18 Facts About Grameenphone

Grameenphone was the first company to introduce GSM technology in Bangladesh.

Founder Iqbal Quadir founded Grameenphone to provide universal mobile phone access throughout Bangladesh, including its rural areas.

Grameenphone 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.

Grameenphone then returned to Bangladesh and worked for three years to gain support from organisations such as Grameen Bank and the Norwegian telecom company, Telenor.

Grameenphone received a license for cellular phone operation in Bangladesh from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on 28 November 1996.

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Grameenphone started operations on 26 March 1997, Independence Day in Bangladesh.

On 16 November 2006, Grameenphone officially changed its logo to match its parent company Telenor's logo.

Grameenphone has built the largest cellular network in the country.

Grameenphone was the first mobile operator in Bangladesh to offer internet via EDGE and 3G 4G services to its subscribers.

Grameenphone has developed several services, such as GP Music, a music streaming service launched in 2015, and Bioscope, a video streaming service launched in 2016 to stream movies, dramas and live TV.

Grameenphone owns an e-commerce app, Shoparu, offering door-to-door delivery service to all areas of Bangladesh, including rural areas.

In 2017, Grameenphone introduced its MyGP app that allowed subscribers, through an embedded platform called Flexiload, to personalize their own cell phone packages and discounts based on their personal need for voice minutes, data volumes, text messaging.

In March 2022, Grameenphone released embedded-SIM, for the foremost time in Bangladesh.

In 2017, Grameenphone launched a specialized SIM for the data hungry, digitally savvy generation.

Grameenphone trained entrepreneurs so that they could demonstrate to people how to set up an e-mail account and best make use of the Internet.

Grameenphone Centre serves as a "one stop solution" for customers, with all telecommunications products and services, under a single roof.

Grameenphone has maintained that it supports a competition framework consistent with the applicable laws and international best practices; and that directives should not restrict an entities' ability to grow, innovate or invest.

Grameenphone has earned market share through fair practices and within the stipulated market regulation overseeing the industry.