শেয়ারবাজার :::: পুনঃ গণপ্রস্তাবের (আরপিও) মাধ্যমে পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত ডেল্টা স্পিনার্স ৯০ কোটি টাকা সংগ্রহ করবে। গতকাল বুধবার ঢাকা স্টক এঙ্চেঞ্জের ডিএসইর ওয়েবসাইটে প্রকাশিত এক সংবাদে এ তথ্য প্রকাশ করা হয়।
প্রতিষ্ঠানটি পুঁজিবাজারে ৩০ লাখ শেয়ার ছেড়ে ওই টাকা সংগ্রহ করবে। এ ক্ষেত্রে ১০০ টাকা অভিহিত মূল্যের প্রতিটি শেয়ারের দাম নেওয়া হবে ৩০০ টাকা, যার মধ্যে ২০০ টাকা প্রিমিয়াম থাকবে।
বিষয়টি চূড়ান্ত অনুমোদনের জন্য সিকিউরিটিজ অ্যান্ড এঙ্চেঞ্জ কমিশনে (এসইসি) পাঠানো হবে।
ডেল্টা সিরামিকস লিমিটেড নামে একটি সহযোগী কম্পানি স্থাপনে ৫৪ কোটি ৩০ লাখ টাকা ব্যয় হবে। পুনঃ গণপ্রস্তাবের মাধ্যমে সংগৃহীত টাকা এই কম্পানি স্থাপনে ব্যয় করা হবে। বাকি ১৭ কোটি ২০ লাখ টাকা বর্তমান টেঙ্টাইল স্পিনিং কারখানা সংস্কারে এবং বাকি ১৮ কোটি ৫০ লাখ টাকা আরপিওর খরচ ও ঋণ পরিশোধ করা হবে। ইজিএমের রেকর্ড টেড ৪ জুলাই। এ-সংক্রান্ত বিশেষ সাধারণ সভা আগামী ১৪ জুলাই ময়মনসিংহে অনুষ্ঠিত হবে।
-----------------------------------------------Daud: Nokia has been doing business in Bangladesh for a long time. But the full setup and office facility came in 2006. We strongly recognise the opportunities, facilities and consumers in Bangladesh. This market holds a huge potential because the economy is growing fast. Its creative young generation is capable of capitalising on the opportunities. We would like to work here to be closer to the customers. They also value us, which became evident after we won the best brand award from Bangladesh Brand Forum for a third time this year.
How do you research on local market and make business decision?Daud: Actually there are two parts in this regard. We get a lot of consumer insights from our global office. On the other hand, we always try to be closer to our consumers to understand their true feelings. We send our findings to the global office for evaluation. So the decision comes simultaneously from both sides.
There are segments in mobile handset market such as smartphone or low-priced devices. What is your target in Bangladesh?Daud: Right now our goal is to connect the next billion in the developing markets. Our new global chief executive Stephen Elop announced the new strategic vision in February. What do we mean by this? Think about Bangladesh's over 16 crore people. There are 75 million mobile phone subscribers in the country and there is multiple SIM usage here. Still at least 50 percent people are out of mobile connectivity and they cannot afford the phone. So our target is how much we can make the set affordable to them. These people like to talk at cheaper rates. So, we are planning to introduce dual-SIM handsets in Bangladesh soon.
Moreover, a major part of the next billion customers will also use internet. We achieved a good penetration in mobile connectivity but the internet connectivity is still frustrating. About 95 percent users are in the service of mobile internet. So we want to provide internet experience to the people through mobile sets. We are in line to design the product. We think the set's screen has to be bigger with a typing-friendly keyboard. We are concentrating on hardware mechanism now. Currently, Nokia is marketing big screen handsets with a high price tag. But our target is to make high quality sets with smart features at affordable prices.
Nokia will also provide its own browser that will help get webpage very fast. We are also working to develop local contents by the Bangladeshi people. So all the three dimensions -- hardware, software and content development -- are on board.
How do you plan to face pirated phone sets, especially the low quality ones that are flooding the Bangladeshi market? Daud: A huge number of low quality sets are coming to Bangladesh. We think the high import tax is responsible for that. The regulator has a policy about the quality of sets to be imported. But it has not been updated. As a result, the money is going outside. It is high time to think about the quality of imported sets. The import tax for sets is 12 percent on valuation, whereas it is 4 percent in India, 6 percent in Nepal and 7 percent in Sri Lanka. Due to high tax, some people import the device avoiding regulations on quality. If the government fixes tax at a rational level, the imports of bad quality sets will reduce.
How much do you control in Bangladesh's handsets market?Daud: We are a global company that announces the numbers globally. If such announcement comes out in the local market it could confuse shareholders. So we do not disclose any number for any specific market. The customers have awarded us the best brand recognition for the last three years. It is a great achievement.
Samsung has set up an R&D centre in Bangladesh. Grameenphone has introduced GPIT. We also see a lot of enthusiasm in the software sector in Bangladesh. What is Nokia thinking about the issue?Daud: A number of Bangladeshi youth are engaged in freelance software development. We are engaging them with us. We are providing them training with help from Nokia Forum. This is a continuous process. We also help them monetise their products. We provide them the Ovi Store platform, which will be working as Nokia's own store.
What do you expect from the government? Daud: The government should reduce import tax. We also want to go back to the previous taxation regime that was imposed on handsets, rather than fixing the tax in percentage to valuation. Due to 12 percent tax, low quality sets are inundating the market.
প্রতিষ্ঠানটি পুঁজিবাজারে ৩০ লাখ শেয়ার ছেড়ে ওই টাকা সংগ্রহ করবে। এ ক্ষেত্রে ১০০ টাকা অভিহিত মূল্যের প্রতিটি শেয়ারের দাম নেওয়া হবে ৩০০ টাকা, যার মধ্যে ২০০ টাকা প্রিমিয়াম থাকবে।
বিষয়টি চূড়ান্ত অনুমোদনের জন্য সিকিউরিটিজ অ্যান্ড এঙ্চেঞ্জ কমিশনে (এসইসি) পাঠানো হবে।
ডেল্টা সিরামিকস লিমিটেড নামে একটি সহযোগী কম্পানি স্থাপনে ৫৪ কোটি ৩০ লাখ টাকা ব্যয় হবে। পুনঃ গণপ্রস্তাবের মাধ্যমে সংগৃহীত টাকা এই কম্পানি স্থাপনে ব্যয় করা হবে। বাকি ১৭ কোটি ২০ লাখ টাকা বর্তমান টেঙ্টাইল স্পিনিং কারখানা সংস্কারে এবং বাকি ১৮ কোটি ৫০ লাখ টাকা আরপিওর খরচ ও ঋণ পরিশোধ করা হবে। ইজিএমের রেকর্ড টেড ৪ জুলাই। এ-সংক্রান্ত বিশেষ সাধারণ সভা আগামী ১৪ জুলাই ময়মনসিংহে অনুষ্ঠিত হবে।
-----------------------------------------------Daud: Nokia has been doing business in Bangladesh for a long time. But the full setup and office facility came in 2006. We strongly recognise the opportunities, facilities and consumers in Bangladesh. This market holds a huge potential because the economy is growing fast. Its creative young generation is capable of capitalising on the opportunities. We would like to work here to be closer to the customers. They also value us, which became evident after we won the best brand award from Bangladesh Brand Forum for a third time this year.
How do you research on local market and make business decision?Daud: Actually there are two parts in this regard. We get a lot of consumer insights from our global office. On the other hand, we always try to be closer to our consumers to understand their true feelings. We send our findings to the global office for evaluation. So the decision comes simultaneously from both sides.
There are segments in mobile handset market such as smartphone or low-priced devices. What is your target in Bangladesh?Daud: Right now our goal is to connect the next billion in the developing markets. Our new global chief executive Stephen Elop announced the new strategic vision in February. What do we mean by this? Think about Bangladesh's over 16 crore people. There are 75 million mobile phone subscribers in the country and there is multiple SIM usage here. Still at least 50 percent people are out of mobile connectivity and they cannot afford the phone. So our target is how much we can make the set affordable to them. These people like to talk at cheaper rates. So, we are planning to introduce dual-SIM handsets in Bangladesh soon.
Moreover, a major part of the next billion customers will also use internet. We achieved a good penetration in mobile connectivity but the internet connectivity is still frustrating. About 95 percent users are in the service of mobile internet. So we want to provide internet experience to the people through mobile sets. We are in line to design the product. We think the set's screen has to be bigger with a typing-friendly keyboard. We are concentrating on hardware mechanism now. Currently, Nokia is marketing big screen handsets with a high price tag. But our target is to make high quality sets with smart features at affordable prices.
Nokia will also provide its own browser that will help get webpage very fast. We are also working to develop local contents by the Bangladeshi people. So all the three dimensions -- hardware, software and content development -- are on board.
How do you plan to face pirated phone sets, especially the low quality ones that are flooding the Bangladeshi market? Daud: A huge number of low quality sets are coming to Bangladesh. We think the high import tax is responsible for that. The regulator has a policy about the quality of sets to be imported. But it has not been updated. As a result, the money is going outside. It is high time to think about the quality of imported sets. The import tax for sets is 12 percent on valuation, whereas it is 4 percent in India, 6 percent in Nepal and 7 percent in Sri Lanka. Due to high tax, some people import the device avoiding regulations on quality. If the government fixes tax at a rational level, the imports of bad quality sets will reduce.
How much do you control in Bangladesh's handsets market?Daud: We are a global company that announces the numbers globally. If such announcement comes out in the local market it could confuse shareholders. So we do not disclose any number for any specific market. The customers have awarded us the best brand recognition for the last three years. It is a great achievement.
Samsung has set up an R&D centre in Bangladesh. Grameenphone has introduced GPIT. We also see a lot of enthusiasm in the software sector in Bangladesh. What is Nokia thinking about the issue?Daud: A number of Bangladeshi youth are engaged in freelance software development. We are engaging them with us. We are providing them training with help from Nokia Forum. This is a continuous process. We also help them monetise their products. We provide them the Ovi Store platform, which will be working as Nokia's own store.
What do you expect from the government? Daud: The government should reduce import tax. We also want to go back to the previous taxation regime that was imposed on handsets, rather than fixing the tax in percentage to valuation. Due to 12 percent tax, low quality sets are inundating the market.