'Telecentre-in-a-Box', Bangladesh Open Source Network 's (BdOSN) First initiative towards Telecentre Movement in Bangladesh. As being one of the partners of Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN), BdOSN launched this CD Pack (consisting of 2 CDs – Ubuntu and a add-on) at National Telecentre Colloquium 2008. Bangladesh Telecentre Network organized the Colloquium at the Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogra on November 7 – 8, 2008. Around 200 telecentre practitioners was present there to make the event a success. Chairman, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Mr. Maj. General Manzurul Alam, ndc, psc (Retd.) had inaugurated the ceremony.
Main focus of the colloquium was to understand the existing challenges in telecentre operation and way out to overcome those challenges. There are about 1,100 telecentres in operation in Bangladesh operated by different organizations in different modes and models. Despite all the models, telecentre operators are regularly facing different challenges in operating their telecentres which are lack of relevant content, technical problems, connectivity problems, service designing and packaging and sustainability of their telecentres.
