Grameenphone Ltd., jointly with Huawei Technologies Ltd., has won the "Green Mobile Award" at the GSMA Mobile Awards 2009.The award was announced during the GSMA Mobile Congress 2009, held in Hong Kong 18 and 19 November 2009.

The 'Green Mobile Award' Asia is provided by the GSM Association for the best Climate and Environmental initiative for organizations in the Asian mobile industry, as well as organizations outside of the industry that utilize the mobile platform to communicate, innovate or drive eco-friendly programs, services and initiatives.

The winning entry by Huawei and Grameenphone resulted from their partnership in 2008, called "Building a Greener Mobile Network," to transform a legacy mobile network in Bangladesh into an environmentally friendly network.

Mr. Frode Stoldal, CTO, Grameenphone; and Mr. Tony Zhang, President of Huawei Bangladesh, who were at Hong Kong to attend the GSMA Mobile Congress, jointly accepted the award on behalf of their respective companies. Also joining Grameenphone at the ceremony was Mr. Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President & CEO of Telenor AS, representing Grameenphone's largest shareholder Telenor Group.

"We are honored to be recognized for our contribution to environmental protection and the sustainable development of local societies," said Tony Zhang, President of Huawei Bangladesh. "Huawei will continue to pursue and deliver cutting-edge, cost-lowering green solutions for all of our operator customers in Bangladesh and around the world."

Commenting on the award, the Grameenphone CTO said that "Grameenphone is very committed towards the 'Green' revolution in everything it has been doing over the last few years. This award is only indicative of the role that a mobile company can play in the development of low carbon economies, industries and lifestyles."

Grameenphone's environmental roadmap aimed to promote a low-carbon society, and GP's first priority was to take responsibility for the excess of CO2 emissions generated by its own operations. In this regard, Grameenphone has setup a program called “Grameenphone Climate Change Program” within its corporate structure to combat climate impacts. The program aims to reduce carbon emission by 30-40% within 2015 from business as usual situation considering 2008 as baseline.

Huawei is dedicated to the continuous development of constantly enhanced green solutions for energy efficient and environmentally friendly networks around the globe.  These innovative solutions aim to help operators optimize energy efficiency, maximize their return on investment, fulfill their social responsibilities, significantly reduce the TCO in the product life cycle, and enhance market competitiveness. To date, Huawei's green solutions have been adopted by leading telecom operators around the world, including GP, Vodafone, Warid, and China Mobile.

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