Internet, telecom services face disruption after fire at Khawaja Tower
Internet and telecommunication services are facing disruption following the fire incident at Khawaja Tower in city's Mohakhali as the building houses operation centres of several international internet gateway (IIG) service providers, data centres and interconnection exchanges (ICXs).
"Many IIG operators run their operations from the building. Broadband and telecom service providers get bandwidth from them," Md Emdadul Hoque, president of the Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh, told media.
"So, around 30 to 40 percent of the internet connections of Bangladesh will be hampered," he added.
He said mobile internet and voice connection will also be affected as they get bandwidth from the IIGs.
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