Bangladesh: Laptops entirely made in Bangladesh to be manufactured soon

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Dhaka – State-owned telecom company Bangladesh Telephone Shilpa Sangstha Ltd (BTSS) will sign an agreement with Malaysia’s TFT to manufacture laptops. BTSS’s Managing Director Ismail Hossain said the new joint venture would market its product at 12,000 taka (US$ 175) per unit. The first laptops are expected to go on sale in June.

International tenders were invited to manufacture laptops in Bangladesh; four local and overseas companies took part in the process. The foreign companies were from Malaysia and China.

Tender documents were sent to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for scrutiny of the technical aspects.

Once the BUET recommended the Malaysian company, a letter was sent to the TFT in Malaysia within a day or two seeking details of its offer. After that, an agreement can be signed to start production.

TFT will provide technical assistance and BTSS will gradually build up its production, Hossain said.

At present, there are preparations to manufacture 10,000 laptops per month. Most of the raw materials would come from Bangladesh; only a few would be imported.

The Bangladesh Telephone Shilpa Sangstha Ltd was founded in 1967 under the name of ‘Telephone Industries Corporation’ under a joint venture agreement between the Government of Pakistan (then in control of Bangladesh) and West Germany’s M/S Siemens AG.

When the country achieved independence, the Telephone Industries Corporation was incorporated under its current name as a limited company in accordance with the Companies Act of 1913.

Bangladesh: Laptops entirely made in Bangladesh to be manufactured soon | Spero News

[Luftwaffe]

and processor? AMD/Intel? that'll be tough competition for both companies...

[leonblack08]

Good news,read earlier that they were manufacturing mobile phones locally and will be on market this year.What about the progress there?Any news?

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Great achivement

[Al-zakir]

Very encuraging. Like to see it on the market soon.

[mjnaushad]

It will not only a laptop building but also open new doors to technology. As it will give BD brothers experience in High tech. Glad to hear that.

[idune]

Somehow this "reporter" use of word "manufacturing " is misplaced. If anything else they will do large scale assembly of these laptops. But those who do not know there are already small scale non brand laptop/pc assembly goes on in Bangladesh. If this project takes off then price will be little cheaper. Although, mini laptop now a days can be bought from 18,000 tk

[iajdani]

Somehow this "reporter" use of word "manufacturing " is misplaced. If anything else they will do large scale assembly of these laptops. But those who do not know there are already small scale non brand laptop/pc assembly goes on in Bangladesh. If this project takes off then price will be little cheaper. Although, mini laptop now a days can be bought from 18,000 tk

Everybody uses Processor/Motherboard from 3rd party, and that means everybody does assemble laptop including Dell, IBM or NEC.

[Canaan]

that's awesome news

[eastwatch]

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Laptop made in BD is a way up towards progress and development.