Best Ekahau Wireless Site Survey — Bangladesh

Bangladeshi wireless market overview

Bangladesh's enterprise wireless demand is concentrated in Dhaka (Gulshan, Banani, Motijheel financial district, Bashundhara) and Chittagong, the country's principal port city and export gateway. The ready-made garment (RMG) sector — the backbone of Bangladesh's export economy — drives significant factory-floor wireless demand, while mobile financial services (bKash, Nagad) and a growing IT/BPO sector are accelerating enterprise Wi-Fi adoption in Dhaka's commercial districts.

• Primary enterprise hubs — Dhaka (Gulshan-Banani commercial belt, Motijheel financial district, Bashundhara City), Chittagong (port city, Chittagong Export Processing Zone, Karnaphuli EPZ).
• Key growth verticals — RMG/garment manufacturing (largest formal employer, multi-storey factories), mobile financial services (bKash, Nagad agent networks and data centres), banking (BRAC Bank, City Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank), IT/BPO (Dhaka software and outsourcing firms), and port/EPZ logistics.
• Connectivity context — 4G is nationwide via Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink, with 5G trials underway in Dhaka. Enterprise Wi-Fi remains the primary indoor connectivity layer for offices, factories and hospitality.

Regulatory and spectrum considerations

Industry-specific deployment considerations

• RMG & garment manufacturing — Multi-storey factory floors with dense sewing-line machinery, metal racking, and production-tracking terminals present significant RF challenges. Ekahau Sidekick 2 spectrum analysis identifies interference from industrial equipment, and floor-by-floor predictive design accounts for concrete slab attenuation between production floors.
• Mobile financial services — bKash, Nagad and similar agent-banking networks require reliable indoor Wi-Fi at agent points and robust data-centre wireless at operations hubs. High transaction-volume environments demand low-latency, high-availability design.
• Export processing zones (Chittagong) — CEPZ and KEPZ factories require coordinated site access with zone authorities. Warehouse and light-industrial layouts benefit from active survey with barcode-scanner roaming validation.
• Corporate offices (Dhaka) — High-density open-plan offices in Gulshan and Banani require capacity-driven design — channel width selection, BSS colouring, and OFDMA planning for Wi-Fi 6 APs in glass-and-concrete commercial towers.
• Hospitality — Business hotels in Dhaka and beach resorts in Cox's Bazar need high-density guest Wi-Fi with seamless roaming across rooms, conference facilities, and outdoor guest areas.

Recommended Ekahau tools and workflow

For Bangladesh deployments, eNeoteric's standard workflow is:

1. Site discovery call — Confirm building type, materials, floor count, existing infrastructure, and vertical-specific requirements.
2. Floor plan collection — Obtain AutoCAD/PDF floor plans; scale and orient in Ekahau AI Pro with wall attenuation parameters for local construction materials (RC concrete, brick masonry, corrugated-sheet factory sheds).
3. Predictive design — Virtual AP placement using Ekahau AI Pro's auto-placement or manual optimisation, targeting RSSI ≥ -65 dBm, SNR ≥ 25 dB, and ≥2 AP overlap in critical zones.
4. On-site passive survey — Ekahau AI Pro + Sidekick 2 walkthrough survey capturing RSSI, noise, channel utilisation, and neighbouring networks.
5. Spectrum analysis — Sidekick 2 spectrum sweep across 2.4 and 5GHz bands to identify non-Wi-Fi interference sources common in factory and dense-urban environments.
6. Reporting — Ekahau-standard report export (PDF heatmaps + CSV data) with eNeoteric engineering commentary and remediation recommendations.

Frequently asked questions

Does eNeoteric have engineers based in Bangladesh?

eNeoteric coordinates Bangladesh surveys from our India offices, with engineers deployed to Dhaka and Chittagong for on-site work. Travel and accommodation are quoted separately for out-of-Dhaka sites.

Can you survey multi-storey RMG garment factories?

Yes. We regularly survey multi-storey garment and textile factory floors, working around production schedules and coordinating access with facility and compliance teams. Sidekick 2 spectrum analysis identifies interference from sewing-line equipment and metal racking.

What languages can your Bangladesh team work in?

Site surveys and client briefings are conducted in English and Bengali where needed. Technical reports are delivered in English as standard.

Do you cover Chittagong EPZ and KEPZ factories?

Yes — we have experience surveying export processing zone facilities in Chittagong, coordinating site access with zone authorities and individual factory management in advance.