Understanding the Pattern of Cell Phone Use: A Study on Dhaka University Students

Abstract

During last few years the Government of Bangladesh has been trying relentlessly to create and introduce ICT facilities in every sector of the country. As of March 2013 the country has almost 99.97 million cell phone and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) users. The number of internet users of the country is about 31.80 million. Bangladesh enjoys the teledensity rate about 64.56% and internet density 20.53%. This article deals and tries to give a snapshot of understanding the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) situation in Bangladesh. Efforts are made to understand the pattern of cell phone use and also to know the attitude of the students in this regard. A survey is conducted among 150 students of Dhaka University through a questionnaire. It is generally assumed and believed that the students of Dhaka University are more conscious and receptive to any innovation than any other section of Bangladeshi people. From the survey it is found that 33% of the students do part time job and about 94% of the students under the survey use cell phone; whereas the country’s national cell phone use rate is 64.56%. The national internet density rate is 20.53% whereas the study reports that 86% of the students use internet.