Huawei donates $ 3 million equipment to BUET

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Huawei donates $ 3 million equipment to BUET

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Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) in collaboration with Chinese telecom giant Huawei is going to set up a GSM laboratory to produce skilled manpower in country’s thriving telecommunication sector.

The Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd recently donated three million US Dollar (nearly Tk. 200 million) GSM equipment to BUET to set up the proposed GSM laboratory, officials of the Shenzhen–based telecom company said.

There will be a wireless communication laboratory & training center in BUET with Huawei’s Next Generation GSM equipments.

A 250 square meter area has been earmarked to set up laboratory and class room in a newly constructed building in BUET. This lab will be used for training, research & development purpose (R&D).

An agreement was signed early this month between Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd. and Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), BUET to establish the Laboratory.

Huawei feels that the lab will largely contribute to create skilled human resource in the telecom sector.

The Chinese company offers training to a large number of Bangladeshi telecom engineers every year in Chinese cities.

Earlier in December, 2007 Huawei donated $579,241 worth of Data Communication Equipment to BUET for Development of a Data communication Network Lab and enhancement of BUET backbone network system.