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BANGLADESH
Advances in telecommunication & information iechnology (lCT) have done more than anything else to drive
the last decade's economic boom and the inteqration of markets around the planet- Since telecommunications
play an important role rn the developmenl of ICT as well as socio-economic condition of a country,
development of telecommunicatron ls essential
Bangladesh T & T Board (BTTB), the only public sector telephone service provider, is doing the best with its
limited resources to provide most advanced telecommunication services to its valLlable subscribers.
BTTB has a frrm policy to digitalize the complete netwo* as soon as possible. Digitalization of BTTB network
started baak in the year 1983 and over the past few years, the installation of digital equipment has increased
considerably ln the mean time, all lhe district headquarters
377 upazilla's have been equipped with digital
exchanges Remaining upazillas will have digrtal exchange very soon.
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ln the age of information technology (lT), a robust and efficient national transmission system is required to
support telecommunicatjon and data communications, as well as the lT activities of a country. With this end in
view BTT B is gradually installing and expanding Optical Fiber nehao.k and SDH microwave links throughout
the country. lnitiative has been taken to install opticalfibre based access network.
BTTB has started providing lnternet services At present, the services cover 64 district headquarters and 377
upazillas and '16 growth centres Plans are under way to extend the facilities to all upazilla headquarters very
soon BTTB is providing broadband data service and at present, there are 78 DDN nodes at 41 districts
Consortium Submarine Cable has been formally inaugurated on 21st l\,4ay,2006 and connected to the globat
information super highway through consortrum, enabling better overseas gate-way facitities for data
communications as well as voice communications for public and pdvate operators. To connect the whole
country with this Submarine Cable, different activities arc taken. Besides BTTB, lsps & different
organrzations are enjoying the service of submarine cable.
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BTTB is implementing "'10 (ten) lacs & T N.4obile phone ('1st phase 2.5 Lacs)" project. A Public Ltd. Company
namely "TELETALK Bangladesh Ltd" is providtng l\y'obile Phone servjce to people Programm has been taken
to expand the service of the company.
BTTB is committed to expand the Telecommunication network of the country by introducing latest technology
and also to contribule a sjzable amount of revenue to Govt. exchequer. BTTB has taken a very big project to
install 5 lac telephones in Dhaka & other major cities. Besides this, two majo. pro,ects; one for development of
interconnection scenario & another for development of intemet & dala communication scenario are also under
process. BTTB expects to maintain its leadership.ole in telecom sector in the present multi-operator
competitive environment.
I hope that, this Annual Repod will be helpful for better understanding of the activities of the BTTB Due to
some unavoidable circumstances the Annual Report could not be published earlier, although we put our best
effods to minimize delay. However, there might be some shortcomings in the report. lwould earnesfly request
the readers to vie\q it leniently and advise us for iis better presentation in the years to come.
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Anwarul Azim
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CHAIRI\,4AN
Bangladesh T & T Board, Dhaka
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COMPOSITION OF BANGLADESH
TELEGMPH AND TELEPHONE BOARD
(Fiscal year 2005-2006)
A. CHAIRMAN
Akhand (Upto 29-05-2006)
Mr. Aliwardy Khondaker (From 19-06-2006)
Mr. Md. A. Maleque
B. FULL TIME MEMBERS:
1-
MEMBER (PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT),
Mr. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed (Upto 29- 12-2005)
Mr. Aliwardy
2.
Khondaker
(From 30-12-2005 to 18-06-2006)
MEMBER(ADMINISTMTION)
ML Moniruzzaman Khan.
3.
MEMBER (MAINTENANCE & OPERATION),
Mr. S. M. Monir Ahmed
4.
MEMBER (FINANCE)
Mr. Jamil Osman-
C,
RTTIMEMEMBERS:
Mr. Md. Shah Alam, DG-ll, PM's otfice.
Mr. AliAkbar Hossain Akand, Member-1, Land Appeal Board
(Ex. JS, ERO, M/O. Finance).
Major Md. Zahangir Hossain, TE, Signals Directorate, General staff officer-ll
AHQ.
SERVICE CATEGORY
2004 -
2005
2005 - 2006
TELEPHONE SERVICES
698
73',|
1010,009
12,03,057
857,358
695
8,89,174
No. Telephone Exchanges.
Exchange capacity
Telephone connections
Public Call Office
1,514
1,056
848
848
01
177,319
01
'104,986
6,508
17,228
Card phones
nland Telegraph Office
nternational Telegraph Office
nland Telegram (messages)
nternational Telegram (Messages)
Telex Exchange capacity
Connections (Telex)
2000
778
GENTEX Services (Office)
INTERNET
SE
695
91
91
IVBPS
(24+8) MBPS
ICES
lnternet Capacity
Satellite
(16+8)
2
Submarine cable
lnternet Connection
x STM-'I
17,344
20,848
7,347
274
10,193
294
70,429
68,930
45.537
47j23
13
11
1370.00
7003.60
ERIEAT CIRCUITT
Telephone
VFT & Data
NWD Circuits Capacity
NWD Circuits Working
Number of Development Proiects
Allotment (Tk. in Million)
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annual
'1.1.
report
2005 - 2006
Historical Background of Bangladesh Tslegraph and Telephone Board:
The Teleg.aph branch under the Posts and Telegraph Department was created in 1853 in the then British lndia and
was regulated afteMards under the Telegraph aci of 1885. This telegraph b.anch was .econstRrcted in 1962 in
lhe then Pakistan as Pakistan Telegraph and Telephone Department. After the independence of the People's
Republic of Bangladesh in 1971, Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Department was set up under the ministry
of Posts and Telecommunicatjons to run the Telecommunicatrons seryices jn Bangladesh. This was converted into
a corporate body named'Telegraph and T€lephone Board'by promulgation of Telegraph and Telephone Board
Ordinance, '1975 ln Pursuance oI Ordinance No Xll of 1979 promulgated on 24th February, '1979; Telegraph and
Telephone Board was converted to "Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board" as a Government Board
1.2 Organizational Structure of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board:
Bangladesh T&T Board is run as a government establishment under the Minislry of Posts and Telecommunications
([rOPT). The Board Comprises of '1 (one) Chahman,4 (four)full time members and 3 (three) pad{ime members,
all are appoinled by the govemment ofthe People's Republic of Bangladesh .
The Telecom. sector of the country has been liberalized for prjvate investmenl. Bangladesh T&T Board provides all
types of telecommunicatjon seryices in urban and rural areas while the mobile, paging and radio trunk services are
offerod by prNate ope.ators. Recently a mobiie phone service is being provided through Public Ltd. Co named
'Telelalk' under the management of the govemment Public/ Private operators were also given license to install and
operate digital exchanges in rural areas and they would installtelephone exchanges in phases. Table-1 shows the
list ofthe private & public operators rn 2005-2006
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Prlvato
s/N
Collular
lacom. Opsrators ln BEngladesh
Function
Name of the Operators
1.
Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (PBTL).
Provide Cellular Radio Telephone services.
2.
Grameen Phone Ltd
Provide Cellular Radio Telephone services.
3.
Seba Telecom. (Pvt ) Ltd
Provide Rural Telecom.Services in 199 Upazilla's
and Cellular Mobile Radio telephone systems.
4
Tslecom l\,4alaysia lnternational Ltd (T[,4])
Provide Cellular Mobib Radio telephone systems.
5.
WARID Telecom Ltd.
Paging. Radio Trunking E Rive ne Telecom. services
Publlc Llmlted Co
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Provide Cellular Radio Telephone services,
TeleTalk Banqladesh Ltd.
Prlvrt. flxad phonr opcrutorr
1.
Seba Telecom, Pvt. Ltd. (lSL)
2.
Ranks Tel€com. Ltd.
3.
Dhaka Telephone Co. Ltd.
M/s. Westek Ltd
Telebarta Ltd
M/s. Jalalabad Tel€com LtdNational Telecom Ltd.
Onetel Communications Ltd
SA Telecom. Ltd.
Squar Informatrx Ltd.
People's Telecom-
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5
6
7.
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9.
10
11.
Established, Operation & l\,4aintenance of Digital
Telephone rn 246 UDazilla's {Rural area).
lnstallation & Operation of Telephone by flxed/
Wireless local looo in different oeooraDhical areas.
DO
DO
DO
DO
DO
DO
DO
DO
DO
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,l Telephone
Exchange Status of The Bangladesh T&T Board
The Telegraph branch under the Posts and Telegraph Department was created in 1853 in the then British lndia and
at
the end of 2005-2006 fiscal year Bangladesh T&T Board had 731 telephone exchanges with total capacity of
1203,057 lines. BTTB started operating digital loc€l exchanges after installation of six NEC- NEAx 61E exchanges
in the Dhaka Telecom Region Network in 1990-91 fiscal year with inihal total capacity of 26,000 lines Upto 20052006 financial year one hundred forty one, seventy three, one hundred twelve, fifty three, sixty seven and thirty
eight local digital exchanges were installed in Dhaka (S/N/EM/Cen), Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur &
Sylhet Telecom. Regions respectively. These were supplied and installed by NEC (Japan), Alcatel (France), ltaltel
(ltally), Ericsson (Sweden & l\,,lexico), Netus (Turkey), CNIEC, GDT and ZTE (China) Exchange status of BTTB as
on June, 2005 and June, 2006 are given in the following Table-2 and Table -3 respectively.
BTTB
Region
Type
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lephone Exchange Status as on 30 June, 2005.
Number
Capacity
229
1,433
2AO
166
356
564
21
r69,l0t
163,859
3t
t7t,6t9
Dhaka (S)
1 451
643
546
265,570
264,456
239,440
396
00
00
346
a2
SUB-TOTAL
CB
Dhaka (E)
o0
o0
32
36
1S
l2
Chittagong
a7
1
I3_454
25 336
129,675
2 947
2,445
1,800
114,200
2,291
26,132
2 454
2,624
1,751
137,574
126,427
30,236
35,444
133,146
3.239
115,704
a2,A57
't29,364
657
1,425
500
51,431
54,413
1,764
2,244
4,100
50,064
91,122
5,073
4,309
1.111
1.160
34,003
400
3.266
35,401
5
89
23
0a
a2
5t.la0
39,325
1.470
1.311
1,200
706
21
46.542
50,652
Khulna
172
11
14
o1
52
SUB TOTAL
CB
7A
1T
Rangpur
CB
Sylhet
SUB TOTAL
1,840
2,664
5,200
5.800
CB
Rajshahi
796
00
00
129 279
SUB-TOTAL
51
CB
1,573
1,331
5lO
1,161
1,615
2,194
34,351
100
12,A99
Country
15,238
17,995
243
2
Dhaka (N)
Pending
demand
314
o2
SUB TOTAL
Connection
752
200
1,677
2.150
1,286
32.509
35 424
9,1A2
14,201
8,663
13,s66
6,901
10 999
Total
GRAND TOTAL
355
96s,s09
a2T,700
116,442
698
J010,009
857,358
'139,413
ble-3
BTTB Telephone Exchange Status as on 30 June, 2006,
2.2
Publlc
lephones:
several years back, public telephone services used to be provided through coin Boxes in the urban areas and
land line/ wircless Public call ofilces (Pc.o's) in the rural areas. seryice quatity of these public telephones had
been far from satisfactory To improve the public telephone service, cardphone systems were introduced in i992
with programs of replacing the old coin boxes and PC.O,S . By June 2006, about 1,056 Card phone booths were
installed in difierent parts of the country . All cardphones have access to nation wide dialing while 271 of them
have international direct dialing facility. Due to befter and easy pubtic accessibitity to telephone, this cardphone
service has become popular in the country A program of installing card phones has been taken to cover all
upazilla's and rural groMh centres ofthe country.
2.3 Telegraph Services.
Telegraph system, the oldest means of telecommunication service, is loosing impodance gradually due to
introduction of more modem telecommunication systems. ln the fiscal Vear 2005-2006, the total number of
domestic telegram messages were 104,986 and that of international telegram was 17,228 Number of Tele€raph
Offices were 849. A comparison of year wise telegram messages are shown in Table-4
Table - 4
Year wise Telegram Messages'
of lnternational
Year
No. of National Messages
2001-2002
u't,378
55,934
2002-2003
2A2,042
36,516
2003-2004
268,438
25,377
2004-2005
177,319
6,508
2005-2006
'104,986
17,228
No.
Messages
2.4 GENTEX and Bureau Fax Service
GENTEX service was introduced in 1989 and lafer on Bureau fax sewice was introduced The number of ofilces
providing GENTEX services are 91 Through this service the major telegraph offices are inter linked
2.5 Nation wide Dialing (NWD) services.
ln Bangladesh Nation-wide long distance telephone dialing system was first introduced in 1983 employing NEAX61E version of NEC exchange to link all the major cities of the country. Before that there were Subscribers Trunk
Dialing (STD) services based on Anatog EIVID toll switching system to link only a few cilies ofthe country. By June,
2006: 441 stations includinq all 64 district headquarters and 377 Upazillas/ GroMh centres were brought under
direct diating system. Total 47,123 NWD ckcuits were working by June, 2006. Details about the circuits are given
in Table -5
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'ldx
E-10
s-I2
z'tE'
KT
AXD-
E-10
t0
1,320
tt.529
7.320
8,296
1,423
4,1,18
13,849
8,5?1
I,172
3,t42
3,172
3,12
2,501
3,t
72
3,t12
2,501
3,294
1,291
2.r35
1,310
2,135
15.891
9,21I
.1,148
r,810
854
854
712
732
1,403
1.401
2.898
3,050
1,007
r,007
r.281
8,2,16
25,864
11,529
19,455
1,281
1.8J0
1.830
CRAND
t.922
3,\72
4.421
8,57r
6,681
17,12,4
2.6 Transmission System in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh is a riverine country as the country's long distance transmission syslems are mainly
microwave, UHF and VHF radio links. The Optic€l Fiber is also used in city & some district headquartei
interconnecting local exchange and Remote Switching Units (RSU) in multi exchange networks
interconnections between switching exchanges and microwave stations. BTTB'S major microwave radio
listed in Table-6 are shown in Figure-1 & 2
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Major Backbone Microwave Links as on 30 June,2006.
Dhata-Narayangonl -HaJrgonlBegum-Jorargonl
Chittagong
Dhaka'Manklgonj-Fandpur-Magura- Jessore-Khulna
Dhaka-Narsingdi-B.Braia-Shahzibazar-Moulavib^z arSylh€t
Dhaka-Talibabad-Tangail-Sira j goniBogra
Rajbarj -Faridpur-Sadarpur-Madaripur-copalgoq
Kllulan-Ba gerhalPfi ojpur-Jalakadli-Barisal-Bhola-
Laksmipul
Bo
gra-Jopurhat-Phulban
Bo gra-Naogaon-Natore-Pabna-Kushfl
a,Jhmaidah
Magura- Jessore-KlNlna
Bo gra-
Jolpufi atPhulban-Dinaipur-Thakoregaon-Atuari
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MBT
]50 MRT
Upazilla Headquarters (the smallest administrative units) are connected with their respective district
headquarters through UHF links, most of which are now digital rcdio systems. Also some of the district
headqualters are interconnected through digital UHF links.
BTTB PDH M.W. NETWORK.
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High capacity Optical Fiber System is in operation in the country from the year 1998. Optical Fibi;
between Dhaka-Comilla-Feni-Chittagong-Cox's Bazar, Comilla-Brahmanbaria, Lakshmipur-l\,'laizdi
Feni, Kushtia-Meherpur-Chuadanga, l/ymensingh-Sherpur, Mymensingh-Netrokona & Bogra-Punchag
been completed in June, 2006. The installation work of Optical Fiber networks between
Brahmanbaria-Sylhet are in progress. After completion of these networks; BTTB will have a complete
opticalFiber network from Chittagong to Panchagarh. BTTB'S Optical Fiber links is shown in Table-7 and Figurdt
Table -7
Optical Fiber Links as on 30th June,2006.
Links
Dhaka-Comilla'Feni-chittaqonq-Cox's Bazar
Dhaka- Comilla
Type of Links
sTtM-
1
SDH STM-16
Made by
A cate
Alcatel
Comilla- B. Baria
sTtvl-1
Alcatel
Feni- Begumgonj
STM-1
Alcaiel
Beoumqoni- LaxshmiDUt
STM-,1
Alcatel
Maizdhi- Begumgonj
STM-1
Alcatel
Betbunia E. Station- Rangamati
sTt\.,t-1
Shanghai Bell
Tecknuf- Chittagong
sTtv-1
Alcatel
sTt\,l-1
Alcatel
RanoDUr-Palashbari-Boora
SDH ST[.I-1
Alcate
Rangpur- Saidpur- Dinajpur- Thakoregaon- Panchagath
sDH
STt\4-1
Alcatel
Rangpur- Saidpur- Nilphamari
SDH STM-1
Alcatel
RanopuF Lalmonirhat
SDH STM.1
Alcalel
RanoouF Kurioram
SDH ST[/-1
Alcatel
Pabna- Shahiadpur
sDH
Alcatel
Chittaoono- Betbunia
STt\,4.1
STM-1
Alcatel
Kushtia- l\y'eherpuF Chuadanga
PDH STM-1
Shanghai Bell/ Alcatel
Satkhira- Khulna
SDH STM-1
Alcatel
Mymensingh- Sherpur
sTt\,1-1
Alcatel
Mymensingh- Netrokona
sTt\,4-1
Alcatel
SDH STIV]-I
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Sirajgonj- Shahjadpur
Naogaon- Shantahar
All microwave are connected with their respective telephone exchanges through Optical Fiber links
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2.8
lntErnationalTelecommunication:
To meet the existing & future demand of overseas traffic, BTTB is continuously trying to increase number oi
international circuits with other countries. By June, 2006 BTTB, through three Satellite Earth Stations in Betbunia, .
l\,lohakhali & Sylhet (Table-ll), two l\ricrowave links (Dhaka-Calcutta & Dhaka-Nepal) and Submarine Cable
Rest of lhe
established '10,467 international direct circuits with 37 operators of 26 countries as shown in table 8 &
countries are mmmunicated via transit facilities.
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h of lnternational Voice Circuits
Year
Circuit
June,2002
3,327
June,2003
3,730
June, 2004
6,326
June,2005
7,347
June,2006
10,467
Gro
Fig. - 4
h of Circuits
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10000
8000
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6000
(J
4000
2000
0
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Flscal
2005-06
ar
Pald mlnutes of lntomational clrcultg
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Year
2001-2002
2002.2003
2003-2004
0utgoing
39,269,614
76,553,864
'102,573,809
218,681,769
234,323,381
lncorning
355,504,881
564,005,295
551,037,557
566,s77,975
770,879,014
Total
394,774,555
640,559,159
653,611,366
785 259,7M
1005,202,395
2005.2006
1200000000
1000000000
800000000
600000000
i100000000
200000000
2001-o2
2,8.1
lntem.tlonll
2002-03 2003-04 200+05
2005{6
Clrcults.
BTTB'S lnternational Leased Circuits directly link customer to a designated overseas location around the globe.
fixed monthly rate makes this servic€ particulady cost elfective for customers.
annual
report
2005 - 2006
2.8.2 lnternational telephone
l)
call facilities of BTTB.
lntemational Direct dialing (lDD)
Subscdbers may call overseas directly without operator assislance Rates are calculated in 30 seconds units.
BTTB also offers economy (reduce) rate from 16-00 G[4T 10 02-00 GMT & weekly & olher Govt holidays
besides its normal rate
-
Normal callcharge
Discount call charge
From 02-00 GMT to 16-00 GMT
From 16-00
GI\.'|T to 02-00 G[.47
E Weekly and Government holidays.
2) lnternational Operator Assisted Call.
i)
Person to Person Call
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TablG-11.
Carrier
IDR- toq
Name of E/S
Betbunia
IDR
lvorking
with INTELSAT
60" E IOR
64" E loR
62" E tOR
2.8.4 lnternational SwllchinE Centres
lnlernational swlching centres arc majnly responsible for immediate selecting and conneciing the apprcp ate circuit for oulgoing
calls and sending lhe necessary inlomatron io the recelving counlry's swllch to complete the calls At present BTTB has three
international switching centrcs(lSC)ofwhch two ae loc€led al Mohakha i & one al l\4oghbazar. lSCsof lloghbazar is oftype
NEM-61K
and NEM-61E & ISC at Mohakhali
isof NEM-61E &AXEi0 type
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2.8.5 lnternational maritime Satellite Communication:
INTELSAT satellite links with fixed Earth Stations for overseas communication while
(lnternational madtime Satellite Communication) provides mobile communication services for
aircrafts. INIV1ARSAT service is the mobile satellite communication system that links lhe mobile
on vessel or aircrafts with land earth stations atound the world via INMARSAT satellite in geo-stati
This service makes it possible to get in touch with virtually any location around the world 24 hours a
high quality @mmunications .anging from telephone & data communications Recent developme
portable terminal has made it possible for customers to take advantage of INMARSAT service from re
locations also. Till to date BTTB has five INMARSAT-A Terminals which is operating through one
(Land Earth Station) located in Jeddah. Besides this, according to IMN number allocated by BTTB, there
tlvo numbers B-tpe (Land Mobile), 35 numbers C-type (N/adtime [4obile) and 5 numbers Mini-l\4
Terminal working in commercial basrs.
2.8.6 lnternet & Data n€twork
:
BTTB is now providing lnternet access seruices to its valued subscribers. The services include dial up
access seryice, leased ac@ss seruices for enterprises, access for local lSPs, mail, Web hosting and .bd
name regiskation and DNS services. Subscribers in all 64 district H/Q and 371 upazillas/ growth centres
having Digital Telephone facility is now under intemet coverage. lt has lnternet backbone connectivity of 2
STI\,,1-1 (155 l\,lbps each) through Singapore & France. Capacity of existing Nodes of digital Data Network
(DDN) are expanded to 70 in 41 districts.
2,8,7 Submarlne Cable i
Bangladesh has officially connected to the lnformation Super Highway through Submarine Cable since May,
2006. Presently 5,055 voice circuits are in operation with different countries through Submarine Cable and 2
STM-1 is designated for lnternet backbone through Singapore and France. 3 IPLC circuit have been opened
with three companies. ln the mean time,66 ISP (lntemational Service Providers) have been connected
through Subma ne Cable System. Bangladesh is earning Revenue from Submarine Cable. Besides, these,
installation of lTX, TAX, Access Network, VOIP Platform underthis project is under process.
2,8,8 lntsmatlonel Cors.pondoncs i
lntemational Telecommunication also depends on countdes sharing their information with the rest of the
world Close working relationships among different international organization and a sphit of international cooperation are essential in this regard By strengthening relationship with various international organizations
BTTB aims to contribute to the advancement of lntemational telecommunication !n Bangladesh. In this
context BTTB maintains relation with lnternational and Regional groups like lntemational Telecommunication
Union (lTU), lntelsat, lNI\TARSAT, APT, SEA-l\rE-WE4 etc. for sharing the service facilities and responding to
the requests of mutual interest.
anhual
report
2005 - 2006
3.0 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.
3.1 Growth of Telephone in Bangladesh
The growth of telephone exchange capacity in Bangladesh in the last live years was on average more than
one lakh line per year The recorded pending demand of telephone has a lrend of decreasing during this
period. Table'12 E Fig-6 show the past trend oftelephone growth in Bangladesh from 2000-2001 to 20052006 flnancial years
Table - 12
Telephone Gro h in Bangladesh.
of ' Exchange
Exchange ' Exchange I Capacity
Type
2001-2002
of
416
84
168
Manual
Auto(Analog)
Auto(Digital
I
Auto(Analog
53
4lqqsilel
240
6.51 .'187
Total
_
324
2003-2004
43
(Analog)
i Aut
I Aut (Diqital
Connection
|
271
2,'11,1'.11
24,017
6,592
171 ,243
920,993
30,953
17,700
917,696
716,721
201,852
22,948
11,495
17,400
96s,509
2A,572
6,055
150,115
_
18,388
12,600
Fig-6
Gro
h in Bangladesh.
r4oo000
1200000
1000000
800000
600000
200000
2003-04 2004-05
Fiscal
ar
20
2005-06
16,657
5,e14
82t,700
qi7,!5q
1
1,81 5
94,461
8,167
869,192
Etig,192
889,174
2f)lJ1-tJ2 2002-03
I
18,659
10,999
27,1AO
32
Telephone
i
775,715
lGrand Total
0
6,05,931
26,045
13,640
677,036
1010,009
Auto(Analog)
Auto(Digital
21,997
10,484
'1,78,630
810,,158
298
45
355
lNilanuai
Auto(Analoq)
32,449
45,182
5,28,300
33,260
18,820
868,9'13
638
2004-2005
I
Pending
Demand
I
39,293
55 598
359
Qoozzo,r
Telephone
Number
i
i
I
annual report (02005 - 2006
3.2 List of proiects in the ADP (Annual Oevelopment Programme) of BTTB.
Following proj€cts undcr BTTB are included in the Annual Development Program (ADP) during ihe fiscal year
2005-2006
1.
2.
3
4.
5
6
7
8.
S.
'10
1'1.
2,66,000 hnes Digrtal Telephone lnslallation (lncluding conversion of76.000lines to digitalsyslem)
lnstallation/ expansion of drgilai telephone exchanges in varJous districts of Bangladesh (Undcr PR China
Credit)
Establishment of lnternational TeJecommunications System throL.rgh Submarine Cable
lnstallation and replacement of Radio links in difierenl Upazillas ol Bangladesh.
lnstallation of Digital Te{ephone Exchanges at Chittagong, Khulna and Sylhet (Under EDCF, Korea Loan)
lnstallation of DigilalTelephone Exchafges al Upazilla and GroMh Centres
lnstallation of Digital Telephone Exchanges in [,4etropolitan Cities & lmportant djstrict towns (1st Phase
1,10,000 lines)
lnstallation of Digital Radio Links & Telephone Exchanges in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Under PR China Credit)
10 (Ten) Lac T&T [,4obiie Telephone (1st Phase-2.s Lac).
lnstallation of Digital Telephone Exchanges at Keraniganj Upazilla in Dhaka Districl
lntroduction of Pre-Paid Services by BTTB
3.3 Progress made by above enlisted 11 projects of BTTB in 2005-2006 fiscal year.
3.3.1 266,000 lines Digital Telephone lnstallation (lncluding conversion
of
76,000 lines to digiial).
Following works were done under this project during 2005-2006:
a) lnstallation of 200 KVA Generator and transformer at Baridhara
b) lnstallation of 100 KVA AVR at 17 exchanges.
c) lnstallation of Out Srde Plant (OSP) works were done under Nilkhet, [,4irpur, Sav,ar, Uttara, Gulshan, l\roghbazar,
Chawkbazar & Tongi exchanges
3.3.2 lnstallation/ expansion of digital t€lephon€ exchangos in varlous dislricts of Bangladesh
(t nder PR China Credit)
Following works were done under this project during 2005-2006:
(a) Construction of new building at Teknul Fulgazi, Sowagazi Debidar, Ashugonj, KasimuthuEpur & Sakhipuo
(b) Copper Cable Networks jnsjalled under GOB funds jn 30 (Thidy) Upazillas/ Growth centres of the country
3,3.3 Establishment of lnternational T6locommunlcatlons System through Submarins Cablo.
Following works under this project wete done in 2005-2006 financial year
:
a) Compjetion of lnstallation of Submarine Cable under SEA-ME-WE-4 Consortium
b) Installation of Chittagong-Cox's bazar Optical Fiber link & Up-gradation ofexisting Dhaka-Chittagong
t
It
t
Optic€l Fiber link.
c) lJp-gradation of existing Chittagong-Cox's bazar digital microwave link from (1+f)
(3+1) STN,,|'1 capacity
3,3.4 lnstallatlon and r€plac€menl of Radlo llnks ln
2005-2006 fnancial year are given below:
t
t
capacity to
ront Upazlllas of Bangladorh
lnstallation of all 50 radio links included in lhe ploject scope were completed in 2005-2006 financial year
However, out of this, 15 radio links were completed in 2004-2005 financial year list ol completed 35 radio hnks rn
I
t
dl
STN,'I
21
annual
report
2005 - 2006
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3.3,5 lnstallatlon of Dlgltal Tolophono Exchengos at Chlttagong' Khulna and
Sylhet (Undor EDcF, Koroa Loan) :
a) Switching Equipment :The PAT of 1st phase of the project that included the installation and commissioning of
10.1,304 llnes at different Exchanges of chittagong, Khulna and sylhet was completed in 2005-2006 financial year
2nd phase of the project (5,000 lines expansion program within the project cost) is going on and that includes the
following exchanges :
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1P00 ines
b) optical Fiber cable Transmission Rouie ; The PAT of Optical Fiber cable Networks at chittagong, Khulna and
Sylhet was perfomed.
3.3.6
lnrtrlhtlon ol Dlgllll Tll.Phonl Exchlng.r rt Upltllh lnd
Gro
h contror
MSUS (Main Switching units) and 92 RSUS (Remote Switching units) have been installed under this project
d!ring 2005-2006 financial year. List of l\,4SUs, RSIJs & corresponding subscriber numbers are given bellow :
.16
L
of Upazilla/Growth Ce
-B!qslsr&.--BqU'
Dhi
Sonargaon
Bhuapur
4
Delduar
Melandaha
-Dhobaura
Fuiba-Ehola
22
-Kalmakand
Name of Upazilla/Growth
Chittagong
chapai Nawabgonj
Gaibandha
Sadullapur
Nilphamari
MSUs
st
No.
Name of Disirict
RSUs
Capacity
22
23
3000
Patuakhali
st
No.
68
69
70
71
500
72
73
75
Barguna
27
Bhola
2A
29
30.
500
Sylhei
2500
500
Habiqoni
77
78
79
ao
Dumkl
250
250
250
250
500
250
250
250
81
[,4anoura
?50
a2
83
Biswanath
Balaoon
Fenchuqonj
Kanaiohat
Kamalqoni
Madhupur
Bahubal
'1000
a4
85
86
87
1000
1000
500
500
1000
500
250
Baniachaunq
Chunaruohat
Shaestagonj (GC)
91
92
Dlgltrl
500
750
750
750
89
90
21,500
251\
Mehendigonj
Uzirpur
KalaDara {KheouDara)
Tazumuddin
aa
Total Capacity of MSU
Hizla
Kathalia
Zia naoar {lndurkandi)
Nesaraba.l rSwanrokathi)
Bhandaria
Bamna
Betagi
Pirojpur
26
Name of upazilla/Growth Centre
Total Capacity of RSU
500
500
500
65,000
lcphone Exchange3 ln Metropolltan Cltles, lmportant
3.3.7 lnrtalletlon ol
h C.ntro (lst PhaB. ,l,10,000 llnor)
dlstrlct town & Upezlllr
Gr
The above mentioned project has been approved by ihe executive committee of the national economic council
(ECNEC)on 10-05-2006. The loan agreement between Bangladesh & China Govt is going to be signed soon.
3.3.8 lnrtlllrtlon ol Dlgltal Rrdlo Lln & Telephone Exchanget ln Chlttagong Hlll
Trlotr (Undrr PR Chlnr Credl
Loan agreement for this project was signed between Bangladesh Govt. & Chinese Company l\,4/s. Ningbo Success
lnformation lndustry Co. Ltd. on 20th June,2004 undet suppliers credit- But this company has not yet started its
activities to implement the project Last of all an inter-ministerial meeting has taken the decision to cancel the
contract and to take a similar project with GOB finance. ln the meantime BTTB has started the process of canceling
re, the same project with up to-date scope of
the contract with concurrence from law ministry and ERD.
works has been prepared in DPP with name Development of Telecommunication lnfrastructure at Chittagong Hill
Tracts and lhis DPP is under process of app al. After implementation of this project, all the lJpazillas and
important groMh centres of Chittagong Hill-Tracts will come under digital telecommunication network with lavdul
interception compliance and will increase tele-density/iele-access.
The
ln 2005-2006 financial year Govt cellular mobile telephone service (Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd.) has taken coverage
of Dhaka City, 5 others divisional H/O., 57 District towns, important upazillas and important national highways
through the implementation of 3 MSCS, '13 BSCS, 450 BTS. Under this project expansion of lTX, TAX, Satellite E/S,
existing PSTN switches and rest 184 BTS will be done in next financial year.
annual
repod
4,1.
R
2005 - 2006
4.0 FINANCIAL
enue lncome for 2005-2006.
ST
EMENT OF BTTB.
Revenue collection in the llnancial year 2005-2006 was TK 13,162.75 million against the target revenue of
fK 17,720.00 million There was a shortage of TK.4,557-25 million from the targel amount This collected
revenue was I 62% ess than the collected revenue of 2004-2005 llnancia year
asons for fall of Rovonue ar€ as follow
:
(a) From the fiscal year 2003-04, NWD & international call charges have been reduced substantially
(b) Telegraph service is diminishing day by day
(c) Telex service has already been closed from lstApril, 2006
(d) Telephone revenue is falling down since 200'1-2002 due lo following reasons :
(1) Growth of mobile phones and introduction of private land phones.
(2) Royalty and fees offrequency charges used to be collected by BTTB, are now collected by BTRC
(3) lnternatronal incoming calls are reducing due to ilLegal call termination and VOIP
However,lnspite ofthese limtations, BTTB achreved a satisfactory levelof revenle
4.2
d!
ng the fiscal year 2005-2006-
A comparison of revenue co leclion expendrlure and surpus for the last llve years from 2001-2002 lo
2005-2006 are shown in Table-16 and Fiq.- 7
Tabl€"16
A Comparlson of Rsvenue Collection, Rev€nuo Expendlturo and SurpluB
Revenue collection
(Tk. in milion)
Surolus
111C5
9!.q3
6090.25
24
6058 59
8189.24
8245 59
1 US
DollaF
Tk 69,28 (On June, 08)
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6!
.7
o
120000
E
q
t00000
t
t-
20000
2003-04 2001L05
4.3 Revenu. Coll€ctlon,
Flccol
2005,06
ar
A statement showing billed amount, revenue collection and receivables for the year 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 are
shown in Table-17 Table -18 shows the service wise revenue collection for the year 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
Service wise revenue collection along with the percenlage of yearly increase/ decrease of such collections for the
periods ftom 2001-2002 to 2005-2006 are shown in the Table-19
Table.17,
Revonue Coll€ction and Revenuo Roc€ivablF,
Takx in Million
D€scription
2004 - 2005
Reccivable rmLruDr as un brAI'rninp ol ltnancr.rl y(.rr
Bills issued during the financnl ycar
Total Reccivable amount duri lr the financial vear
Actual Receint durins the vc.rr
Receivable arnount camed ovcr to the next flrirncial
6166 36
12815 6a)
19003 02
1421'7 83
4'755.20
2005-2006
1',7
55 2t)
lll:10 l0
15895 10
I3162 75
2732 55
ahnual
report
2005 - 2006
Table-18
Service wise Distribution of Revenue Collection in 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
Namc of Serricc
Taka in
Telesraoh
Telephone
2004-2 05
Perccntage of
Total
0.03%
137
r406.1 93
98 72%
Taka in
Million
Percentage
of
Total
l5
0
88
12995.61
120
9t\'7101,
49.,15
03s%
129 51
0.90%
86.65
o 660/"
1,1247 83
100%
l:1162 ?5
100%
Telex
Others
TOTAL
2005-2006
Million
64
Table -19
Rate of Change of Year wise Revenue Collection Against
Di
0.49%
61
rent Services
(Tk. in million)
2nol-2002
2002-2003
ii 09
(,) 214/0
I5185 30
( ) \5 41'to
t5139 li7
lls
200f-2004
() )a
l5 Stt
3to 1f,k
12995 6r
1406.1.98
l5l
49 45
(-) 670;
t29 51
)'7
-) 28 n8%
88.74
I5330 52
1.87
( ,20 70'.
l5too 7'/
1620/"
\)6vo
'72o/a
6'r,.
212 ss
1r)
20{]5-2lto6
.188
6 8-l
(-) l
2004-200s
5.r.66
( ) 57 52e;
86 65
( ) 16 ,10%
151II
I5.148 (X)
I,+2:11-83
+7
(-) o 8870
-) 2 19n
( ) 33
(-) 6.l]5oo
j,r,.
13162 75
G\ 4.62"/0
4.4 Annual Development Program (ADP) for Capital lnvestment.
Every year capital investment is made in BTTB through the Annual Development Program (ADP) of the govemmenl
for BTTB The Annual Developrnent Program for the year 20052006 and the actual amount spent under this program for 11 (Eleven) projects are fumished in Table-2o.
Lrnder different projects which creates fixed assets
Table.20.
BTTB lnvestment in 2005.2006 through ADP on
ll
(Eleven) projects.
Itcm
Allolrnent
Local Currencv
4450.10
25
Expenditure
Savings
4.5 Allotmsnt
(Tk. in million)
Foreign Currencv
Total
53.50
7003.60
316s.82
1940.04
5105.8(r
l2 81.2 8
613.46
t891 .14
e Expendlture under Asset Moblllzation Head:
Allotment & the actual amount spent under BTTB'S'Asset Mobiizatlon head for the inancial year 2004-2005 &
2005-2006 are furnished
inrahh.-21
Fiscal Year
Allotment
Expenditurc
Savinss
Table .
2l
2004-2005
609 92
601.52
2.40
27
I
(Tk. in million)
2005-2006
56s.00
564.96
0.04
5.0 HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPEMENT (HRD) & SOCIAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES
5.1 Number of Revenue Posts in BTTB.
There are 19,409 difierent revenue posts (working position) in BTTB which are classified into following four
service classes.
Class
I
Service
Class ll Service
Class
lll
Class
lV Service
Service
Total
|
:
:
.
:
740
Posts
611
Posts
14,318
Posts
3,740
Posts
19,409
5.2 HRD activities in BTTB.
As lhe basic operator for telephony, overseas carrier and transmission netwod( BTTB has enormous
responsibility to keep pace with the tremendous development and globalization of telecomnunication and
inlormation technology. Human Resource Developm€nt (HRD) is very essential for this purpose
To €nhance the efiiciency and quality of services ol Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board, to update
the technical knowledge and skill of personnel and to install new technology in the Telecom. sector special
emphasis rs gtven to the in-sewice training activities. ln service t.aining for newly recruited engineers and refresher
training of other officers are carried out in Telecom. Slaff College (TSC), Gazipur and that for lhe employees are
usually caded out in Telecom. Training Centres (TTCS) located at Dhaka, Bogra and Khulna and in other subcentres.
The Telecom. Staff College (TSc) at Gazipur (near Dhaka) established in 1987 with ITU & UNDP assistance
has already put its marks as one of the leading institutes for telecom. training in this region. lt has all the
infrastructure lacilities and equipment including resource personnel to establish itself as one of the best training
centres of country
Rec€ntly, BTTB has taken steps
NGN, ft4arketing etc
Sl. No
for Ljp-gradation of TSC and TTC'S for training in Computer, Access Network,
Name of Coune
ParticiDants
I)uration of the Course
Resular Course
I
2
3
ADE / Batch. 2003
ADE / Batch- 2005
AO / Batch, 2005
39
02 Ycars
l8
02 Years
02 Years
09
Refreshment Course
l.
2
3
4.
5.
6.
'1.
I
9.
10
11.
12.
13.
14.
Ericssion Switchins (AXE)General Management (GM).
Optical Access Network (OAN).
ZTE Switchins {ZxJ).
Computer ODeration & Hardware
lntcrnet Protocol (lP)
Next Ceneration Network (NGN).
Global System for Mobile Com (GSM)
Financial Manasement.
Cable fault localization/ Out Side Plant.
SDH/ PDH svstem.
Telccom. Marke tins (TM).
lntemet System & Broadband Service.
Sharehai Bell switching (S-I2).
21
15
o4
l5
t9
19
l1
t3
09
o'7
11
08
tl
15
28
06 DaYs
02 Davs
0J Davs
03 Days
09 Davs
0l Davs
02 Davs
04 Davs
0J Davs
0l Davs
02 Davs
02 Days
02 Davs
02 Davs
annualreport 2005.2006
5.2.2. Training in TTCS
j
;
Training activities of Telecom Training Cenlres at Dhaka, Khulna, Bogra and other Sub-centres for the year
2005-2006 are as foliowsr-
ofCourse
No. of Psrtici
392
263
No. ofCours€s
Reaular CoLrrsc
Ilcfresher Course
l\{an-month
1.41i 0{)
t.495-S0
5.2.3 Foreign Training:
Dunng the fiscal year 2005-2006, 95 Omcers of Bangladesh T&T Board recerved foreign training in about 30
dlfferent Courses on Telecom and Relevanl subjects held in China, Japan, lndia, Turkey, South Korea & Thai/and.
The foreign training activities for the year 2005-2006 are descdbed beiow
Sl. No.
l.
4
1
8
wrrcless Comnlunicxtion Tcchnolosv.
0t
L
0l
hDe Cable Joinlirs
InrLimational iCl FrDo-2005
10
ll
l2
t3
0l
& Srud\' visil
SIiA-ME WI-4 Testing & Perli)nnance
Evrluation Workrng Group
Nctrvork of Rurrl Conrnunir.v lnt'olmrtion &
lDlraslructure
Trrrning on IP T.chnology
Trrining on Digilrl Switchmg
Brordband World Forun lurope-1005
0
0l
0:l
&
Enterprising Agcncies
I)nrsfion
lil dr\s
Fniirsu. Jr
Hrilwei Tecl.. Ch,na
Subn nnc Cable Project
JlC,\.
l2 dals
04 days
Japan
CTO. London
l2
davs
0_l
Hu.,wei Tech , Clr
0l
HuxrveiTech Chrnr
03 davs
05
Hu weiTech. Chna.
ll
0l
So th Koreo Govt
l0
Z lE
\isrt
Studv
9
No. of
Participrnts
Name of Course
ITiWireless Nclwork Cornrnunrcation
China-200s.
('t)MA Technoloqv
Disrtal Switching EouiDment
Brordband Tcchnolosv & SeNces
Inlcmational Tclccom Network (Fiver Optic
0t
02
Culp thrn,i
APT, Barskol,
hpan co\t
days
2t tirvs
l0 davs
ll
davs
40 days
Cal,le Ensinccrinc)
l:l
ri
la)
t7
18.
Tclceour StandarizrLlionll
f-r\er Oplic OrLrirJe Plart Engin(crLng
01
J.rDar Govt
0l
SE,^-ME WF.,1 ,^R & RS-?
ODIical Fiver SDII & NMS.
0t
Go\l
Subn rinc Cable Pn!cct
llcsfibel. Turkev
IlurlveiTech, Ihrn]r.
2l'' Cenory Colrmunication world
Sft v !isit
08
02
Forum &
Ja!an
ll
ilrvr
0l
davs
38 davs
12 d ys
0l
\PT. B.usknk
20
Ortical Fivcr CNble Technolo!r\'
01
APT, BanAkok
2\
)2
cMT-2006
02
BTTB
04 davs
Plxnnins, Design,ng, Expendine & Proper
l0
Huawci Tech , Chinr
45 davs
rJ6
HxrweiTech ahrna
.15 dn\rs
E-tso\ emmeDt
& lCT
07 davs
07 days
oncration and Mtce dfall s!st.rl
23
NlSt
24
BSli svstem
01
Huilrvei Tech.. Cirna
45 Jls
25
Cotrlmunic Asia-1006 & Srudv Visit
04
l2 drvs
t6
Conmunic
HurlvciTech ahin^
ZthCnrp.thrn.,
27
A P r Operators For
28
N€rwork Plannins
03
t9
GPRS
t0
S-
0l
0l
l:
svstem.
Asia
1006 & Globrl NGN
LO
ml
0l
Digitrl S\rtchins
29
\l'T.
BarAkok
Hurwei Tech.. Clun
Hutl$ei Tech . Chrna
( I\'IEC. Chino
45
(h!s
2l) davr
5.2.4 Participation in foreign factory testing/ seminar/workshop/meeting
(a)
(b)
:
720 oficers/ officials of Bangladesh T&T Board participated in 29 (Twenty Nine) different
tests /seminars / workshops / meetings inside the country during the fiscal year 2005-2006.
88 Ofiicers of Bangladesh T&T Board participated in 46 different types
of
r
factory testing
workshop / meeting abroad during the fiscal year 2005-2006.
5.3. Socialwelfare activities in Bangladesh T&T Board.
Bangladesh Teleglaph and Telephone Board with its limited resources provides different welfare faciliti
the members of its staff .
Following sanctions were made to meet-up several expenditures on welfare activities in the Bangladesh
Telegraph and Telephone Board in the 2005-2006 fiscal year
Sl. No
Head of Expenditures
Allocation & Actual
Expenditure
1.
Sanction of benevolent fund to the employees of Bangladesh T&T Board.
Tk
2.
Sanction ofeducation fund for the dependents of Bangladesh T&T Board
employees
Tk.7,00,000.00
3.
Sanction ofgrant to about 40 educalional institutes including schools,
colleges, mosques, madrasahs under Bangladesh T&T Board to meet-up
partial need oftheir yeady budget
Tk.24,53,500.00
4.
Sanction ofgrants for centralsports including games as Volley ball,
Cricket, Badminton and other indoorgames.
Tk. 2,30,000.00
17,36,700.00
tz',
J
t,
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t.
t: