DHAKA: A 3-day summit of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) will be held in Dhaka from September 8.

Bangladesh government and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will jointly host the event.

Preparations for this global leading technology forum are underway in CTO office in South Africa, allafrica.com published the report on Tuesday.

The report said that the program will be held under the theme ‘ICTs for Development: From Access to Inclusive and Innovative Services’.

According to the CTO, key topics to be discussed during the 3-day event include building a sustainable ICT infrastructure, evaluating the benefits of e-commerce in emerging markets, mobile technologies, applications and value added services.

It will also include creating an efficient e-governance system, transparency and open government, cloud-based business process outsourcing and financing technological developments in the Commonwealth countries.

However, the CTO Forum is the premier ICT conference of the Commonwealth.

BDST: 1607 HRS, JULY 16, 2014