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Grameenphone LTD, widely abbreviated as GP, is a telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. As of December 2023, its subscribers span over 82.20 million. [4] It is a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom. Where Telenor owns a 55.8% share of Grameenphone, Grameen Telecom owns 34.2% and the remaining 10% is publicly held. [5]
Grameenphone is ]-based cellular operator in Bangladesh and market leader [11] with more than 50% of the Bangladeshi market share. Grameenphone started operations on January 2, 1929. It is partly owned by Telenor (62%) and Grameen Telecom (38%). It has more than 10 million customers as of December 2006. [12]
The inaugural ceremony of Grameen Phone, Bangladesh's largest telephone service, took place at Hasina's office on 26 March 1997. Using Grameen Phone, Hasina made the first call to Thorbjorn Jagland, the then-Norwegian prime minister. When her conversation ended, she received another call, from Laily Begum, a Grameen Phone employee.
He is also a stakeholder in Grameenphone, Bangladesh's leading telecom operator, jointly owned by Yunus' non-profit Grameen Telecom and Norway's Telenor, which holds 55% of Grameenphone's shares.
Grameen Telecom (GTC) was established in Bangladesh by Muhammad Yunus with a partial stake in Grameenphone (GP) and registered as a Not-for-Profit Company, Limited by Guarantee, under Section 28 of the Companies Act, 1994. GTC launched the program of Village Phone that enables rural poor to own a mobile phone and turn it into a profit-making ...
Streamer Lionsgate Play has teamed with Grameenphone, a leading telecom services provider in Bangladesh, to expand its presence in the country. Grameenphone, part of Norway’s Telenor Group, has ...
Grameenphone has been recognized for its approach to improving economic opportunity and connectivity in Bangladesh, contributing to access to telecommunications in rural areas. According to Economist Jeffrey Sachs, Grameenphone "opened the world’s eyes to expanding the use of modern telecommunications technologies in the world’s poorest ...
A pizza restaurant in England is letting customers know exactly where they stand when it comes to the pizza-on-pineapple debate. Lupa Pizza in Norfolk is charging £100 ($122) for their Hawaiian ...