What is technology technology

Information communication technology

Today’s civilization is development and upgraded through the contribution of science. Globalization has also made the world more communicable. But information communication technology has leaded the world to the highest pinnacle of success.

Any country can be developed from all hands if information communication technology system is adopted as early as possible.

The advancement of information communication Technology make the vast treasure of al forms of knowledge, information, inventions, methodologies, techniques, process and technology from the entire globe available to us by accessing via internet. It is hopeful for us that information Technology has already made inroads into our society, indeed into our psyche. For all its economic backwardness, Bangladesh has easily taken to the IT world.

Definition of information communication Technology: Information communication Technology means the generation of contents, processing, manipulation, storage, routing transmission, switching packaging and usage of information to assists our day to day business. Faster processor like Pentium-4, smarter software packages, high speed transmission and routing capabilities with submarine cable for example, help us to take the optimum benefit from this `Global ocean of knowledge` that matches our everyday needs. The knowledge from all the global sources is stored and continuously updated in thousands of services which are interconnected via a network with very high speed transmission and switching capabilities called internet.

Present condition of ICT in Bangladesh: The use of computer started in Bangladesh in 1964. Computers began to be used commercially from mid 1980s and since then it has come to a long way and the last few years in particular have witnessed tremendous advancement the use of computers. Due to government incentives like exemption of duties on import of computers and their accessories, a vibrant hardware market has developed in Bangladesh and the prices of hardware have come down substantially over the last few years.

Role of ICT in national development: In this world of globalization and IT revolution, a nation’s proper access to information communication Technology is a must for national development because, ICT can help us in many ways as-

1. Employment through exporting ITES: Having a good pool of smart programmers and a large English speaking engineering population in Bangladesh, there is a definite potentiality for Bangladesh to make some headway in the global ITES market, which is dominated by India at this time. But it is a ling way to go before Bangladesh can make a substantial inroad in that market. The most potential market segments are in: data processing, medical transcription, animation, call center, business processing and software development.
2. Role of ICT in Rural Health Care: The use of ICT may provide our rural poor population with quality health care services. It will make them able to get proper treatment through Telemedicine. This distant consulting through Telemedical network facility saves the life of the baby and the mother.                                              

Domestic productivity improvement: By using ICT, we can design a number of domestic services. Here are some more examples:

1.      Decision making process by each agency and ministry of the government can be aided with ICT.

2.      The application of ICT in the very process of government may bring transparency.

3.      By using ICT, we can develop a simple and effective tax collection system of NBR.

4.      Use of ICT can make our banking sector speedier, transparent and service oriented.

5.      Use of ICT in our education sector is also important for our national development.

6.      By computerizing we can bring discipline on the street and earn good amount of revenues from the vehicle owners even to manage the traffic police and maintain the roads.

7.      The ICT may be used in our manufacturing sector. It may provide us with higher productivity and lower cost and effective international marketing.                   

Measures to be taken:

1. Create capacity building: The inventive capacity enables a nation to develop, assimilate and adopt new knowledge for innovative use and development of IT for wealth creation. Bangladesh should look into the development of such capacity by forming partnership with industry and academy within a well strategy plan.
2. Modern capacity building: Innovation capacity should be created to apply new knowledge in the form of new products services. Mechanism should be created for financing, protecting intellectual property, transferring new knowledge to industry managing innovation and doing marketing research.
3. Entrepreneurial capacity: For consumers capacity building support should be made available in the form of managerial knowledge, risk capital, business contacts and physical facilities. Risks of starting hi-tech ventures should be managed. Therefore, adequate safety net should be developed to encourage potential entrepreneurs.  
4. A targeted integration among different branches of knowledge should be made.

We see huge potentiality of domestic ICT for the significant improvement of economic productivity of Bangladesh in the production of goods and services both in government and private sector. Bangladesh can build a strong internal backbone of fiber optic network to enhance communication for voice and data.