The internet regulator is abandoning its plan to allow Bangladesh to be the transit point for bandwidth supply to India’s northeastern states on concerns that it could weaken the country’s potential to become a regional internet hub.

A Singaporean Telecommunication Company works to connect Bangladesh with Myanmar and few others East Asian countries through undersea cable for bandwidth sharing.

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) will start exporting bandwidth – 10 gigabits per second – to Indian state of Tripura form December 1.