Department of Information Technology

Activity Code	Activity Name	Agency	Year of Imp.	Status	Remarks
Strategy IN1, By 2007, Bhutan will have established a liberalised and competitive ICT infrastructure market
IN1.1	License new operators and service providers	BCA	2006	Ongoing	Licensed granted, Tashi InfoComm has been licensed in Nov 2006 as the second mobile operator in the country, Kuzoo FM 90 and Radio Valley FM 99.9 have been licensed to operate FM radio services.
IN1.2	Establish incentives for new ICT players to establish ICT business	MoIC	2006	Ongoing	Incentives provided, government support extended to call centres for connectivity and training
IN1.3	Promote FDI in ICT infrastructure development	MoIC	2007	Not Started
IN1.4	Establish a coordination body to increase coordination amongst infrastructure providers.	BCA	2005	Ongoing	Coordination taking place among BPC and BTL
Strategy IN2, By 2010, ensure an affordable, fast, secure, sustainable and appropriate ICT infrastructure throughout Bhutan
IN2.1	Deploy backbone infrastructure across Bhutan	BT	2007	Not Started	East-West SDH microwave link completed sometimes late 2005. The Gelephu-tingtibi-Trongsa-Jakar, and the Tingtibi-Pangbang-Nanglam-Pemagatshel-Gyelposhing- Mongar-Kanglung OPGW construction have been dropped subsequent to receiving indication from MoIC
IN2.2	Develop a plan for a countrywide connectivity to ICT infrastructure, including schools, Geog centres and villages	MoIC	2005	Completed	The broadband master plan has been completed for implementation in 10FYP
IN2.3	Establish Government-wide intranet connecting all agencies in Thimphu	MoIC	2006	Ongoing
IN2.4	Extend Government-wide intranet to all Dzongkhags head quarters	MoIC	2008	Ongoing	Contingent to the backbone network
IN2.5	Extend Government-wide intranet to all geogs	MoIC	2010	Ongoing	Contingent to the backbone network
IN2.6	Establish multipurpose telecentres in every geog	DIT	2010	Ongoing	37 CIC's has been completed as of now.Each Geog will have a CIC by the end of 10FYP
IN2.7	Establish atleast 10 telephone connections in each Geog	BCA	2007	Ongoing	Almost completed, only few Gewogs are remained to be covered
IN2.8	Introduce and deploy advanced and appropriate technologies	BCA	2006	Ongoing	A pilot study is being carried out at Tangmachu in Lhuentshe for rural access trailing WIFI technology.
IN2.9	Explore ways of reducing cost of ICT hardware and software: - Open source software; - Re-cycling computers; - Substitute processors;	DIT	2005	Ongoing	Local Assembled Computers being promoted. Also studying the effectiveness of using network computers.