Dhaka, March 9 -- Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the chief advisor, has promised to provide mobile operators with access to "dark fibre".

He said, "We will grant concessions to mobile operators regarding the NTTN issue. The country's top two NTTN operators have blocked the data market by hoarding fibre as if it were a treasure. The government will put an end to this policy.

"We want NTTNs to operate by renting dark fibre rather than selling bandwidth.

"It is the government's political commitment to make a policy for maximum utilisation of the nation's unused fibre cables."

Faiz made these remarks in a speech at a discussion programme titled "What to do to get high-speed, quality and affordable internet at the marginal stage" ...