The information technologies and communication in Bhutan have a short history. In the beginning, telecommunication penetrated cautiously. The first telephone lines were established in 1963, the first radio to broadcast in 1973, computers arrived in the eighties and TV and Internet not until 1999.

For hundreds of years, the Himalayan zone of the current kingdom of Bhutan has remained isolated from the rest of the world, jealously guarding its customs and traditions. Already since the eighth century AD, a culture was highly impregnated by the principles and values of Tibetan Buddhism that today govern all areas of life and development in this country. Bhutan has remained virtually impervious to the technological avalanche developed and spread worldwide throughout the 20th century. But between 1961 and 1973 a major change in government plans began. The transformation of the country began, increasing the communications network such as the construction of new roads (Less than 2,000 km in 1974, they had more than 11,000 km in 2015), restoring and building irrigation canals, exporting electricity – to India – as well as opening diplomatic relations with India from 1968. The hydroelectric projects in Bhutan are an example of mutual gain cooperation between the two countries. Bhutan is a country that in a short space of time went from being pre-technological to one of the most connected of the 21st century.