Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL)

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) is a Core Telecommunications service provider and International Submarine Cable Operator of Bangladesh. The service provided by BSCCL represents the Long-haul communication between Bangladesh and the rest of the world. Emerging in July 2008 as a public limited company under the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Govt. of Bangladesh, BSCCL operates and maintains Bangladesh’s submarine cable. BSCCL is a party on behalf of Bangladesh in the SEA-ME-WE-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) submarine cable and represents the Nation in the SMW-4 international cable consortium. BSCCL has become a member of the newly formed SMW-5 Consortium to join in the newly planned Submarine Cable which will provide more capacity and redudancy for Bangladesh. BSCCL will soon start operations as IIG (International Internet Gateway) which should help the people to get broadband Internet with cheaper rate and better quality of service. BSCCL is already in the stock market and one of the growing companies in the Telecom sector of the Country and is contributing to the revenue earning of the Government of Bangladesh. It is a leading company for implementation of National ILDTS & ICT policies to develop modern telenetwork and high speed Broadband Internet in Bangladesh. The submarine cable network is expected to be the main telecommunications infrastructure for “Digital Bangladesh” by the year 2021. By providing high capacity fiber optic submarine cable bandwidth connecting the people of Bangladesh to the "Information Super Highway", BSCCL is going to play a major role.