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BHUTAN TELECOM NEWS - Your Quarterly Telecommunications G

In this issue

Rural GSM Project....P.

In the Spotlight: the First MD of

BTL.......P

Editorial..........P.

My Love Affair with Bhutan.....P.

Tariff Revisions in 2010....P.

Product/Service Guide: Charo-

Charo & CUG......................P.

SMS Jokes.......P.

Crossword Puzzle......P.

Promotional Offers in 2010.P.9

Telecom News...P.1

Telecommunication Facts...P.1

Easy access to Informaon and Communicaons Technologies is an im-portant pre-requisite for empowering our people economically and im-proving their living condions today. Therefore, our Government has always accord-

ed high priority to the development of state-of-the-art telecommunicaons infra-

structure in the country.

The mobile GSM services launched by the B-Mobile Division of Bhutan Telecom Lim-

ited in 2003 brought about a kind of telecommunicaons revoluon in the country

with inial subscriber growths exceeding all expectaons. Although the full mobile

coverage in all the 20 Dzongkhag headquarters was achieved way back in February

2007 and B-Mobile today enjoys a subscriber base of around 300,000, some rural

areas are sll deprived of this important communicaons facility.

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BTL Staff working on the Rural GSM Project in the extreme North

Rural GSM Project Connecting the UnconnectedBy Tshering Cigay Dorji

2010 Bhutan Telecom Ltd.

Registered Oce: 2/28 Drophen Lam, Thimphu Bhutan, Toll Free : 1600Telephone (PABX) +975 2 322678, 322850 /Fax +975 2 324312/ Website: www.bt.bt

Volume 01 Issue 02, January-March 2011


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Dear Readers,

The cold weather is nally showing signs

bidding us its much-awaited goodby

Spring, the season of fertility, is nally g

ing to be here soon with all its beauty an

glory. And on such an auspicious occasio

we are happy to bring you the second issu

of our newsletter Bhutan Telecom News.

We hope that you enjoyed the rst issu

Since we at the newsletter team are a

bogged down with our regular oce wor

it is dicult to devote much time to bring

ing improvements to the newsletter. Stiwe do try our best. In this issue, we hav

increased the font size and the number

pages from 6 to 12, and tried to bring yo

more diverse opinions and perspectives.

We bring you an article on the Rural GSM

Project the project currently underway

BTL that aims to take mobile services

the Gewog and village level, in addition

the views from the rst Managing Direct

of BTL, Mr. Sangey Tenzing, and an opin

ion piece by Mr. Siva Sankar Kalisetti,

software engineer from Hyderabad, Indi

working on contract in BTL. On top of tha

we bring you our regular columns like th

Telecommunications facts, Telecom new

Crossword Puzzle, Products and Servic

guide etc.

And just in case you are not aware of o

reduced taris, we also bring you a list

major tari revisions oered by BTL to i

customers in 2010.

Lastly, we would like to thank you for you

readership, and urge you to contribute you

ideas and opinions for publication in th

coming issues of this newsletter. We wou

also like to remind you that soft copies

this newsletter and the past issues a

available on our website at www.bt.bt

Sincerely,

Editorial Team.

Bhutan Telecom News Vol. 01 Issue 02, January-March 2011

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. -Dave Barry

The First MD of BTLMr. Sangey Tenzing, the present Director General of Department of Roads, served

as the first MD of BTL since corporatization in July 2000 till the end of 2004. He

shared his insights and experiences with the BTL Newsletter Team.

Q. 1. What was the state of

telecommunicaons in Bhutan

during your tenure as the head

of Bhutan Telecom Limited?

The telecommunicaons ser-

vices were almost non-existent

in most part of rural Bhutan and

low to medium penetraon of

services even in the urban are-

as.

Q. 2. What challenges did you

face as the rst MD? How did you tackle those challenges?

Converng a Government Department into a public Corporaon whose fo-

cus was on quality of service and maximizing prot for the corporaon, was

the biggest challenge I faced as the rst MD. In parcular:

Changing of employees a-tude and mind set towards

customer rst and quality

of service rst etc.

Balancing of prot from the

urban services versus provi-

sion of services in the vast

rural areas where protability

was low.

Introducon of new serviceslike mobile services with no

investment resources and

convincing reluctant Government Authories to give us the permission.

With the support from the Board of Directors and management team, we

were able to overcome all the challenges that come on the way.

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One of the challenges to BTL is

improving customer services and

care to attract and retain custom-

er base enjoyed by the BTL in

the near future when the compet-

itors services reach all over the

country.
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Druknet Services

March, 2010

Tariff and packages of Lease

line, Enterprise Networ

(IPVPN), Web Hosting, IP ad

dress allocation were revised.

Fixed Line Services

a. The monthly access charg

was reduced to Nu. 25.00 from

Nu 100.00 per month. Free tal

time of Nu. 100 per month ha

been removed.

b. November, 2010

The Fixed Line STD tariff wa

reduced to Nu 1.5/minute from

Nu.3.5/minute.

B-Mobile Services

April, 2010

a. Tariff timing changes

b. Charo-Charo (Friends

Family)

The number of mobile number

in the friends and family list

increased to 8 from the earlier

mobile numbers.

c. Subscriber to Subscriber (

to S) balance transfer

The service charge for Subscrib

er to Subscriber (S-S) balanc

transfer has been reduced t

Nu. 5 per transfer from Nu.1

per transfer.

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Tariff

Revisions in 2010


Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful .-Larry Page, Google

Mr. Siva Sankar Kalisetti, a software engineer from Hyderabad, India,

working in BTL, reflects on the six years he has been in Bhutan as the

end of his contract draws near.

It was more by chance rather than by choice that I found myself boarding theBhutan naonal airline, DrukAir to Paro at Kolkata airport. The IT Company that I

worked for required someone to work for six months with a leading telecom com-

pany in Bhutan. Bhutan Telecom Limited was using the newly developed TIIMS,

Telecom Integrated Informaon Management System and they wanted a soware

engineer to assist them in maintenance and enhancement of the module. The Pro-

ject Manager had shortlisted four of us, however when no agreement could be

reached, the luck of the draw saw me preparing for travel.

I had never been away from my family for

long; in fact I had never travelled outside In-

dia, let alone to a mysc country lled with

legends. The lile informaon that I got from

Google was not very comforng nor was the

fact that Paro airstrip ranks amongst the

smallest and dangerous airports in the world. This was least of my worries, I was

apprehensive of food, weather, people, lodge. What? Where? When? It goes

without saying that I would really miss the world famous Hyderabadi Biryani dish

on my menu. It was my rst ight into the unknown and there were already more

quesons than I could answer. A lile more than half hours into the ight, the

plane landed at Paro airport. The scenic beauty that greeted me outside over-

whelmed me. There was peaceful silence, something that I missed amongst the

madding rush and crowd at Hyderabad. I smiled well I could adjust.

That was in October, 2004, when with just

30,000 customers the xed line telephone

ruled the roost. B-Mobile was in its infancy

with around 20,000 users and people were

very sased with the dial-up internet ser-

vice. Around that me I had to shell out Nu

600 for a SIM card. People say telecommuni-caons is one of the fastest growing sectors

in the world and I could not agree more. In

the last half a dozen years the changes and

growth in telecommunicaon sector in gen-

eral and Bhutan Telecom in parcular has

been very impressive both in terms of technology or otherwise.

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Call category Previous Revised

Off Peak

Hours

7am-3pm 9am-4p

Peak Hours 3pm-11pm 4pm-10

Economy

Hours

11pm-7am 10pm-9

From simple call & SMS

feature, people now con-

verse on 3G, well at least in

Thimphu.
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Love Affair with Bhutan >> CONTD.FROM PAGE 3

d. Validity Voucher

The cost of validity voucher has bee

reduced to Nu. 5 from Nu.15.

e. Credit Clearance period

The credit clearance period increase

to 5 days from 3 days.

August, 2010

a. Paper Voucher and eLOAD validi

extended by additional 7 days.

September, 2010

a. Reduction in Mobile Internet ov

Limit Usage charge from Nu.0.0015

KB to Nu.0.0003/KB.

b. Pay per use for Prepaid and Pos

paid charge was revised fro

Nu.0.005/Kb to Nu.0.003/KB

c. Special Call and SMS rates for 1 a

3 am were introduced as follows:

October, 2010a. Introduction of special tariff vouc

er called the Power Voucher on trial

November, 2010

a. Choose-Ur-Group (CUG) and Cha

-Charo (Friends & Family) packag

and rates were revised.

December, 2010

a. Push SMS (Smaller New Packag-

es) were introduced.

b. B-Tunes Tariff

Tariff Revisions in 2010

>> CONTD.FROM PAGE 3

I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and

businesses more successful.-Steve Ballmer, Microsoft


From simple call & SMS feature, people now converse on 3G, well at least in

Thimphu. The so familiar monotonous ringtone is replaced by popular Bhu-

tanese songs and numbers from Bollywood. Some know it as CRBT (Color Ring

Back Tone) and others call it B-tunes; whatever maybe the case it has given

mobile users something to cheer about.

I remember the days when my colleagues would ask me to bring phones

which has radio feature or a torch or a simple low pixel camera; I sll get re-

quest to bring phones but only that now they want phones which have inbuilt

applicaons for internet and

2GB data storage minimum.

From 20,000 thousands the B

-Mobile customer base have

now scaled 260,000 thou-sands and counng. Today, I

can get a SIM card for Nu 50

with same free talk-me too.

600 to 50 in few yearsnow that is impressive.

The internet services have its success sto-

ry to tell. Well it may be too early to

write an obituary to dial-up internet

service but high speed broadband

internet is something that Bhutan

Telecom is proud of and users are

glad that it happened. The jump

from 64kbps to 256 kbps speed

cannot be ignored. Opc ber, digi-

tal microwave, high speed internet

these were some of the terms unheard

of then or hardly used but now it is syno-

nym for daily internet usage. From dial up to broad-

band, from copper to ber, from IPv4 to IPv6, from hotmail to twiers; the

future looks certainly bright for internet users, me included.

I sll remember the rst snowfall that I experienced that winter. I was so ex-

cited and shared my wonderful experience with my family back at home. It is

another story that I had to pay in excess of Nu 20 per minute; today I can

make the same calls at Nu 5 per minute. Over the years Bhutan Telecom

made numerous tari changes that have made communicaons services

readily available and aordable to general public.

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Category Previous Revised

Call Nu.0.3/Unit Nu.0.1/Unit

SMS Nu.1/SMS Nu.0.1/SMS

Charge Previous Revised

IVR call to

5050

Nu.3/min Nu.1/min

SMS to 5050 Nu.3/SMS Nu.1/SMS

I am sure that they will be preparing

the best of Hyderabadi Biryani espe-

cially for me but I guess it is their turn

to taste the emadatse that I would

prepare for them.


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CHARO-CHARO

Charo-Charo the new service will enable you to

call your near and dear ones at cheaper discount-

ed rates.

Any prepaid B-Mobile user can apply for the ser-

vice.

You can add maximum of 8 prepaid/postpaid B-

Mobile user/ixed line user in Charo-Charo list.

CHARO-CHARO RATES (1unit=15 sec)

Beneits

This service lets you keep in close contact with

your near and dear ones at a discounted rate

compared to the normal call rates.

The call rates are charged at lat rates at 0.30/

unit for the entire Charo-Charo call category.

The registration charge is free and there is no

monthly rental charge.

Any addition/deletion can be made without any

charges.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following conditions apply for Charo-Charo:1. Only applicable to B-Mobile prepaid numbers.

2. Calls made outside Charo-Charo group will be

charged as per the normal call rates attached to

them.

3. Only the applicant will be allowed to make chang-

es to the list in writing.

4. The Charo-Charo tariff rates would be applicable

only to the applicant.

CHOOSE-UR-GROUP (CUG)

You can create your own CUG community with B-

Mobile (both postpaid & Prepaid) numbers.

This service allows customers to make calls at a

discounted rate within the group.

CUG Rates (1 unit = 15 seconds)

Beneits

Enjoylow rate calls between and amongst frequentlycalled numbers by registering those numbers in the CUGpackages.

Onlyone time registration fee and no monthly charges.

The service is applicable only for B-Mobile numbersThe call rates are charged at flat ratesfor the entireCUG call category. It is cheaper than the rates at peakand off peak hours.

How to avail CUG Service

If you are already registered subscriber of CUG, you need tore-register to avail the reduced tariff.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following conditions apply for CUG:

A customer cannot be part of more than one group.

Calls made outside the CUG will be charged as per normal tariff plans attached to them.

We need a group administrator for initiating the CUGOnly the group administrator will be allowed to make

changes to the list in writing.

Teacher: Peter, why r u late for school again? Peter:

Well, Miss, I dreamed that I was playing football & the ga

went into extra time.

History Teacher: Where was the Battle of Changlingmithangfought?

Student: Sir, I am not sure but I think from page 15 to 26.

A pregnant lady went to an astrologer. Astrologer: When u deer a baby, babys father will die. Lady: Thank god! My husbansafe!

A boy goes to a strip club. His mom gets angry & asks him: Disee anything there that u were not supposed to see? Boy: Yessaw dad!

i want u 2 know dat our friendship means alot 2 me.U cry i cry.U laulauf.U jump out of da window... I look down & den... i lauf again

SMS Jokes

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life. -Bill Gates


Charo-Charo Rates (Nu)

Flat Rate throughout the day 0.30/unit

Groups Subscrib-er Limit

Rate/Unit

Registra-tion Fee

Free

CorporateOffer

21 to 300 Nu.0.20

Nu.150/Sub

MMS

GeneralOffer

9 to 20 Nu.0.30

Nu. 20/Sub

MMS


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Q. 3. What challenges do you visualize in BTL now?

Retaining & aracng the best professionals in Telecommunicaon Sector can be a challenge in Government owne

Public sector Service provider like BTL.

Maintaining customer condence and trust in the BTL Services in the compeve environment.

Maintaining investment in new state of the art technology to stay compeve in the market place.

Improving customer services and care to aract and retain customer base enjoyed by the BTL in the near future whe

the competors services reach all over the country.

Q. 4. What do you say about compeon in the mobile and IT services vis --vis BTL?

Compeon is good to keep check and balance in place for a service provider like BTL. Compeon will keep away comp

cency and keep BTL focused on improving its services and providing excellent customer care to all its customers. And f

the public, compeon gives choice and the best pricing mechanism.

Q. 5. What can be some of the major strengths and weaknesses for BTL, as compared to compeon?

Some of the strengths of BTL are:

In-house experience, and in technology intensive sector like BTL, Reach of services throughout the country before comp

on, and Pool of professionals built up before compeon.

Some of the weaknesses of BTL are:

Brain drain, having to maintain investment in HR Development to remain compeve, Complacency, taking customer ca

for granted being the incumbent service provider, and High Cost of service provision

for a public sector undertaking as against private sector service provider.

Q. 6. What is your word of wisdom for BTL?

Keep up the team work and co-operaon spirit in the BTL Management style Together you succeed and divided you fall

Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward ..

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia


In the Spotlight The First MD of BTL >> CONTD. FROM PAGE 2

Crossword

Complete the Crossword Puzzle. Directly email answers to [email protected] or cit and post it to Marketing Division, Bhutan Telecom, 2/28, Drophen La

Thimphu latest by 17th April, 2011 with your present address and contact nu

ber. Four correct entries drawn by lucky draw will get a gift of a KUENPHE

VOUCHER each.

10

1 2

11

9 3 4

5

6

7

Across:

1: General Packet Radio Services3: Subscriber Identity module5: Voice over Internet Protocol6: Connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity7: Group of two or more computer systems linked togetherDown:

2: Short Message Service

4: Global system of interconnected computer networks that use TCP/IP

9: Telecommunication in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form ofwire) carry the signal

10: Modulator-demodulator

11: Information for computer processing

Answer To Issue 1:Across1: BMOBILE 2: MMS 3: DRUKNET 4: IMUPDown1: BROADBAND 5: VOUCHER 6: FIXEDLINE 7: SMS
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Therefore, BTL embarked on a more challenging endeav-

our in 2010 to connect all the 205 Gewogs in the country

under the Rural GSM Project.

Before the Project began, only around 174 Gewog Cen-

tres had access to the mobile GSM network. But by the

end of 2010, 200 of the 205 Gewog Centres had been

connected under the rst phase of the project. BTL con-

tributed 50% of the total cost of Nu. 282.50 million for

this phase of the Project, and the remaining 50% was

contributed by the Oce of Bhutan InfoComm and Me-

dia Authority (BICMA) through its Universal Service Fund

(USF), established under the provision of the Bhutan In-

formaon, Communicaons and Media Act 2006.

The second phase of the project started in 2011. In this

phase, the remaining ve Gewogs will be connected to

the mobile GSM network along with 109 rural villages in

the eight Dzongkhags of Tsirang, Zhemgang, Mongar,

Trashi Yangtse, Lhuentse, Samdrup Jongkhar, Pema

Gatshel and Trashigang. Of the ve remaining Gewogs to

be covered, the connecons for Martshala in

Samdrupjongkhar and Metsho in Lhuentse were recently

completed. As of 20 March 2011, only three Gewogs -

Chokorling in Pemagatsel, Bjoka in lower Kheng and Lu-

nana in Gasa, were le to be connected.

Out of the total esmated

cost of Nu. 143.67 million

for the second phase, the

Government has provided

70% subsidy amounng to

Nu. 100.57 million through BICMA as USF Grant. BTL con-

tributed the balance amount of Nu. 43.1 million.

The Governments contribuon for the second phase

was increased because the nancial returns from this

phase would be even lower than that of the rst phase,

says Mr. Tenzin Dorji, the Project Manager, adding that

the project is now in full swing with base -trans-receiver

staons (BTS) sites idened and the procurement pro-

cess of equipments in full progress.

The new information technology, Internet and e -mail, have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. -

Peter Drucker


Rural GSM Project >> CONTD. FROM PAGE 1

Among the most notable achievements of the rst pha

of the project, BTL deployed more than 35 BTS and took

-Mobile services to some of the remotest Gewogs in t

country. These Gewogs include Barshong, Soe, Naro a

Lingshi under Thimphu, Merak and Sakteng under Tras

gang, Jomotsangkha, Lauri and Serthi under Samdr

Jongkhar, and Laya under Gasa.

The B-Mobile services brought a lot of excitement a

smiles to the people of these rural communies. Kuens

quoted a Shingkhar Lauri resident as saying, Life here

going to be forever dierent. In Laya, a former Chi

who represented his people at the Smithsonian fesval

Washington DC in 2006 told Kuensel over his new mob

phone, Many people thought the government wou

never provide the service to such a remote place. Sudde

ly, the world has become a few numbers away.

However, taking these services to these far-ung Gewo

hadnt been easy. First of all, the absence of commerc

power supply in most of these remote places is a ch

lenge both in terms of the cost of providing solar pow

systems for the BTS equipments, and the inability to u

electric-

powered equipments during construcon worIt is also a challenge for subscribers to recharge the

handsets as they have to depend on oen-unreliab

weather-dependent solar power.

Next, the dicult terrain

and the scaered nature

of Bhutanese villages

pose a challenge to the

network installaon

team. Firstly, nding ap-

propriate locaon for

seng up network tow-

ers is a problem. Second-

ly, the absence of road connecvity makes transporta

of equipment and tower parts to an idened loca

extremely dicult.

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Life here is going

to be forever differ-

ent. -KuenselMany people thought

the government would

never provide the ser-

vice to such a remote

place. Suddenly, the

world has become a few

numbers away.
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This is further aggravat-

ed when construcons

have to be done in al-

tudes as high as 4500

m. Work can be done

for only about four

months in a year at

such altudes due to

the cold and snow. In

addion, the shortage

of manpower in these

remote areas oen delays transportaon and civil works,

not to menon that even ordinary civil works at high al-

tudes generally take more me to complete.

It is for these reasons that connecng Laya to the GSM

network in 2010 posed a special challenge to the project

team. When Laya was nally connected to the cellular net-

work on Friday, August 27, 2010, it had cost the Project

Nu. 15 million.

But the most dicult challenge yet to come is to connect

the northernmost community of Lunana which is a three-

day walk from Laya. According to B-Mobiles General

Manager, Mr. Pushpa Mani Pradhan, With the budget of

over Nu 20 million, Bhutan Telecom will connect the ve

scaered villages of Lunana Gewog with B-Mobile net-

work before the end of 2011.

Yet, seng up the network is only one part of the chal-

lenge. Operaon and maintenance for reliable service pro-

vision pose another challenge both technically and nan-

cially. But BTL and its sta are commied to meeng the-

se challenges as part of its corporate social responsibility

although it is not feasible commercially.

Technology can provide a link that further unites our state, a link that bridges our vast prairies and sandhills.

Dave Heineman


Rural GSM Project

>> CONTD. FROM PAGE 7

Love Affair with Bhutan>> CONTD.FROM PAGE

Likewise, I too have made numerous trips to immigrao

oce to extend my stay in Bhutan; so much so that t

prey girl behind the counter know me by rst nam

Back home my relaves were obviously worried that I a

not coming back to them. They were of the view that t

mountain spirits had mesmerized my soul and was ho

ing me back. It was therefore of no surprise to me whe

they conducted a puricaon ceremony when I last vis

ed them. I invited some of them to visit Bhutan and th

were enchanted by the beauty of the country. Now, th

know why I prefer to work in Bhutan.

What make my stay in Bhutan special are the people th

I work with. Bhutanese people are in general very gene

ous and polite but bosses and colleagues of Bhutan Te

com are special. I would remember the friend who is fa

cinated with food and sll feel hungry aer a hearty me

I would remember the friend who is in late thires y

enjoying the freedom that comes with bachelorship

would remember my cricket captain who also introduc

me to bowling; I would remember the friend who taug

me the very rst local dialect that I learnt, I thank m

stars that I did not use those word on anyone. I wou

remember my rst date.

Six years in Bhutan and working for Bhutan Telecom ha

been a very special experience for me, the memorie

shall cherish for long me to come. I was born an Indi

but I lived as Bhutanese. I am also starng to believe th

I must have done some remarkable good deeds in m

past life that god has gied me these wonderful years

Bhutan. Sooner or later I have to wake up from this wo

derful dream and face the reality, because at the oth

end of the rainbow my families are eagerly waing for m

return. I came here as an uncertain boy and when t

me comes I shall return as a matured man. I am su

that they will be preparing the best of Hyderabadi Birya

especially for me but I guess it is their turn to taste t

emadatse that I would prepare for them.

With the budget of over

Nu 20 million, BhutanTelecom will connect the

five scattered villages of

Lunana Gewog with B-

Mobile network before

the end of 2011.

Your PageThe BTL Newsletter Team would like to request you to provide your valuable feedbacks so that we can improve our futur

issues. We request all the writers to send your write-ups related to telecommunications, philosophical ideas, GNH, interes

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1. Caring much about his privacy though Facebook is very "open -minded"

Zuckerberg always says that he wants to make Facebook a place where people can be

open-minded and honest and everyone is willing to share their personal informaon with

others. However, It is ironical that Zuckerberg never public some informaon in his Face-

book page.

2. Having strange interests

His personal interests, such as the famous Lan singer "Shakira" and "absnence", which

listed in his Facebook page, give us a strange feeling.The personal interests he listed in-

clude: making things, minimalism, breaking things, revoluon and openness. His favorite

musicians include the Linkin Park and the United States electronic music queen, Lady

Gaga.

3. Fascinang with classical literature, owning imperial ambions

Zuckerberg grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He aended the best high school in the

United States - Phillips Exeter Academy. He learned Lan, there and became a lover of

classical literature. Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard aer studying for two years so as

to pursue the career of Facebook. The Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Vascellaro

wrote, "He was well-known by memorizing Iliad and other epic poems" He also devel-

oped some games, which themed by classical literature. "

4. Having a lot of nicknames

His friends and colleagues like to call him "Zach." If you do not believe, you can check out

with the arcle entled "to work with Zach" on Facebook. In addion, he has some other

nicknames. According to the Wall Street Journal reporter, Jessica Vascellaro, his mother

called him "prince" when he was young. And His schoolmate, Rebecca Davis O'Brien, told

us in his book that Zuckerberg's friendship gave him a nickname of "killer" when he

aended a party, Alpha Epsilon Pi.

5. Being indierent to money

He does not seem to care about the money. It is said that someone had oered to pay 10

billion U.S. dollars to acquire his Facebook site, but he rejected. That person is the former

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel. He told the New Yorker that he never meet such a person who is

indierent to money before. Arcle Source : hp://EzineArcles.com/?expert=Lily Wan

In this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself, you have to form alliances . -Carlos Slim Helu


Loyalty and promotional offers p

vided are as follows:

August, November and Dece

ber

For prepaid customers (Loya

bonus based on age-on-netwo

on 19th August and 17th Decemb

and refill based bonus on 1st& 1

November).

August, November and Dece

ber

For postpaid custom

(Percentage discount ranging fr

5% to 8% based on age on nwork and their usage was prov

ed on 19th August, 2010, Free t

time from 9 am to 4 pm was giv

on 1st Nov,2010, a nominal rate

Nu.0.15/unit for the whole d

was charged on 11th Nov,2010 a

free Onnet calls for whole day

cept peak hours was given on 1

Dec,2010).

December, 2010

Go green with BTL campaign p

vided one Power Voucher free

every 100 used B-Mobile vouch

of any denominations.

The MD and some senior BTL staff at the Annual General and

Budget Meeting, Phuentsholing, in Nov. 2010.
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While Vouchers are easily available in town, it

is not in everyones capacity to purchase.

What if you have to make call and you dont have enough money to recharge? What if you earn less and cant spend more o

Vouchers? Or what if your relatives in the village ask you to recharge time and again and you dont have enough money fo

yourself?

To solve all your problems and to answer to the above questions, Bhutan Telecom Limited has launched a new recharge Vouc

er called the Kuenphen Voucher, where all our subscribers can recharge their pre -paid connections for amount as low as Nu

and enjoy 15 days validity.

The main idea is to make it aordable and reasonable for all our users, said Bhutan Telecoms Manager, Marketing Commun

cation, Sangay Wangdi. Considering the low income of our people in the rural areas and the need to spent more on other neessary things, we have come up with this new Voucher, he said.

Kuenphen Voucher can now be purchased from Bhutan Telecom counters or any dealers in the town at just Nu 25.

Announcement

Bhutan Telecom Limited would like to inform our valued customers that the Telephone Directory for the year 201

is not published, instead it is being uploaded on our website www.bt.bt for your reference.

The Kuenphen Voucher was launched on 12th March 2011 for just Nu 25.

It is the cheapest Voucher that we have today. Kuenphen Voucher is

like any other Vouchers!!!


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BTL Newsletter TeamChief Coordinator: Deo Kumar Biswa, GM, Marketing Division

Chief Editor: Tshering Cigay Dorji, Ph.D, Manager, BIAEditor: Tshering Pem, Marketing Manager. Sonam Yangzom, Acting Manager, Sales

Layout & Design: Yam Raj, Marketing Officer

2010 Bhutan Telecom Ltd.

Revised SMS tari & Prepaid SIM Registraon Cost

The SMS tari and prepaid registraon cost is revised from 1st Feb 2011. The revised

tari is as follows:

SMS Tari Revision

O-net: Nu. 0.70 per SMS

On-net :Nu. 0.45 per SMS

Reducon of Prepaid registraon costRegistraon (SIM) cost will be Nu.50 with a free talk me of Nu. 50.

DrukNet Wi-Fi

Bhutan Telecom Limited provided the test launch of Wi-Fi Internet access to its

broadband customers at the end of December 2010. It is an oponal/alternave ac-

cess provided as a value-added service to Druknets broadband users. For now,

DrukNet Wi-Fi 1 is a trial run. If successful, the coverage will be expanded to other

selected locaons and regions.

Next Generaon Network

Bhutan Telecom Limited did the network migraon from the old to the new Next

Generaon Network (NGN) on 10th

January 2011. The general idea behind the NGN

is that one network transports all informaon and services (voice, data, and all sorts

of media such as video) by encapsulang these into

packets, like it is done ontheInternet.

1985 - Cellular car phones introduced & 1988 - Auto-Dialinphone cards introduced.

Alexander Graham Bell origina

ly wanted the greeting for thtelephone to be "Ahoy" buThomas Edison voted fo"Hello," a word he coined i1877.

The original name of the telephone was the harmonic telegraph.

Globally, about $1 trillion spent annually on telecommuncations products and services.

The busiest organization in thworld is the Pentagon, whic

has 34,500 lines and gets 1 milion calls a day.

Sweden is the country with thgreatest penetration of telephones. It has 229 phones foevery 1,000 people.

The longest phone cable is submarine cable called FLA(Fiber-Optic Link Around thGlobe). It spans 16,800 milefrom Japan to the United Kingdom and can carry 600,000 calat a time.

The irst computer mouse waintroduced in 1968 by DouglaEngelbart at the Fall Joint Computer Expo in San Francisco.

In 1990, Tim Berners-Lecoined the term 'World WidWeb'.

The very irst hard drive wacapable of storing only 5 MB odata.

On an average, a person spendabout 51 minutes per sessiosuring the net. This works ou

to about 25 hours a month suring the Internet.

The Internet achieved 50 milion users in 5 years. It took thradio 38 years, and it took thTV 13 years to reach the samigure. Despite the high numbeof users, 80% of the worldpopulation does not use thInternet.

Bhutan Telecom Limited has been awarded Growth Engine for Internet Service

& Growth Engine for Mobile Service in Bhutan in 2010 by Voice & Data.

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