About Us
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2012
Awarded license for 2G operation for 15 years effective from November 2011
Two new affordable packages 'Amontron' and 'Nishchinto' were launched
10-second pulse was introduced for all products including helplines
A GP App was launched to facilitate mobile self service
Reached 40.02 million Subscribers -
2011
March
Launched 'My zone'- location based discount on usage
April
eCare solution
Customer Experience LabMay
Community Power Project
Grameenphone Branded Android Handset - 'Crystal'September
Spondon Package with 1 second pulse
December
Completed swapping of the network
Reached 36.5 Million Subscribers -
2010
March 2010
New Prepaid Price Plan Campaign
March
Mobitaka Brand launch with E-ticketing
April
Launch of Internet Minipack
April
Introduction of New Generation Grameenphone Internet Modem
May
Reached 25 million subscriber base
June
1st Annual General Meeting of Grameenphone
July
Shift to GP's new Headquarter, GP House
July
Launch of new Network Campaign
December 2010
Amar Desh Amar Gorbo event held on the occasion of Victory Day
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2009
Jan 2009
Launch of Phone Back Up and In-flight Roaming Service
Feb 2009
Launched GP Internet Modem
Mar 2009
Reached 21 million subscribers
Apr 2009
Launched Internet Modem
June 2009
Launched new Network campaign
Sep 2009
Launch of Grameenphone Handset
Oct 2009
Launch of Study Line Service
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2008
Jan 2008
Introduced Black Berry Service to Bangladesh
Mar2008
Lowest on-net tariff offer
Apr 2008
Brand positioning and launching of 'stay close' campaign
May 2008
Launch of 'Customer Care Campaign'
June 2008
Reached 20 million subscribers
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2007
Feb 2007
Re-launched Business Solution
Feb 2007
New VAS launch- Stock Information, Missed Call Alert
Apr 2007
Re-branding of Djuice
Apr 2007
Launched Pay for Me Service
Oct 2007
Reached 16 million subscribers
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2006
Jan 2006
Launch of Business and PCO product
Feb 2006
Launch of Community Information Centers
Jul 2006
Launch of CellBazaar Service
Nov 2006
GP re-branded with new logo
Nov 2006
Launch of Healthline Service
Dec 2006
Prepaid and postpaid product refreshment
Dec 2006
Launched Bill Pay Service in CIC
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2005
Apr 2005
Launch of Youth Product Djuice
Apr 2005
Launched Electronic Recharge System (Flexi Load)
Sep 2005
Launched EDGE and Voice SMS service
Oct 2005
Reached 5 million subscribers
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2003-04
Aug 2003
Reached 1 million subscribers
Oct 2003
Launched Prepaid product with PSTN connectivity
Aug 2004
Reached 2 million subscribers
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1997-2002
Mar 1997
Started operation on the independence day of Bangladesh
June 1998
Launched M2M service (without PSTN)
Aug 1999
Launched first prepaid service in the country
2001
Launched WAP service
2002
Bangladesh Business Award for "Best Joint Venture Enterprise"
Grameenphone...our story
Before Grameenphone’s inception, the phone was for a selected urbanized few. The cell phone was a luxury: a flouting accessory for the select elite.The mass could not contemplate mobile telephony as being part of their lives.
Grameenphone started its journey with the Village Phone program: a pioneering initiative to empower rural women of Bangladesh. The name Grameenphone translates to “Rural phone”.
Starting its operations on March 26, 1997, the Independence Day of Bangladesh, Grameenphone has come a long way. Grameenphone pioneered the then breakthrough initiative of mobile to mobile telephony and became the first and only operator to cover 98% of the country’s people with network
Since its inception Grameenphone has built the largest cellular network in the country with over 8000 base stations . Presently, nearly 99 percent of the country's population is within the coverage area of the Grameenphone network. Grameenphone has always been a pioneer in introducing new products and services in the local telecom market. GP was the first company to introduce GSM technology in Bangladesh when it launched its services in March 1997.
Grameenphone was also the first telecommunication operator in Bangladesh to introduce the pre-paid service in September 1999. It established the first 24-hour Call Center, introduced value-added services such as VMS, SMS, fax and data transmission services, international roaming service, WAP, SMS-based push-pull services, EDGE, personal ring back tone and many other products and services. The entire Grameenphone network is also EDGE/GPRS enabled, allowing access to high-speed Internet and data services from anywhere within the coverage area. There are currently nearly 5.8 million EDGE/GPRS users in the Grameenphone network.
Today, Grameenphone is the leading and largest telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh with more than 40.02 million subscribers as of December 2012.
Did You Know?
- Grameenphone has so far invested more than BDT 21,343 crore to build the network infrastructure
- Grameenphone is one of the largest taxpayers in the country, having contributed more than BDT 30,876 crore in direct and indirect taxes to the Government Exchequer over the years.
- There are now more than 1600 GP Service Desks across the country covering nearly all upazilas of all districts and 94 Grameenphone Centers in all the divisional cities
- Grameenphone has about 5000 full and temporary employees.
- 300,000 people are directly dependent on Grameenphone for their livelihood, working for the Grameenphone dealers, retailers, scratch card outlets, suppliers, vendors, contractors and others.
