The BTRC is responsible for regulating all matters related to telecommunications (wire, cellular, satellite and cable) of Bangladesh.

[1] The chairman of the commission has the status of a judge of the Bangladesh High Court.

[4] The BTRC started operating from 31 January 2002 with a vision of facilitating affordable telecommunication services and increasing the teledensity to at least 10 telephones per 100 inhabitants by 2010.

[4] The ordinance was updated with the passage of Telecommunication Act (Corrected) bill in 2010.

[5] In March 2013, BTRC was criticised by the Human Rights Watch[6] and other groups for banning a number of "atheist blogger" websites.