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Dhaka to open ICT outlet in Silicon Valley Mustak Hossain Bangladesh will open an information technology outlet at the Silicon Valley in California by the first week of March. Any Bangladeshi software and IT service provider will be able to use the office for sales and display of their products and services. "Our IT companies lack track-records of selling software and IT products and need to adopt some techniques," said Enayetur Rahman, who heads the project. "What we have to do is advertise our products. If we can set some examples, we will try to use them for future business." Rahman believes software and IT service providers can carve a niche in the US market despite the post-September 11 slowdown. The Bangladesh Export Diversification Project under the Information Communication Technology Business Promotion Council and the World Bank will finance the project. The World Bank will provide US$400,000 for the 2,000 square-foot office at Santa Clara, heart of the Silicon Valley. The government has set a software export target of $2 billion by 2006. ---------------------------------------------------------- (News article published in The Daily Star on 18 February 2003 issue) [ http://www.dailystarnews.com/200302/18/n3021810.htm#BODY5 ]
