November 15, 2005
GrameenPhone Passes Subscriber Landmark
Bangladesh's GrameenPhone says that it has recently crossed the 5 million subscriber-mark milestone, reports Cellular News.
"The company more than doubled its subscriber-base during the first 10 months of the current year. GP started the year with nearly 2.4 million subscribers, reached 3 million in March and 4 million users only in September.
... GrameenPhone presently commands 62% of the mobile phone market in the country. Nearly 80% of population has now been brought under the coverage of the GP network, which covers 400 upazilas of 61 districts.
About GrameenPhone:
-- Technologies 'to aid the poor'
-- GrameenPhone in Bangladesh reaches three million mobile phone subscribers
-- Bank gives beggars phones instead of cash
-- Nokia To Deliver Network Solutions To GrameenPhone
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