Btc botswana contact details
Research activity and project outlines. BTC was established in to provide, develop, operate and manage Botswana's national and international telecommunications services. The Act further established a regulatory authority and liberalised the market with particular emphasis on customer premises equipment and value added services, many of which are now in full competition to BTC. BTC has two regional offices, four districts offices and a number of customer care centres to cater for service delivery nationally.
It also publishes the Botswana Telephone Directory and provides a countrywide directory assistance services. In , BTC commenced a mobile telephony service under the brand name beMobile. The Corporation's range of services is built around its national networks comprising wired and wireless connections. The introduction of basic rate Integrated Services Digital Networks ISDN was undertaken to address the growing telecommunications requirements especially in the business sector.
BTC also offers value added services in addition to basic telephony. These include; call diversion and forwarding, three party conferencing, abbreviated dialling, call waiting, international and national call barring, alarm call, toll free services and voice messaging. Data communications services by BTC are available through a managed data network on a point to point and point — to a multi point that can be provided to customers at their bandwidth requirements.
Points of presence POPS are now established in five centres around the country enabling Internet customers to dial at the cost of a local call. Currently BTC is the only fixed line operator in Botswana. BTC plans to achieve its business goals through various strategies, including: BTC is to be privatised. International access is provided from Botswana to almost every country in the world.
BTC has also supplied the backbone network to facilitate cellular communication throughout the country and works closely with the two mobile operators - Mascom Wireless and Orange. A dedicated group at BTCL head office is responsible for the core network and technology strategy, while the local access network is developed Services, an International Business Unit, a Public Telephone Unit and a Voice Messaging Unit look after specific product services.
Separate supporting units, information technology and properties are already in place. BTCL also provides virtual telephony services, paging and data communication for corporate networks. For many years, BTC has been Botswana 's largest supplier of fixed-line and associated communications services, and it has been providing telephony and other products to urban and rural centres across the country. Botswana telecommunications corporation has embarked in a network transformation projects in its quest to Improve service quality and provision of superior customer experience.
On June BTCL published its first annual financial statements as a public company for the financial year end 31 March The company reported a loss of P million which was due to an impairment write down of P million, and had revenue of P1. Total assets were at P1. The company also declared a dividend of 5 thebe per share [3].
Subsequent to these results the share price started its decline from its high of P1. The biggest sponsorship in the annals of Botswana football has seen the game become very competitive to rival some of the top leagues. In collaboration with the centre, the Group sponsored a competition to the tune of P20 inviting artists to design the cover for the Phone Book Directory. The Group also supports musicians by affording them an opportunity to share the platform and showcase their talent during promotions.
Botswana has a small population that is spread across a vast country. Where feasible BTC Group utilises its resources to provide services to remote villages that have a population of or more. So far, the Group under the Nteletsa Project, has connected almost villages around the country.
Currently we have signed another contract for the provision of telecommunications to a further sixty two villages in the south-western part of Botswana. These projects were a partnership between the Government of Botswana and BTC Group where the Government funds the capital cost, whilst maintaining the infrastructure on an ongoing basis. The cost of the projects is in excess of Pula million. BTC agreed to provide Powertel with international bandwidth capacity for two years after the two organisations completed cross border fibre optic connections at Ramokgwebana in December The Sunday Standard reported that Presidential Affairs Minister, Lesego Motsumi told parliament that the cabinet has taken a decision regarding the privatization structure of BTC and the information will be communicated with all stakeholders soon.
Lesego Motsumi stated that the aim of the privatization was to minimize risks, and get maximum benefits. She added that the government had to carry out extensive consultations before going ahead with the plans. The listing was muchly awaited and was oversubscribed but individual citizen were given preference over company. The shares were largely restricted for the benefit of Batswana and are traded among Batswana and companies benefiting for Batswana e.
The share price spiked on listing and continued its to rise to high of P1. The share is currently trading at P0.
It was announced that Paul Taylor who had led BTCL to its transformation and subsequent listing would not have his contract renewed at end of his contract which ended in July Anthony Masunga was then appointed acting Managing Director. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. March Learn how and when to remove this template message.
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