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5th Global 5G Event all set to be held in North America in May

TEXAS, Feb. 17 (NsNewsWire) — 5G Americas is honored to announce the outstanding line up of 5G experts from all over the world at the 5th Global 5G Event – 5G New Horizons Wireless Symposium, bringing together in North America worldwide leaders from Brazil, China, European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States and […]

Veon’s Banglalink plans mega investment in Bangladesh, acquire more spectrum

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, is going to invest over BDT 3000 crore, one of the biggest investments made by any telecom operator in the country, for acquiring additional 5 MHz spectrum in 2100 MHz Band and 5.6 MHz spectrum in 1800 MHz Band. […]

Bangladesh 4G spectrum auction attracts nearly 500 mln USD in bids

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s top two cell phone companies bid nearly 500 million U.S. dollars on Tuesday to obtain spectrum for fourth-generation (4G) services as part of government’s plans to expedite the launch of 4G mobile services. The country’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone, 55.8 percent owned by Norwegian telecom company […]

Grammeenphone eyes best 4G services for customers in Bangladesh

by Multimedia Correspondent Musharraf Hossain Ahmed

India@Bangladesh 2.0’ Art Camp

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — The High Commission of India in collaboration with Jahangirnagar University (Department of Fine Art) is organizing the India@Bangladesh 2.0’ Art Camp, scheduled to be held from 17th February to 19th February, 2018. 2. Fifty artists nominated by universities and specialized art institutions across Bangladesh would participate in the event to […]

Rade Kovačević appointed CTO of Grameenphone

DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Rade Kovačević has been appointed as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Grameenphone, effective from 30 January 2018. Rade has been serving as the interim CTO at Grameenphone since June 18, 2017. Rade has over 17 years of experience in the telecom industry, working in different senior positions. Prior to […]

Augmedix brands Bangladesh abroad: Palak

Augmedix brands Bangladesh abroad: Palak DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi outsourcing firm Augmedix will contribute to brand country abroad; ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak expressed hope. “Skype represents the country, Estonia and Nokia fames Finland worldwide. Similarly, medical start-up Augmedix will uphold Bangladesh with a new identity globally, “ Zunaid Ahmed Palak said […]

Grameenphone sees revenue up 11.8 pct in 2017

DHAKA, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) –Grameenphone Ltd. reported revenue of BDT 128.4 billion for 2017, up 11.8% from last year. Data revenue grew by 46.4% along with voice revenue growth of 9.5%. During the 4th quarter of 2017, total revenue grew by 8.0%. Grameenphone Ltd. acquired 7.4 million new subscribers during the year, registering a 12.7% […]

Robi management greets new Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar

DHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Robi’s senior management team, led by the company’s Managing Director and CEO, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, has recently gone to greet Mr. Mustafa Jabbar, the newly appointed Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology at his office. Robi’s Head of Regulatory Affairs, Shahed Alam and Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Raz Sharif […]