MAP > Internet Providers in Bhutan

Initially, Bhutan had been isolated from rest of the world for a very long time, both generally and in particular in terms of telecommunications. The mountainous landscape has made it quite difficult to be able to build necessary telecoms infrastructure. The fixed broadband penetration has remained so low mainly due to low dominance of mobile platform.

Over the coming years, to the year 2023 very low to the moderate growth has been expected from the small base. The mobile market in Bhutan has been able to grow moderately over the last few years, but the growth rate has gone on to subside over the last few years as the mobile market starts to mature.

The B-Mobile has been the leading and among the best mobile operator in Bhutan. The TashiCell has been the only market competitor, and it has bridged the gap over the last few years. The mobile network has offered a major boost to the internet access in this country, and this is largely on the back of the EDGE/GPRS, the 3G and the most recent 4G platforms have been gaining traction in Bhutan with both the major mobile operators providing 4G services. The slow, as well as the declining growth, has been predicted that it will continue over the coming five years to the year 2023 as mobile subscriber market gets to mature more.

Bhutan’s mobile broadband has developed sharply over the last few years from the small base being driven by the mature mobile market. The huge development has been predicted over the coming five years to the year 2023, but a very slow late that will decline as a result of the maturing market. Mobile broadband market is going to be driven by mobile operators as they get to further roll out 4G networks. Some of the companies that have been mentioned in this report include TashiCell, Ericsson, Bhutan Telecom, DrukNet, B-Mobile, Ericsson, Reliance, Airtel, Samden Tech, Tashi InfoComm.

Some of the key developments in this report include:
• Bhutan’s telecom sector that has continued on the steady growth path.
• 4G LTE networks have been able to gain a strong reaction in Bhutan.
• Mobile broadband has enjoyed huge development, and it has been expected that it will continue at a very slow rate.
• TashiCell has tried to bridge the gap over the last few years in the mobile market.
• The mobile market in Bhutan has developed moderately over the last few years.