Bhutan Telecom Limited
འབྲུག་བརྒྱུད་འཕྲིན་ཚད།
TypeState-owned
Industry
Founded1 July 2000 (2000-07-01)
Headquarters2/28 Drophen Lam, Thimphu, Bhutan
Area served
Bhutan
Key people
Tshewang Gyeltshen
(CEO)
Products
Websitewww.bt.bt

Bhutan Telecom (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་བརྒྱུད་འཕྲིན) is a telecommunications and Internet service provider in the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is the sole fixed-line telephony provider in the country. It also operates the B-Mobile mobile service and the DrukNet Internet service.

History

Bhutan Telecom was established on 1 July 2000.[1]

B-Mobile

B-Mobile provides service in all 205 Gewogs (Blocks) in Bhutan.[2] It operates on 900/1800 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 850 MHz UMTS/HSDPA and 1800 MHz LTE frequencies.

LTE 4G was first launched in Thimphu on 24 October 2013. 4G service operates in 1800 MHz - band 3 (FDD).[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bhutan Telecom - Company Profile". Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bhutan Telecom - About". Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bhutan Telecom - 4G". Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.


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