Grameenphone Ltd. has recently commissioned the 10,000th Base Station in its nationwide network, reaching a new milestone.

“Grameenphone is committed to provide quality service to its valued customers,” says Grameenphone CEO Anders Jensen. “We are making continuous investments to further expand the coverage and enhance the capacity of the network to keep up with the rapid growth of subscribers.”

Grameenphone has the largest network with the widest coverage around the country, bringing 98 percent of the population under the coverage of its network. The entire Grameenphone network is also EDGE/GPRS enabled, allowing GP subscribers to access the Internet from anywhere within its coverage area. The 10,000 Base Stations are located in about 5,700 sites around the country.

The company has so far invested more than BDT 10,700 crore (USD 1.6 billion) to build the network infrastructure since its inception in 1997. It has invested over BDT 3,100 crore (USD 450 million) during the first three quarters of the current year while BDT 2,100 crore (USD 310 million) was invested in 2006 alone.

Grameenphone is implementing an aggressive roll-out program by installing new network elements with an emphasis on maintaining quality service. A number of steps are being taken to identify the problems spots in the network in order to constantly improve quality.

Special efforts are being taken to constantly monitor and ensure network quality in the urban areas. In Dhaka and other major cities in-building coverage solutions and microcells have been deployed to provide improved coverage in important high-rise buildings and busy street junctions.

Coverage along major national highways has also been improved, enabling GrameenPhone subscribers to enjoy seamless coverage.

Grameenphone has built the largest fiber optic cable network in the country with 2300 kilometers of fiber along the highways. It addition, it has leased from Bangladesh Railway another 2000 kilometers of fiber along the railway tracks.

Information Department
Grameenphone Ltd.
Phone: 9882990
email: info@grameenphone.com