The Digital ICT Fair-2010, an annual gala exposition of computer and its accessories, begins at the Multiplan Computer City at Elephant Road in the city on December 29.
Multiplan Centre Shop Owners Association is arranging the nine-day fair with the slogan 'Bangladesh in the Light of Technology'. In this connection, the association today held a view-exchange meeting with the journalists at its office at the Multiplan Computer City where different aspects of the fair were highlighted. Speaking on the occasion, Tawfique Ehsan, convener of the fair, said State Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Architect Yafesh Osman will inaugurate the fair, the biggest in Bangladesh.
"The fair has been arranged to make popular the use of computers throughout the country and spread its fruits to the grassroots level as well as build Digital Bangladesh, as envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, through ICT," he said.
Tawfique said about 400 shops will be set up from the third floor to 10th floor on an area of about 100,000 sft, displaying different brands of computer and its accessories within the range of buyers' capacity. Both brand and cloned PCs, laptops, LCD monitor, mouse, keyboard, CD, speaker, DVD, CD ROM drive, calling card, internet card, mouse pad, pen drive, memory card, printer, scanner will be available at cost-effective prices, Tawfique said.
He said people could buy a complete multimedia PC at a minimum price comparison to other markets as the shops would give special discounts on various computers and accessories.
Besides computer products, Tawfique said, mobile phone and its accessories, MP3, MP4 and digital camera will be displayed at the show. Monwar Hossain Talukdar Shyamol, convener of the media sub-committee, said they have arranged painting competition for children, debate, SMS and quiz competitions for students to give an otherwise look to the event. Besides, there will be raffle draws and gaming zones and free internet browsing centers, seminar, symposium, free online ticket booking and internet browsing for the visitors side by side with showcasing latest computer and ICT products that are available in global market, he said.
Marketing Manager of Qubee Shovan Chakratbarty, Convenor of Event Management Committee Engineer Subrata Sarkar and Covenor of Security Sub-Committee Alhaj Nazrul Islam Hazari also spoke at the view-exchange meeting, among others.
The fair which will remain open for all from 10 am to 8 pm every day will continue till January 6. The entry fee has been fixed at Tk 10 but the school students have free access to the fair, the organisers said. They said Qubee, a WiMax service provider, is the Platinum Sponsor of the fair, while Samsung and Toshiba are its Gold Sponsor and Asus, Gateway, Norton and Hyer are the Silver Sponsors. Satellite TV channel ATN Bangla will telecast the inaugural function of the fair live as the media partner, while Radio Today will provide live update in every hour during the fair, the organizers said.