Grameenphone

Grameenphone Limited
Native name
গ্রামীণফোন লিমিটেড
Company typePublic
DSE: GP
CSE: GP
IndustryMobile telecommunication services
Founded26 March 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-26) in Dhaka, Bangladesh[1]
FounderIqbal Quadir
Muhammad Yunus
HeadquartersGP House, Bashundhara Residential Area,
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Area served
Nationwide
Key people
  • Joergen C. Arentz Rostrup (Chairperson)
  • Yasir Azman (CEO)
  • Jens Becker (CFO)
Products
List
Brands
  • Skitto
  • GPay
  • Bioscope
  • alo
  • gpfi
Services
RevenueIncrease ৳150.4 billion (US$1.3 billion)
(FY 2022)
Increase ৳91.48 billion (US$760 million)
(FY 2022)
Increase ৳30.09 billion (US$250 million)
(FY 2022)
Total assetsIncrease ৳185.09 billion (US$1.5 billion)
(FY 2022)
Number of employees
Decrease1,475[2][3] (2021)
ParentAirtel India (56%)
Grameen Telecom (34%)
Websitegrameenphone.com

Grameenphone, 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.[4] 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.[5]

Grameenphone was the first company to introduce GSM technology over 900 and 1800 MHz in Bangladesh.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ "Our Story". Grameenphone.
  2. ^ "Airtel india– Grameenphone, Bangladesh". Telenor Group. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Grameenphone, Bangladesh - Airtel India".
  4. ^ "Mobile Subscriber in Bangladesh". BTRC.
  5. ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Grameenphone. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Grameenphone (GP)". halberdbastion.com. 1 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Grameenphone trials 5G in all divisional cities with the vision to expedite the journey toward 'Smart Bangladesh'". Grameenphone. Retrieved 26 November 2022.