Grameenphone

Grameenphone Limited

Native name	গ্রামীণফোন লিমিটেড
Company type	Public
Traded as	DSE: GP CSE: GP
Industry	Mobile telecommunication services
Founded	March 26, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-26) in Dhaka, Bangladesh[1]
Founder	Iqbal Quadir Muhammad Yunus
Headquarters	GP House, Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka , Bangladesh
Area served	Nationwide
Key people	Joergen C. Arentz Rostrup (Chairperson) Yasir Azman (CEO) Jens Becker (CFO)
Products	List Mobile Telephony LTE LTE+ VoLTE FDD eSIM 5G
Brands	Skitto GPay Bioscope alo gpfi
Services	Mobile telephony Mobile internet Digital services
Revenue	৳150.4 billion (US$1.3 billion) (FY 2022)
Operating income	৳91.48 billion (US$780 million) (FY 2022)
Net income	৳30.09 billion (US$260 million) (FY 2022)
Total assets	৳185.09 billion (US$1.6 billion) (FY 2022)
Number of employees	1,475[2][3] (2021)
Parent	Telenor Mobile Communications AS Grameen Telecom
Website	grameenphone.com

Grameenphone, widely abbreviated as (d/b/a) GP, is a telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. As of December 2023, its subscribers span over 82.20 million.^[4] It is a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom. Where Telenor owns a 55.8% share of Grameenphone, Grameen Telecom owns 34.2% and the remaining 10% is publicly held.^[5]

Grameenphone was the first company to introduce GSM technology over 900 and 1800 MHz in Bangladesh.^[6] It was also the first company to introduce 5G network in the country, for which the first test was done in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan area in mid-2022. In September 2022, Grameenphone successfully conducted trials for the second time in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal, Mymensingh and Rangpur cities.^[7]