About BTCL

About BTCL



Legislative highlights:

The Telegraph branch under the Posts and Telegraph Department was created in 1853 in the then British India and was regulated afterwards under the Telegraph Act-1885. The Telegraph branch was reconstructed in 1962 in the then East Pakistan as Pakistan Telegraph and Telephone Department. In 1971, after the independence of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Department was set up under the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. This was converted into a corporate body named 'Telegraph and Telephone Board' by promulgation of Telegraph and Telephone Board Ordinance, 1975. In pursuance of an ordinance of 1979, Telegraph and Telephone Board was converted to Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), as a Government Board. Then from 1st July, 2008, as per the Telecommunication policy of 1998, BTTB was converted into a public limited company - Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited through another ordinance.



1853
Formation of Posts and Telegraph Department in British India

1885
Telegraph Act-1885

1933
Wireless Act-1933

1962
Renamed as Pakistan Telegraph and Telephone Department

1971
Renamed as Bangladesh Posts and Telegraph Department under Ministry of posts and Telecommunications

1975
Telegraph and Telephone Board Ordinance

1979
Bangladesh Telegraph and telephone Board Ordinance

1998
Telecommunication Policy-1998

2001
Telecommunication Act-2001 to form Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Jobs of former Frequency and Wireless Board (under Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications) were vested upon BTRC.

2008
BTTB was converted into BTCL (Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited) from July 1, 2008. Bangladesh government initially owns all shares of BTCL but shares will be offloaded soon to the public






BTCL has a mandate to provide basic telecommunication services throughout the country.

At present, BTCL is providing telephone service to about 1 million telephone subscribers down to upazila level. Most of them can also use dial-up internet service. BTCL has the largest telecom infrastructure comprising of copper cabling, microwave links, satellite links, optical fibre networks etc. The call rates and internet rates are cheaper than those of other operators. Broadband internet ADSL service is available now with present capacity of 33 thousands. Revenue earned in 2007-08 was 15653 million taka.



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Head office Address: Telejogajog Bhaban, 37/E, Eskaton Garden, Telejogajog Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Regional head offices are as follows: Dhaka (Central, North, South, East, West), Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur. Other regions are Overseas, Transmission, Upazila and Growth Centre, Palli, Planning and Development and Marketing (proposed). The organogram of the company is under process for approval.




Board of Directors

Status
Name
Designation

Chairman
Sunil Kanti Bose
Secretary, Ministry of Post & Telecommunications

Director
Md. Mokhlesur Rahman Khan
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information

Director
Arastoo khan
Additional Secretary, Ministry of establishmente

Director
M. Rafiqul Islam
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications

Director
Kazi Fakhruddin Ahmed, Brig. General, PSc
Director, FSIB, DGFI, Bangladesh Army, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka

Director
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Professor, Shahajalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet

Director
Abu Alam Chowdhury
Vice President, Federation of Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Bangladesh

Director
Nasiruddin Ahmed
President, Institute of Chartered Accounts of Bangladesh

Director
Engr.S.M.Khabiruzzaman, P Eng
Managing Director, BTCL