Telephone Shilpa Sangstha Explained

Telephone Shilpa Sangstha
Formation:	1967^[1]
Headquarters:	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region Served:	Bangladesh
Language:	Bengali
Website:	Telephone Shilpa Sangstha

Telephone Shilpa Sangstha or TSS^[2] is a government owned telecoms company in Bangladesh.^[3] It launched the first laptop made/assembled in Bangladesh, Doel, in 2011.^{[4] [5]} It also manufactures analogue phones,^[6] smartphones, and regular cell phones in Bangladesh.^[7]

Production

In fiscal 2016-17 the TSS assembled 63,245 laptops and managed to sell 58,750 units.

In fiscal 2016-17, 4,495 units were sold; in fiscal 2014-15, it was 4,550 units.

It started off with a laptop retailing at Tk 10,000, which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled on 11 October 2011.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brief History of TSS . Telephone Shilpa Sangstha . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111194203/http://www.tss.com.bd/history.htm . 11 November 2016 . 2 October 2016.
2. News: Government's laptop project crash lands. Dhaka Tribune . 2 October 2016.
3. Web site: Cheap Laptops: It's Bangladesh's Turn. pcworld.com. 2 October 2016.
4. News: Ethirajan. Anbarasan. Bangladesh unveils $130 'Doel' laptops. BBC News. 2 October 2016. 11 October 2011.
5. News: Bangladesh: The next hardware destination? Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka Tribune . 2 October 2016.
6. News: Our own laptop. The Daily Star . 2 October 2016. 14 October 2011.
7. News: OK Mobile launches mobile TV app. The Daily Star. 2 October 2016. 29 August 2014.
8. News: 27 December 2019. Telephone Shilpa Sangstha stages a comeback. The Daily Star.