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The main roles and responsibilities of the Department include the following:
 

• Assist the Ministry in planning infrastructure development in consultation with BCA and the public and private sectors.

• Design and implement projects for national network(s) particularly interconnecting of all Dzongkhags and Gewogs, using combination of technologies.

• Act as interface between the Government and Private sector for planning the required infrastructure.

• Organize workshops, seminars and meetings on the emerging technologies, on national, regional and international levels.

• Research on networking and hardware components and make necessary recommendation on the new technology for adoption to the government.

• Provide assistance to BCA in analysis of technical matters, including interconnections, radio frequencies and use of technical standards.

• Prepare technical specifications for hardware.

• Carry out certification of hardware including locally assembled computers.