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Grameenphone
Grameenphone LTD, widely abbreviated as (d/b/a) GP, is a telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. As of December 2023, its subscribers span over 82.20 million. 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. As of Nov 2024, Grameenphone is Bangladesh's most valuable company with a market cap of more than ৳440.2 billion BDT or $3.6 billion USD (approximately).
Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, established Grameenphone to provide universal mobile access across Bangladesh, including its rural regions. He was inspired by the Grameen Bank micro-credit model and envisioned a business model where a cell phone can serve as a source of income. After leaving his job as an investment banker in the United States, Quadir met and successfully raised money from New York-based investor and philanthropist Joshua Mailman. He then returned to Bangladesh and worked for three years to gain support from organizations such as Grameen Bank and the Norwegian telecom company, Telenor.
Grameenphone was the first company to introduce GSM technology over 900 and 1800 MHz in Bangladesh. It was also the first company to introduce 5G network in the country, for which the first test was done in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan area in mid-2022. In September 2022, Grameenphone successfully conducted trials for the second time in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal, Mymensingh and Rangpur cities.
On 1 September Grameenphone launched 5G services in Bangladesh with initial rollouts in the aforementioned cities, being the second telecom operator in Bangladesh after Robi to commercially launch 5G services.
On 16 November 2006, Grameenphone officially changed its logo to match its parent company Telenor's logo.
Grameenphone uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers:
880 is the ISD code for Bangladesh and is needed only in case of dialing from outside Bangladesh (otherwise, it may be substituted by a 0, making the prefix 013 & 017).
13 & 17 is the prefix for Grameenphone as allocated by the government of Bangladesh. The following eight-digit number XXXXXXXX is the subscriber number. After exhausting the 017 series, Grameenphone became the first operator to launch a second series, the 013.
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Grameenphone
Grameenphone LTD, widely abbreviated as (d/b/a) GP, is a telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. As of December 2023, its subscribers span over 82.20 million. 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. As of Nov 2024, Grameenphone is Bangladesh's most valuable company with a market cap of more than ৳440.2 billion BDT or $3.6 billion USD (approximately).
Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, established Grameenphone to provide universal mobile access across Bangladesh, including its rural regions. He was inspired by the Grameen Bank micro-credit model and envisioned a business model where a cell phone can serve as a source of income. After leaving his job as an investment banker in the United States, Quadir met and successfully raised money from New York-based investor and philanthropist Joshua Mailman. He then returned to Bangladesh and worked for three years to gain support from organizations such as Grameen Bank and the Norwegian telecom company, Telenor.
Grameenphone was the first company to introduce GSM technology over 900 and 1800 MHz in Bangladesh. It was also the first company to introduce 5G network in the country, for which the first test was done in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan area in mid-2022. In September 2022, Grameenphone successfully conducted trials for the second time in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal, Mymensingh and Rangpur cities.
On 1 September Grameenphone launched 5G services in Bangladesh with initial rollouts in the aforementioned cities, being the second telecom operator in Bangladesh after Robi to commercially launch 5G services.
On 16 November 2006, Grameenphone officially changed its logo to match its parent company Telenor's logo.
Grameenphone uses the following numbering scheme for its subscribers:
880 is the ISD code for Bangladesh and is needed only in case of dialing from outside Bangladesh (otherwise, it may be substituted by a 0, making the prefix 013 & 017).
13 & 17 is the prefix for Grameenphone as allocated by the government of Bangladesh. The following eight-digit number XXXXXXXX is the subscriber number. After exhausting the 017 series, Grameenphone became the first operator to launch a second series, the 013.