To this end, the BSCL on Januassigned multinational consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory as a consultant for the launch of the country’s second satellite by 2023. Initially, the BSCL initiated to lease or rent BS-1’s spectrum capacity outside the country by appointing international consultancy firm Thaicom for two years to run the marketing and sales of the connectivity in foreign countries, including the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.Įven though the realisation of the money spent on the BS-1 has fallen significantly short with capacity utilisation reaching only 30 per cent, the government has initiated a move to launch another satellite. Later, private satellite television channels subscribed to the BS-1 services and now, all television channels in the country are taking the services. In the entire 15-year lifetime of the BS-1, the total earnings from it would reach around Tk 2,450 crore if it continues to earn at the same rate (Tk 200 crore annually) in the remaining 12 years, leaving a deficit of around Tk 252 crore from the Tk 2,702 crore spent for the launch of the BS-1.Īnother BSCL official told New Age on Saturday that the entity started making money in June 2019, more than one year after the launch of the satellite on when the state-owned television started taking services from the BS-1. If the operator earns Tk 200 crore per year in the next four years, earnings in the first seven years of its launch would reach around Tk 950 crore. SUNAMGANJ HAOR EMBANKMENT PROJECTS 40pc works still to be done as deadline missedĮarnings from the country’s first satellite, Bangabandhu Satellite 1, against lease and rental of its capacity in the first three years of its launch have fallen significantly short of the estimate made to realise in seven years Tk 2,702 crore spent for the satellite project.Įarnings from the BS-1 against its capacity lease or rental would fall well short of the installation and operational costs in the first seven years even if its annual rate of earnings remains the same as it was till the year 2020.Īsked about the earnings from the satellite, Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited chairman Shahjahan Mahmood told New Age on Saturday that the entity earned around Tk 150 crore in the year 2020.īangladesh Satellite Company Limited is the company designated to operate BS-1.New, outlying district public univs failing to woo students.Not for anyone to walk dully along, and away.Foreigners working illegally go unchecked.Follies in following in the footstep of Hindi.Indian media report warrants no response: foreign ministry.
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