Grameenphone to launch affordable SMS service for roamers

DHAKA, April 30 (NsNewsWire)  — Grameenphone Ltd. is going to launch an economicSMS service for its outbound roaming customers from April 30, 2015. This new service will allow the roaming customers of Grameenphone to sendSMS to any Bangladeshi  mobile number from abroad at only BDT 2 (VATapplicable).Outbound  Roamers  of  Grameenphone  will  be  able  to  send  maximum  5Economic SMSes per day. Besides, the regular Roaming SMS Service will stayAS IS.To send an Economic SMS,  a roamer has to  dial  in a  short-code number(*111*5*9#), typing in the destination number and message text (separatedby a -) of maximum 140 characters within a 1 minute time window.Grameenphone has introduced this new and highly innovative offer, whichwill ensure worry-free roaming at an affordable price for its valued outboundroaming customers. This is just the beginning and in the coming days, more& more innovative services  will  be introduced to  help the subscribers gobeyond.