send also by paypal or western union. Typical rates for a merchant account and setup fee is around $895 and monthly fee is $20 – 25. Once you fill up their application form they will send you the accurate fee structure within 24-48 hours.

Online social networks are the talk of the town. In fact the popularity of facebook and myspace have sky rocketed due to their potential implications in media and the web. According to facebook they have more than 67 million active users and over 55 regional, work-related, collegiate, and high school networks.

Social networks are website devoted to users who creates their personal profiles, search for friends or contacts, create groups, blogs and albums. There are over 300 social networking site in existence built around many different themes. There are social network sites for photo-sharing, video-sharing, music sharing, blogging communities and all purpose communities like myspace, facebook and professional networking sites like linkedin.

One such all purpose community site is meetbangla, which is betting its share of the market with a bit of ethnic Bengali touch and hoping to flourish along with facebook and others.