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BTCL to set up digital exchange in unions
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka
Bangladesh Telecommunication Limited will set up 200-line digital exchange and optical fibre in each union of the country.
The primary cost of the project has been estimated at about Tk 5,000 crore, managing director of BTCL ASM Khabiruzzaman told the news agency on Thursday.
He said the ministry of telecommunications had taken the project to bring one crore subscribers under land phone and Internet network by 2012.
The LGRD and cooperative ministry will provide 50 per cent fund for implementing the project, Khabiruzzaman said.
The digital exchange will be set up in 8,498 unions of the country, he said.
On the other hand, the BTCL has also undertaken a good number of projects to bring the entire country under a single telecommunication network.
