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Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL)

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. Telegraph and Telephone Board was converted into Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), as a Government Board. From 1st July, 2008, as per the Telecommunication policy, 1998. BTTB was converted into public limited company- Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) 

 At present , BTCL is providing telephone service to about 1 million telephone subscribers down to upazilla (700 digital exchanges, 15 lac Telephone capacity). BTCL has the largest telecom infrastructure compirising of copper cabling, microwave links, satellite links, optical fibre networks etc. ADSL Broadband internet service is available now.