A high level Microsoft delegation will come to Bhutan in September this year to discuss a range of activities with the Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Information and Communications in particular, for a comprehensive cooperation.
According to the Cabinet Secretariat, this is one of the outcomes of the meeting Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley and MoIC Secretary Kinley Dorji had with Microsoft Managing Director Frank McCosker in Rio De Janeiro this week on the sidelines of the Rio+20 conference.
“Some of the activities would include Microsoft software for research, governance, mobile applications and especially the cutting edge technology for last mile connectivity to reach the unreached,” said the Secretariat in its statement.
They also discussed the possibility of Microsoft setting up a high end BPO and software development in Bhutan, it further said.
The Prime Minister is learnt to have informed the General Manager that Bhutan was preparing itself as an ICT investment hub to achieve Bhutan’s goal of an ICT enabled knowledge based society.
While, Dorji said that Microsoft could potentially be a substantial partner in Bhutan’s ICT industry, it added.
