Staff Reporter:
Free Wi-Fi service was launched at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday in bid to ensure digital services for the passengers in the country’s busiest airport.
More than 37,000 passengers would use the free Wi-Fi services simultaneously in the airport.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Afroza Khanam inaugurated the free Wi-Fi service, while Posts, Telecom-munications and Information Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam, state minister for civil aviation and tourism M Rashiduzzaman Millat and PM’s adviser on Telecommunication and Information Tech-nology Rehan Asif Asad were present.
Addressing a press briefing, the Civil Aviation Minister said the current democratic government is providing high-quality digital services to the airport passengers in line with the electoral pledge of ‘fast and reliable internet for all’ announced in the election manifesto.
About the third terminal of the Airport, she expressed optimism that the new terminal could be inaugu-rated soon. “Hopefully, we will be able to inaugurate the third terminal soon and that will be an im-portant milestone for us,” she added.
The Wi-Fi network covers nearly 94,000 square metres of the airport, including Terminal 1, Terminal 2, the Domestic Terminal, VIP Terminal, VVIP Terminal and car parking areas, enabling passengers to access free internet services across almost all key parts of the airport, said a PID handout.
The service has been built on modern network infrastructure, including 250 access points (APs), 48 kil-ometres of optical fibre and Ethernet cable installations, and 37 access switches to ensure stable and high-speed connectivity.
