Development of National ICT Infra-network for Bangladesh Government (Info-Sarker) Project consists of 3 phases:
Services Delivered under this project details below.
Phase-I:
Under the phase-I popularly known as “BanglaGovNet”, 57 ministries, 184 departments/directorates and all 64 districts and one selected upazila under each of 64 districts (64 uapzilas) are connected with national ICT backbone. Duration of this part was April 2010 to June 2015 and implemented successfully.
Phase-II:
ICT infra-network expanded to 420 upazilas (sub-districts) and 18,130 government offices at district and upazila level. 25,000 tabs distributed to government officials to enhance ICT use in public sector. 800 video conferencing systems, expand the existing data center, set up the WiFi coverage of Bangladesh Computer Council and Secretariat. and one disaster recovery center also established in different government offices. Duration of this part was September 2013 to June 2016 and implemented successfully.
Phase-III:
Expansion of national ICT infra-network to 2600 selected Unions out of total 4552 and VPN connectivity to 1000 police offices. Duration of this part is from January 2017 to June 2022 and is under implementation. By this time, we have successfully completed almost all unions with optical fiber network through respective upazila, district, Dhaka Aggregation site to Network Monitoring System (NMS). Another main component of this project is establishing a secured VPN network among 1000 police offices. Selected 1000 vital police offices of Bangladesh Police are successfully configured with VPN using advanced powerful equipment. Which ensures better administration with security and privacy of highly confidential and sensitive information.
In the last 5 years almost 300 million of e-services have been served to rural people through this network, which have financially saved around BDT 300 billion (USD 3.75 billion) as it saved time money as well as significantly reduced number of visits.

http://infosarker3.bcc.gov.bd

• Bangladesh

• Remote and rural communities
• Young Generation

Yes, This project is replicable in any geographical area using similar optical fiber and DWDM equipment.

The project is very technical in nature, which will be implemented through soft loan, therefore government will ensure sustainability by providing continuous support for operation, maintenance and periodic upgradation of the equipment through a contract under the public private partnership for next 20 years to be on a par with the latest technologies. Thus, this project will not be only sustainable but also thriving for the next 20 years.

This project is working with the WSIS Value B2): Information and communication infrastructure: an essential foundation for an inclusive information society. This project has established a huge country-wide infrastructure for data backbone through optical fiber. Establishment of this infrastructure itself is a huge milestone to the progress of Digital Bangladesh. It opened a huge number of possibilities for ICT based development.