Wimax in Bangladesh thanks to Augere Qubee

It was a historic moment indeed for Internet technology in Bangladesh. Just 3 hours ago, Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd started its Wimax sercie in Bangladesh by introducing Qubee Wimad service. At the same time, the company has also inaugurated Qubee ‘flagship store’ in Gulshan, Dhaka. I got the invitation to attend the program but I was some sick and could not go there. However, I sent my photographer Abdul Aziz Liton and he recorded the entire ceremony and also took the pictures and did some video. There was a press release in Bangla and I have translated it in English that you can find a little later in this entry. 

This Wimax facility is indeed a milestone in the history of ICT sector of Bangladesh. We have been dying to get fast  wireless Internet connection at affordable price. I would not say that the 2 Qubee packages that I could find are affordable to middle class people like me but at the same time, I know very well that the price of Wimax package would depend on the price of Internet Bandwidth provided by BTCL. I really wish that BTRC takes a decisive step to lower the bandwidth price to $100 per mbps in Bangladesh. Then, I am sure that the price of Wimax facility will decrease drastically.

Coming back to the launching ceremony of today, I am giving you here the names of the  Augere’s High officials who were present today:

Russel T Ahmed. Chief Marketing officer. Augere

Jerry Mobbs. CEO Augere

Syed Farhad Ahmed. Director. Augere

N. H Chowdhury. Director. Augere

Now, I am giving a part of the Press Release (translated from Bangla):

Augere is now in Bangladesh opening up QUBEE and flagship center

Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Limited (ABL) brought the WiMax Internet service in Bangladesh. On October 21, 2009, the company started its own WiMax brand Qubee in Bangladesh. On that same days, Augere also started its “Qubee Flagship Store.”

Qubee will provide reliable, high-speed wireless Internet service to both regular customers and business enterprises at a competitive price. For a long time, Augere has been working on to make Internet easily available to users in any part of the world. With the installation of superior quality infrastructure, Qubee will give users the “True Internet Experience.”

With an aim to bring positive changes in people’s lives, Qubee started its remarkable journey in Bangladesh. The brand is devoted to open up the endless door of possibilities through the Internet to the people of Bangladesh. High speed Internet; 

Consistent service; and True Internet Experience are the three major features of Qubee Internet service.

Internet coverage:

Initially, Qubee will cover Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara, Mirpur and Uttara residential and commercial area. Soon, the Qubee Internet service will cover entire Bangladesh. Qubee has already giving out various attractive service packages for interested residential and enterprise customers.

Qubee Package Detail:

Packages	Speed	Download capacity	Price	Additional usage
Qubee 512	512 Kbps	6 GB	Tk.3,400	Tk. 0.15/MB
Qubee 1 Mb	1 Mbps	9 GB	Tk. 6,200	Tk. 0.15/MB

For detailed information, you should visit the following website:

http://www.qubee.com.bd/

So, let us hope for the best.