The New Nation - Internet Edition

Citycell recently participated in the seminar titled 'Prospects and Future of ICT Education in Bangladesh' organized by Southeast University (SEU). The seminar was held on December 18 at the university auditorium in the city.

The seminar was opened and chaired by Professor Dr. M. Shamsher Ali, Founder Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Open University, President of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and Vice Chancellor of Southeast University. Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, Deputy General Manager, Product and Business Development of Citycell joined this seminar as one of the guest speakers. He discussed about the involvement of young professionals and students in ICT for poverty alleviation. In this respect, he highlighted the importance of Citycell's high-speed wireless data service 'Zoom' for availing information about 'Location Based Fish Tracking' and 'Location Based Agriculture System'. With Zoom, people can access and browse internet at any time from any place within Citycell's extensive network. Mr. Armaan mentioned that young people can provide community information to rural people to facilitate their daily activities. He also focused on the Citycell's Interactive Voice Response System. People can have required 'Location Based Agriculture Information' through dialing some specific numbers (from Citycell phone) with this system. Dr. M Lutfar Rahman, Professor, Department of Computer Science of Dhaka University and Dr. R. I. Sharif, Dean, School of Sciences of Southeast University also discussed about the nationwide communication network for efficient Management Information System and application areas of ICT in the country. The faculty members of Computer Science and Technology from different universities and students of different disciplines of Southeast University also attended the seminar.