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Kausar
Zaman Bappi
Managing Director
ABS Group

Autonomous and private offices are
digitized, therefore internet
connection is a must in these offices
and internet connection means use
of Optical Fiber Cable through ISP
(Internet Service Provider) company.
Also most of the residential houses
are using internet connection
through ISP. The demand of our
product is significantly enlarged
throughout the country because now
from world renowned company,
Borouge, UAE. we are the second largest
Our optical fibers are fitted with manufacturing company of Optical
meter ID’s at 10 meter intervals. Fiber Cables. We are manufacturing
This helps to detect disturbance our products with Fourth Generation
accurately, making repairs a time German Technology Machineries
efficient process. Currently, the cable which is going on full swing in the
industry is competing with imports, local market and our products are
Savar. Following this, I launched and we would urge the government even better than the imported ones.
ABS Knitex - a yarn drying project. to impose a tax on imports to Renowned ICT companies are using
After my father passed away, I encourage local vendors to our product regularly. Our products
joined Skylab as Managing contribute to the sector. If this is are also being used by many of the
Director. done, it would allow our workers to large ISP companies throughout the
I have been involved in business become skilled, and in turn create country.
from a very young age. I decided to employment, and the nation
Please tell us about your venture into the optical fiber through a joint venture with China wouldn't have to part with foreign What were the What are your
journey with ABS industry because of the increased Siemens. The Bangladesh currency. Right now ABS is in a challenges of Foreign Currency as well as create of mass people and as a result the potentiality in the Information & aspirations with A.B.S.
Communication Technology sector.
user of OFC is enlarged in the local
government is aspiring to establish
group. demand following the e-villages. In order to be able to do position to take on government establishing ABS Cables an obstacle to improve our market and the sale of our product Before, the cable was marked in
Industrial Development. We request
government’s initiative to pursue
I come from a business family. My establishing Vision 2021. I believe I this, the country needs a massive projects. We welcome the and how did you our present government to is increasing day by day. Renowned Bangladesh as an imported item and cables?
father Late Al Hajj Md. NurulHuq am innovative and consider myself output of optical fiber, without establishment of more local overcome them? discourage importing the low quality ICT related companies like Summit the price was staggeringly high. The demand of our product -
was the founder of Skylab Pharma, a risk taker which there is no connectivity. industries, because then the country Optical Fiber and encourage local Communication Ltd., Fiber@Home, Presently, the market demand of the optical fiber cable has dramatically
the oldest and renowned The optical fibers ABS Cables will become self sufficient when it Optical Fiber cables (OFC) are used manufacturers like us to avoid loss Link3 Technologies Ltd., BDCOM product is significantly high increased in Bangladesh. Our user
pharmaceutical firm to come out produces has a monumental comes to the production of optical as a medium for Telecommunication of Foreign Currency. Our major online, Amber IT, Dot Internet, throughout the country because is also increasing day by day. The
with disposable syringes. He was What sets ABS Cables competitive advantage. We digitally fiber cables. and networking because it is flexible challenges are to make Infolink etc are using our products. almost most of Bangladesh is using future of optical fiber cable is
the Founder President of Cumilla apart from its print our fiber cables. Even though and can be bundled as cables. It is knowledgeable the above aspects to the internet, CC camera and bright. Now almost all
Chambers of Commerce and also competitors? this reduces our efficiency by 30%, How important is the especially advantageous for long the Internet Service Provider (ISP) telecommunication technology. After government, semi-government,
the Chairman of Oman Bangladesh ABS Cables has two factories it ensures that we are producing role of innovation for distance communications because companies because they provide How crucial is it for market research of the product and autonomous and many corporate
Leasing Company. After my producing optical fibers. In order to the highest quality optical fiber ABS Cables Limited? light propagates through the little services to End User of our products. Bangladesh to locally thinking creatively, we are now companies are using our cables. In
graduation, my father encouraged establish the factories, we sent our cable available in the country. Our Optical Fiber Cables plays a attenuation compared to electrical The progress of our Research and manufacture fiber optic poised to establish an optical fiber order to bolster digitization, use of
me to join his company Skylab as personnels to China in order to get raw materials are sourced significant role for the Economic copper cable. For digitalization of marketing team are significantly cables as opposed to cable manufacturing plant for optical fiber cable is a must. Our
an Executive Director. My first trained and return to the country internationally; the HDPE (High Development and digitalization of Bangladesh ICT Sector Development developing to augment the use of optimum use of the local market at aspiration with ABS Cables looks
independent venture was as optical fiber experts. This Density Polyethylene) we use for the country. Most of the is very much important but some OFC through keeping above importing from abroad? lower cost and mitigate the demands promising and optimum for the
establishing a terry towel factory in overseas training was facilitated our optical fiber Cables comes Government, Semi-Government, companies imported low quality mentioned advantages in the mind Fiber optic cable has wide-ranging of Digital Bangladesh. future.
Optical Fiber and incurs loss of

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