Bhutan Telecom Explained

Bhutan Telecom Limited Dzongkha: འབྲུག་བརྒྱུད་འཕྲིན་ཚད།
Type:	State-owned
Founders:	-->
Hq Location:	2/28 Drophen Lam, Thimphu, Bhutan
Area Served:	Bhutan
Key People:	Karma Jurme
Owners:	-->

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

• Telecommunications in Bhutan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bhutan Telecom - Company Profile . 27 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815160342/http://www.bt.bt/?page_id=333 . 15 August 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: Bhutan Telecom - About . 27 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815160342/http://www.bt.bt/?page_id=333 . 15 August 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: Bhutan Telecom - 4G . 27 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170330195733/http://www.bt.bt/?page_id=3683 . 30 March 2017 . dead .