Type state-owned | Area served Bhutan | |
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Industry Telecommunications, Mobile telephony, Internet service provider Founded July 1, 2000; 16 years ago (2000-07-01) Headquarters 2/28 Drophen Lam, Thimphu, Bhutan Key people Tshewang Gyeltshen (CEO) | ||
Bhutan Telecom (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་པརྒྱུད་འཕྲིན) is a telecommunications and Internet services 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.
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History
Bhutan Telecom was established on 1 July 2000.
B-Mobile
B-Mobile provides service in all 205 Gewogs (Blocks) in Bhutan. It operates on 900/1800 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 850 MHz UMTS/HSDPA and 1800MHz LTE frequencies.
LTE 4G was first launched in Thimphu on 24th of October, 2013. 4G service operates in 1800 MHz - band 3 (FDD).
References
Bhutan Telecom Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA