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Grameenphone Appoints Jens Becker as the New CFO

DHAKA, Aug. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has appointed Jens Becker as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, effective from August 15, 2019. He will be replacing Karl Erik Broten. Jens Becker has been serving as CFO of T-Mobile Poland. Previously, he was the CFO at T-Online International AG. He has over 20 […]

Telenor completes DNA transaction, announces mandatory tender offer for remaining shares in DNA

Fornebu, 21 August 2019) Telenor Group announced on 9 April 2019 that it had entered into separate agreements with Finda and PHP to acquire 54% of the shares in the Finnish telecom operator DNA for EUR 20.90 per share in cash, in total EUR 1.5 billion (approx. NOK 15 billion). Following approval by the general meetings […]

Huawei Predicts 10 Megatrends for 2025

DHAKA, Aug. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei has launched its Global Industry Vision (GIV) report recently, continuing its predictions for technology and industry development up to 2025. Drawing from Huawei’s own quantitative data and real-world use cases of how intelligent technology is permeating every industry, this year’s report identifies 10 megatrends currently shaping how we live […]

GP protests against approval suspension in the interest of network quality and customer experience

DHAKA, July 25 ( NsNewsWire) –At a press conference today, Grameenphone protested against the recent BTRC decision to withhold approvals, including NOCs (No Objection Certificates), necessary for its operations to compel collection of a disputed audit claim. The operator termed the decision as an extreme measure and one that does not account for customer interests; […]

“Blocking bandwidth for disputed demand is inappropriate and illegal”: Grameenphone

DHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone protested against the recent BTRC directive to the IIG operators in Bangladesh to reduce their international internet bandwidth to Grameenphone by 30 percent, at a press conference today held in Dhaka. While the directive is not addressed to Grameenphone, BTRC has publicly stated that the bandwidth capacity will remain […]

Bangladesh’s Sameen Alam and team win TYF Finale with ‘Agrimatch’

DHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) –AgriMatch, a mobile application that uses geolocation to connect farmers to middlemen and vice versa, has won the Telenor Youth Forum 2018-2019 Finale. The app was developed to target inequalities in the rice supply chain in Asia. The winning team of youth delegates also won a USD 15,000 in seed funding […]

Huawei Donates equipment for Special Children

DHAKA, May 23 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd. has donated necessary equipment to PFDA-Vocational Training Center Today. In a program, arranged by the school authority, Zhang Zhengjun, CEO, Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd. has handed over these equipment to the school authority. The ceremony was inaugurated by the chief guest Honorable Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman […]

Banglalink partners with Xiaomi

DHAKA, May 22 (NsNewsWire) — Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh and Xiaomi, a global technology leader, have entered into a partnership for providing customers with telecom benefits withall Xiaomismartphones atMi Stores. The lucrative digital facilities were inaugurated by Ritesh Kumar Singh, Chief Commercial Officer, Banglalink and ZiauddinChowdhury, Country GM, […]

Robi beyond merger transaction proposal

DHAKA’, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — Axiata Group Berhad (“Axiata”), parent company of Robi Axiata Limited (“Robi”) has today announced that it is in discussion with Telenor Group (“Telenor”) to merge both of their operations in Asia. As clarified in Axiata’s announcement in this regard today, Robi will not be part of the proposed merger and […]