Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited

BTCL or Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited is the largest telecommunications company in Bangladesh. The company was founded as the Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board (BTTB) following Bangladesh's independence in 1971. This was converted into corporate body named "Telegraph and Telephone Board" by promulgation of Telegraph and Telephone Board Ordinance, 1975. On 1 July 2008, the BTTB became a public limited company and was renamed as BTCL. The Bangladesh government initially owned all BTCL shares, but stated it would sell the shares to the public the following year. The estimated value of BTCL is ৳15,000 crore. BTCL has a total of 12,636 officials and staff.