Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd demonstrated live Third Generation Telecom Technologies (3G) in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Thursday at a road show

Posts and Telecommunications Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju attended the inauguration ceremony of the road show which will end on May 12 and showed great interest to the innovative technologies Huawei showcased.

Raju expressed his hope that 3G will enter into Bangladesh's market very soon.

Huawei made the live demonstration from a specially built truckwhich earlier traveled many countries across the world, including India and Vietnam to display the cutting-edge 3G technologies. Thevisitors include most of the mobile operators in Bangladesh.

The show, which includes video call and high speed internet, isaimed at pushing the development of 3G in Bangladesh, Huawi Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited Chief Executive Officer Zhang Hui told Xinhua at the show.

Zhang said, "the government of Bangladesh has committed to realizing Digital Bangladesh by 2021. 3G is one of the major drives to realize the ambition of Digital Bangladesh."

"As one of the mainstream 3G suppliers in the world, Huawei is ready to cooperate with the government and operators of Bangladeshto offer high-speed mobile broadband solutions," he said.

Huawei began its operations in Bangladesh in 1998. Over the years, the company has grown to become one of the country's leading telecommunications solutions suppliers.

Huawei is also involved with many corporate social responsibility projects in Bangladesh including donating network equipment to the University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

(Xinhua News Agency May 8, 2009)