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BASIS Softexpo 2012 ends with fabulous show

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The BASIS Softexpo 2012 ended with a colourful celebration, with laser show, fire spinning, award ceremony and fanush show - setting up 40 paper-made hot air balloons in the air on February 26. A host of awards were given to best stalls under four categories on the last day of the grand event.
Organisers, participants, visitors and professionals gathered at the outdoor of Bangabandhu International
United Kingdom held one to one business meeting and interviews with 70 local companies. Under the Netherlands Trust Fund II, ITC has arranged the business matchmaking that is aimed at making Bangladesh an outsourcing destination.
According to a study of the Swiss auditing firm, KPMG, outsourcing in Bangladesh is relatively cheaper than many of the prominent outsourcing
Conference Centre to enjoy the final events marking a glorious end to the five day exhibition.
A mesmerizing fire spinning performed by Nayor was followed by a laser show and fanush. MCC was awarded the best stall, Core K was awarded for best mini pavilion, Genuity for best pavilion and Huawei for best sponsor stall.
The largest software exposition, BASIS countries like Brazil, Russia. The cost of labour for outsourcing in Bangladesh is nearly 40% cheaper than India.
The visiting European companies have assured BASIS of engaging the local firms on test assignments, following which there will be long term business agreements. The ITC has already assured business for about 40 local firms in 2011.
The BASIS President,
Softexpo 2012, received overwhelming response of corporate visitors who have shared their interest to seek support of the IT and IT enabled services for their organisations. The international business matchmaking sessions jointly organised by the International Trade Centre, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries and BASIS received overwhelming response from both European companies and local content providers. Twelve companies from The Netherlands, Denmark and
Mahboob Zaman noted that Bangladesh's software export is having tremendous potential given that the revenue has this year doubled to nearly $29 million from about $14 million last year.
With more than 140 exhibitors, 20,000 corporate visitors and more than 80 technical sessions and seminars and presentations, BASIS Softexpo 2012 surpassed any of its previous expositions in terms of size and diversity.
Developing community adoption
The phpXperts Devcon held today at the Celebrity Hall discussed about new IT projects and software like HTML 5 and 3D modelling of shape and dimensions. PhpXpert is a community of IT professionals and new entrants in the IT sector.
According to php Expert Mahbubur Rahman, CTO, Blueliner Marketing Company at New York, "This kind of seminars allows IT students and professionals who work on php to interact and discuss their opinions about developing software." The community has plans to organise an International Conference with php experts soon.
Open Session
Future of mobile financial services
Only 13% of Bangladeshi population is entitled to banking services. However, more than 80 million people are using mobile phones. Hence, mobile financial service has been a rather more efficient tool to deliver banking facilities to the people. The first successful country in this service is Kenya.
In Bangladesh, bKash and some other companies have come up with such mobile banking service.
The cost of banking in this process is relatively low and it is also secured. Mobile services in the country currently include utility bill payment, transportation tickets, top up etc. According to a survey of the World Bank, only 54% of the registered subscribers avail mobile financial services. Bringing the remaining world population within the coverage is a challenge for the investors of mobile financial service providers.
Future of mobile financial services
Only 13% of Bangladeshi population is entitled to banking services. However, more than 80 million people are using mobile phones. Hence, mobile financial service has been a rather more efficient tool to deliver banking facilities to the people. The first successful country in this service is Kenya.
In Bangladesh, bKash and some other companies have come up with such mobile banking service.
The cost of banking in this process is relatively low and it is also secured. Mobile services in the country currently include utility bill payment, transportation tickets, top up etc. According to a survey of the World Bank, only 54% of the registered subscribers avail mobile financial services. Bringing the remaining world population within the coverage is a challenge for the investors of mobile financial service providers.