Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL)

FAQ

Q 1. What sort of Services does your Company provide?

The basic job of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd. (BSCCL) is to provide bandwidth to the relevant telecom companies and also to the corporate users who need International private lease circuits (IPLC) and IP Transit to IIG and ISP. The bandwidth is distributed on a first come first serve basis without any discriminations.

Q 2. Who are your clients?

Basically our clients are those Telcos who use substantial amount of bandwidth. As for example;

ie, all IGWs, IIGs, ISPs, corporate users like SITA, Embassies, Standard Chartered Bank, American Express Bank etc.

Q 3. How your organization is related with other operators like ICX, IGW, IIG, Mobile operators, BTCL and PSTN operators?

After connectivity of Bangladesh with Submarine Cable System, basically all telecom operators whose subscribers are making calls outside Bangladesh or getting connected to internet and chatting with some friends outside Bangladesh are directly or indirectly using Submarine Cable. Thus, all those who are providing such international connectivity or helping indirectly (like ICX) to establish such outside communications are related to BSCCL.

Q 4. Do you connect ISPs and call centres?

In fact we are the whole seller of bandwidth and thus we do not sell or provide small bandwidth less than E1 (2 Mbps) to ISPs or call centres.

Q 5. Does some one get discount for larger Bandwidth?

The approved rate stipulates discounts for higher bandwidth with a lower multiplication factor. Moreover, special discounts are available for internet service providers and Educational Institutions

Q 6. Tele-medicine, video on demand, distant learning for these new arenas, how does your organization provide service?

All these services you have mentioned above require high quality & uninterrupted broadband connectivity. For a video with very good resolutions and sounds you need at least 5 Mbps bandwidth. By providing high quality & uninterrupted broadband for Bangladesh & Tripura BSCCL allows the end users to enjoy the above stated services.

Q 7. I have a business proposal, whom should I contact?

If your business is a telecom business where you need substantial amount of bandwidth, you may contact us through our website www.bsccl.com.bd/where our contract numbers are available. But the first thing you have to do is to obtain a license from the Regulatory Authority (BTRC) for any type of Telecom business.