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

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL)

Presentation on

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited

07 July 2014 www.btcl.gov.bd

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History of the Organization

1853 Telegraph Branch/ PoT Dept, British India

Regulated afterward by Telegraph Act, 1885

1947 Pakistan Post & Telegraph Department

Regulated afterward by Telegraph Act, 1885

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 Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board

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


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To make BTCL a dynamic organization and lead the county’s Telecommunication sector through proliferation of Telecommunication Infrastructure

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 ServicesFulfill demand for telephone and develop proper infrastructureIncrease Institutional EfficiencyFundamental change in network planning Adopt Modern Marketing Principles and practicesAugment revenue management

Mission

Vision


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www.btcl.gov.bd

Organogram of BTCLManaging Director

Company Secretary

Director (Inspection)

Member (Finance)

Member (M&O)

Member (Admin)

Member (P & D)

G.M.(S/S)

Board of Directors

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited, 2008 Management


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Organogram of a Typical Region – (BTTB Structure)

General Manager

Director

Divisional Engineer Assistant General Manager

SDE/ ADE/ AE

SAE


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BTCL Board of Directors

Chairman Secretary, Posts and Telecommunications Division, MoPTIT

Director Addl. Secretary, Posts and Telecommunications Division

Director Addl. Secretary, Finance Division

Director Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Information

Director Representative from Bangladesh Army

Director Representative from BUET

Director President, FBCCI

Director President, ICAB

Director Managing Director, BTCL


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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.

Manpower (BTTB Structure)(as on 30 June 2014)


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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 acquireBroadband Wireless Access (BWA)

International Terrestrial Cable (ITC)

Nationwide Telecom Transmission Network (NTTN)


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Service Type ServicesVoice 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, Centrexb) Interconnection Exchange Servicec) International Gateway Service

Data Communication

a) Digital Data Node (DDN)b) Optical Fiber Based MPLS

Internet a) Dial-up Internetb) ADSLc) Leased Internet through Optical Fiberd) International Internet Gateway Service

Transmission a) Optical Fiber/ Microwave Based Nationwide Backhaul Transmission

b) Copper/ Optical Fiber based Local loop c) GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network)- Voice, Video & 20 Mbps

data over optical

Infrastructure a) Co-Locationb) Spacec) Powerd) Tower Spacee) Dark Fiber/ Fiber duct

Internet/ Data Related Services

a) Web Hostingb) DNS Parkingc) .bd Domain Name Registration


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Microwave Transmission Network of BTCL


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Optical Fiber Network of BTCL


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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

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/minInternet


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Subscribers Capacity Connection

Telephone (PSTN)

14.95 Lac 8.66 Lac

ADSL 47 Thousand 15 Thousand

Item Capacity

Digital Exchange a) Total – 768 (including RSU)b) Upazilla Level – 481c) Growth Centre – 87

Satellite Earth Station a) Betbuniab) Mohakhali x 2

ITX Switch 3

ICX Switches and PoPs Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Bogra, Khulna

Optical Fiber 5000+ Km


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30 June 2014

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 Optical Fiber Transmission

Network


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Projects (ADP) Contd.


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


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Projects (BTCL)


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


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BTCL Income Statement2012-13 (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)

Income Statement


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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


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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


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Thanks


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

Documents

telegraph act

wireless act

old telephone system

t t board ordinance

network planning

international calls

categoryapprovedworking

bttb amendment ordinance