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Bangla Trac Communications Ltd. Bangla Trac Communications (NSE, BSE) is one of International Gateway Service (IGW) providers in Bangladesh. The company was awarded the license for the international gateway through a competitive auction in February 2008 and started commercial operation on August 23, 2008 as an international gateway operator with CBOSS Interconnect Billing Solution.. Bangla Trac Communications is a sister concern of Bangla Trac Limited (exclusive dealer of Caterpillar Inc, USA in Bangladesh and doing business under the brand name of ‘Bangla CAT'). The International Gateway License enables Bangla Trac Communications Limited to act as one of the four licensed operators who can route incoming and outgoing international calls to and from Bangladesh. The license further stipulates that each of the operators is guaranteed at least 20% of the outgoing calls from Bangladesh and the potential to capture the outstanding 20%.
 * 1) Introduction

Bangla Trac Communications Limited is one of the four licensed International Gateway operator of Bangladesh with more than 600 global, regional and domestic carriers. The company supports both TDM interfaces (at E1 and STM-1 level) and GE interfaces at our switch side. As per our license obligation the company route all traffic through the SEA-ME-WE4 (SMW4) submarine cable which is using both TDM circuits and IP- Internet Protocol (SIP and H.323) to maintain the quality of service. (QoS). Furthermore, it handle at least 10% of the total capacity through a satellite link. The company has three POPS ( Point of Presence) with softswitches at three different locations - LONDON ( Equinix), Hongkong (Hk colo) and Singapore ( Epsilon)  and these locations are connected via STM1 connectivity. These three Pops are connected using cable systems across the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean.
 * 1) Background:

History :

Main subsidiaries: Power Generation Company:Bangla Trac Limited/ Bangla CAT 20% of Bangladesh's total country capacity of power is generated by Caterpillar generators which is exclusively distributed and serviced via Bangla CAT. It is the market leader in Power Generation Solutions in Bangladesh. Bangla CAT was also the largest Caterpillar Electric Power Dealer in the Asia Pacific Region in 2007 and it is among the top 5 Caterpillar Electric Power Dealers globally. Financial Services Companies: Prime Bank, Prime Leasing & Investment, Far East Finance, Prime Islami Life Insurance, PFI Securities Founders of prime Bank (market cap: US$ 220m), one of the largest retail banks in Bangladesh which ranked second in terms of profitability in 2007. Prime Bank has been consistently awarded the highest credit rating among local banks. Also established one of the most profitable and fastest growing life insurance companies (Prime Life Insurance) and several leading leasing and investment firms and merchant banks (Far East Finance, PFI Securities and Prime Leasing). Marine Solutions Company: Bangla Trac Limited/ Bangla CAT Bangla CAT is the largest supplier of marine engines in Bangladesh. It is also the market leader in providing propulsion solutions to the fishing trawler segment. It is the only company with an end-to-end solution for marine propulsion systems. Construction Company: Bangla Trac Limited/ Bangla CAT Bangla CAT is the leading supplier of construction equipment to the Armed Forces for UN peacekeeping missions and development activities. It is the largest supplier of construction equipment to the divisional municipalities across the country. Caterpillar has the largest population of construction equipment products in the market and Bangla CAT is the exclusive servicing dealer for these products.