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Articles tagged with: Grameenphone and Telenor
Telenor Moves Grameenphone CEO Over to Hungarian Subsidiary
Telenor has shuffled its management, and is moving Mr. Anders Jensen from running its part-owned Bangladeshi subsidiary, grameenphone to take over at Hungary's Pannon from the beginning of April. He will succeed Mr. Ove Fredheim, who is leaving to take up another posting within the Telenor Group in Norway. more
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Grameenphone to Raise $65 Million in Stock Market Floatation
Bangladeshi mobile operator grameenphone has filed its final application for an initial public offering (IPO) of US$65 million. The company expects the subscription period for the IPO to be late January or early February next year. more
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New CEO for Bangladesh's Grameenphone
Bangladeshi mobile operator, grameenphone has appointed Oddvar Hesjedal as the company's new Chief Executive Officer. He takes up the position immediately, succeeding Anders Jensen, who in September announced his decision of shortening his tenure as CEO for family related reasons. more
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Telenor Bans ZTE from Contract Tenders
Telenor has announced the suspension of all contracts with China's ZTE - citing alleged breaches of its code of conduct, without going into details. The ban lasts for at least six months. more
Grameenphone Slashes Stock Market Floatation Plans
Bangladesh's largest mobile operator, grameenphone has slashed the expected proceeds from its planned stock market floatation, to just US$125 million - citing the economic downturn in the global markets. more
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Muhammad Yunus Threatens to Sue Telenor Over Grameenphone Stake
Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner whose company, Grameen Telecom is a minority shareholder in Bangladesh's biggest mobile-phone network, grameenphone said he may take legal action to force Telenor to give up control of the venture. more
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Grameenphone Accused of Using Child Labour
A sub-contracted supplier of construction services to Telenor's Bangladeshi subsidiary, grameenphone has been reported for using child labour by a Norwegian television company. more
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Grameenphone Fined For Using Illegal VoIP Services
Bangladesh based mobile operator, grameenphone has agreed to pay an administrative fine of BDT 2500 million (US$37.3 million) to the telecoms regulator, the BTRC for providing E1 connectivity to third parties, enabling the use of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology which is unlawful and illegal. more
Related Tags: voip, landline, digi, switches, Bangladesh
Huawei Wins Bangladeshi GSM Contract
Huawei says that it has signed a contract with Bangladesh's grameenphone for large-scale capacity expansion and enhancement of Next Generation GSM Core and Radio network. HuaweiĆ's latest multi-platform All-IP solutions will enable the convergence of radio access networks, providing a smooth evolution to 3G and future access technologies. more
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Grameenphone Reports 18 Million Mobile Subscribers
Bangladesh's grameenphone has reported that during the first quarter of this year, the subscriber-base grew from 16.5 million at the end of last year to 17.8 million. The subscriber-base currently stands at over 18 million. The total revenue grew from BDT14.3 billion (US$210 million) to BDT14.9 billion (US$221 million) during the same period. The annual revenue last year stood at BDT54.4 billion (US$806 million). more
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