Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Presentation on Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) www.btcl.gov.bd 07 July 2014 1

History of the Organization Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited History of the Organization 1853 Telegraph Branch/ PoT Dept, British India Regulated afterward by Telegraph Act, 1885 1947 Pakistan Post & Telegraph Department 1962 Pakistan Telegraph & Telephone Department Regulated by Telegraph Act, 1885 & Wireless Act, 1933 1971 Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Department Created by executive order under MoPT 1975 Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board Corporate Body created by T & T Board Ordinance,1975 1979 Govt. Board created under MOPT by Ordinance, 1979 2008 Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd. PLC - 100% share owned by Govt. created by BTTB (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 and Act 2009 2

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Vision To make BTCL a dynamic organization and lead the county’s Telecommunication sector through proliferation of Telecommunication Infrastructure Mission BTCL aims to serve the nation with the latest telecom services at a cheaper cost without compromising the quality. To serve its customers with enhanced values by adopting - Improve quality of customer Services Fulfill demand for telephone and develop proper infrastructure Increase Institutional Efficiency Fundamental change in network planning Adopt Modern Marketing Principles and practices Augment revenue management 3

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Management Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited, 2008 Organogram of BTCL Board of Directors Managing Director Member (Finance) Member (P & D) Member (Admin) Member (M&O) G.M.(S/S) Company Secretary Director (Inspection) 4 www.btcl.gov.bd

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Organogram of a Typical Region – (BTTB Structure) General Manager Director Divisional Engineer Assistant General Manager SDE/ ADE/ AE SAE 5

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited BTCL Board of Directors Chairman Secretary, Posts and Telecommunications Division, MoPTIT Director Addl. Secretary, Posts and Telecommunications Division Addl. Secretary, Finance Division Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Information Representative from Bangladesh Army Representative from BUET President, FBCCI President, ICAB Managing Director, BTCL 6

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Manpower (BTTB Structure) (as on 30 June 2014) Category Approved Working Class 1 1,023 653 Class 2 609 66 Class 3 13,978 6,057 Class 4 3,456 549 Total 19,066 7,325 Other than the regular manpower shown above, a large number of work-charged and casual laborers have been working with BTCL. 7

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Telecom Service Licenses Issued in favor of BTCL Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) International Gateway (IGW) Interconnection Exchange (ICX) International Internet Gateway (IIG) Internet Service Provider (ISP) Telecom Service Licenses intended to acquire Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) International Terrestrial Cable (ITC) Nationwide Telecom Transmission Network (NTTN) 8

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Service Type Services Voice a) PoTs (Plain Old Telephone System) – On net/ Off net Voice Calls, International Calls, FAX, Different Supplementary Services (e.g. Call Forwarding, Hot Line, Do Not Disturb, Alarm etc.), PABX, Centrex b) Interconnection Exchange Service c) International Gateway Service Data Communication Digital Data Node (DDN) Optical Fiber Based MPLS Internet Dial-up Internet ADSL Leased Internet through Optical Fiber d) International Internet Gateway Service Transmission Optical Fiber/ Microwave Based Nationwide Backhaul Transmission Copper/ Optical Fiber based Local loop GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network)- Voice, Video & 20 Mbps data over optical Infrastructure Co-Location Space Power Tower Space Dark Fiber/ Fiber duct Internet/ Data Related Services a) Web Hosting b) DNS Parking c) .bd Domain Name Registration 9

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Microwave Transmission Network of BTCL 10 10

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Optical Fiber Network of BTCL 11 11

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Salient Tariffs (Excluding VAT) Voice Telephone new connection (Dhaka Met/Ctg Met/Other): 2000/1000/600 Tk Telephone Lin-erent (Dhaka-Ctg-Khulna/Zilla/Other) : 160/120/80 Tk/month BTCL-BTCL (country-wide) 08AM-08PM : 0.30 Tk/min BTCL-BTCL (country-wide) 08PM-08AM : 0.10 Tk/min BTCL-cellphone/other operator (country-wide) : 0.80 Tk/min Internet Dial-up Internet (Click2Net) (56 Kbps max) : 0.10 Tk/min Dial-up Internet unlimited package (56 Kbps max) : 250 Tk/Month ADSL Internet(0.256/0.512/1/1.5 Mbps) : 450/750/1150/1600 Tk/m Bandwidth (Submarine Cable based) : 2800 Tk/Mbps/Month .bd country level domain : 1500 Tk for 2 years, renewal 800 Tk/yr 12

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Subscribers Capacity Connection Telephone (PSTN) 14.95 Lac 8.66 Lac ADSL 47 Thousand 15 Thousand 30 June 2014 Item Capacity Digital Exchange Total – 768 (including RSU) Upazilla Level – 481 Growth Centre – 87 Satellite Earth Station Betbunia Mohakhali x 2 ITX Switch 3 ICX Switches and PoPs Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Bogra, Khulna Optical Fiber 5000+ Km 13

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Ongoing Projects (ADP) Project Name Period Cost (Lac BDT) Service Telecommunication Network Development Project (TNDP) 1 Jul 2009-30 Jun 2015 622,86.25 NGN Service, Optical Fiber Transmission Network, Fiber to the Home/ Building Optical Fibre Cable Network Development in 1000 UPs (1006 Union Parishad) 1 Jan 2012-06 Jun 2016 718,07.09 Optical Fiber Transmission Network Optical Fiber Cable Network Development at Upazila level (290 Upailla) Jul 2013- Jun 2016 499,28.14 14

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Projects (ADP) Contd. Project Name Period Cost (Lac BDT) Service Installation of Wireless Broadband network for Digital Bangladesh (4G, LTE) May 2014-Jun 2017 749,31.60 NGN Service, Optical Fiber Transmission Network, Fiber to the Home/ Building Installation of NGN (IMS) based Telecommunication Network for Digital Bangladesh (NTN) 1 Mar 2014-30 Jun 2017 2126,90.98 NGN (IMS) Platforms, OFC Network-3500 km, Data Center, Broadband –FTTX, ADSL (100,000 subscriber), Video on Demand, IP TV, Video conference. Optical Fibre Cable Network development in 1000 Union Parishad of (remote) area (DPP yet to be approved) - 1080,31.16 Optical Fiber Transmission Network 15

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Projects (BTCL) Project Name Period Cost (Lac BDT) Service Replacement of old Digital Telephone System of Dhaka city (171 KL) 1 Sep 2009-30 Sep 2014 248,06.00 NGN based Switching & MGW, MGC, Access gateway Telecom-ICT Institute, Gazipur - Telecom Tower Building at CTS Compound of BTCL at Tejgaon, Dhaka 368,00.00 13,31,125 sq. ft. Floor Area 16

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Income Statement BTCL Income Statement 2012-13 (Million Tk) 2011-12 ( Million Tk) 2010-11 (Million Tk) Revenue 11,458. 43 19,884. 65 15,157.87 Less: Cost of services 8,342.88 10,145.24 7,694.26 Administrative expenses 3,191.24 3,102.35 3,184.75 Repairs and maintenance 479.54 484.85 439.4 Depreciation 5,473.73 5,375.67 5,333.93 17,487.39 19,108.12 16,652.34 Operating (loss)/profit (6,028.96) 776.53 (1,494.47) Add: Non-operating income 2,036.68 1,977.03 1,246.47 (3,992.27) 2,753.56 (248.00) Less: Bank charges (7.39) (4.45) (16.11) Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 4,119.06 (2,811.19) (2,997.65) Net profit/(loss) before tax 119.39 (62.08) (3,261.77) Less: Provision for income tax (68.00) (110.00) (82.02) Net profit/(loss) after tax 51.39 (172.08) (3,343.79) 17

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Strength Nationwide established Network and Infrastructure Trained and Expert Manpower Known Brand to mass people Government Support Weakness De-Reregulation of the Telecom Market No recruitment after 2008 Dissatisfaction among the employees Low payment structure compared to other telecom operators 18

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Opportunities Formation of Department of Telecommunication (DoT) is under process Fast growing Telecom and ICT sector Innovative and New projects with next generation Networks Threats Private Sector telecom operators The use of PoTs is reducing Rapid Change of Telecom Technology 19

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Thanks 20