1. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited
Presentation on
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL)
07 July 2014 1

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited
Microwave Transmission Network of BTCL 10 10

11. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited
Optical Fiber Network of BTCL 11 11

12. 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

13. 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

14. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited
Ongoing Projects (ADP)
Project Name
Period
Cost (Lac BDT)
Service
Telecommunication Network Development Project (TNDP)
1 Jul 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 Jun 2016
718,07.09
Optical Fiber Transmission Network
Optical Fiber Cable Network Development at Upazila level (290 Upailla)
Jul Jun 2016
499,28.14 14

15. 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 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

16. 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 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

17. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited
Income Statement
BTCL Income Statement
(Million Tk)
( Million Tk)
(Million Tk)
Revenue
11,
19,
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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited
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