Grameenphone withdraws toll on all calls from Bangladesh to Turkey and Syria

Four private telecom operators -- Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi, and Airtel -- owe an amount of Tk2,413 crore to the government which remains due as VAT on 2G spectrum fees and licence fees, said the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

The ban on sales of Grameenphone SIMs was finally lifted last night, six months after its imposition.

For Bangladesh, June 25, 2022 was a momentous day. But for Grameenphone, it is panning out to be a ruinous day.

Grameenphone recently celebrated its 25 years in Bangladesh. It is a story to be proud of, a story of how telecom technology was made available to people from all walks of life.

Telenor, the Norwegian telecommunications giant, has initiated its plan to sell its operations in Pakistan.

"The telecom company has no intention to provide quality service, as it is not doing anything to fix the problems that its subscribers are facing,” he said.

Grameenphone recently hosted the GP Accelerator 3.0 “Demo Day” at the GP headquarters, where six participating startups pitched their ventures to potential investors.

Grameenphone has been awarded as one of the top taxpayers in Bangladesh’s telecommunication category in the fiscal year 2021-22.

Grameenphone has been honoured with the Digital Nation Award by the GSMA for democratising connectivity and digitally empowering communities.

Banglalink wins with a score of 10 Mbps, 1.2 Mbps ahead of second placed Grameenphone, while Robi and TeleTalk are in third and fourth place, respectively, with scores of 6.8 Mbps and 4.4 Mbps respectively, according to the report.

Grameenphone today successfully completed trials for 5G in Dhaka and Chattogram.

Leading telecom operator Grameenphone has announced keeping its headquarters GPHouse non-operational on Thursdays when its employees will work from home as part of effort to cut power consumption to help the government fight the ongoing power crisis.

RuralPhone believes in creating truly soulful music at the cost of network quality.

Listed telecom company Grameenphone logged 8 per cent rise in profits in the April to June period of 2022 riding on higher revenue earnings.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) recently received around BDT 2.8 Crores as fines from three mobile phone operators of the country over the allegations of operating illegal VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). 

Mustafa Jabbar, the Posts and Telecommunications Minister, recently announced that more than 65 lakh SIM-card holders left the capital city of Dhaka on July 8 and July 9, to celebrate the holy occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha through a Facebook post.

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar recently announced that more than 35 lakh SIM-card holders left the capital city of Dhaka on Friday, July 8, to celebrate the holy occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha through a Facebook post. 

Grameenphone along with prominent local smartphone brands are participating in a countrywide 4G smartphone fair titled ‘Eid Device Fair @ GPC’. 

Grameenphone, the local largest telecom operator, has raised the minimum limit of recharge for its customers.  From now on, the operator's customers will have to recharge a minimum of Tk. 20. Before this change, customers could recharge a minimum of Tk. 10. Sources in Grameenphone have informed that the operator has already started communicating this change with customers over SMS.