Telephone Shilpa Sangstha or TSS[2] is a government owned telecoms company in Bangladesh.[3] It launched the first laptop made/assembled in Bangladesh, Doel, in 2011.[4][5] It also manufactures analogue phones,[6] smartphones, and regular cell phones in Bangladesh.[7]
| Formation | 1967[1] |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | Telephone Shilpa Sangstha |
Production
editIn fiscal 2016-17 the TSS assembled 63,245 laptops and managed to sell 58,750 units.
In fiscal 2016-17, 4,495 units were sold; in fiscal 2014-15, it was 4,550 units.
It started off with a laptop retailing at Tk 10,000, which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled on 11 October 2011.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Brief History of TSS". Telephone Shilpa Sangstha. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Government's laptop project crash lands". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Cheap Laptops: It's Bangladesh's Turn". pcworld.com. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Ethirajan, Anbarasan (11 October 2011). "Bangladesh unveils $130 'Doel' laptops". BBC News. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh: The next hardware destination? Dhaka Tribune". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Our own laptop". The Daily Star. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "OK Mobile launches mobile TV app". The Daily Star. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Telephone Shilpa Sangstha stages a comeback". The Daily Star. 27 December 2019.