Grameenphone Ltd.

Corporate Overview

Grameenphone Ltd. (DSE: GP) is the largest cellular telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh, serving over 85 million active subscribers. The company is a joint venture between Norwegian multinational telecom operator Telenor Group (55.8% equity) and Grameen Telecom (34.2% equity), with the remaining shares held by institutional and general public investors following its 2009 landmark IPO on the Dhaka Stock Exchange.

With the largest market capitalization on the DSE, Grameenphone functions as a blue-chip anchor of Bangladesh’s capital market and a primary technological driver of the government’s Digital Bangladesh roadmap.

Network Infrastructure & Spectrum Portfolio

Grameenphone operates the most extensive nationwide digital communications footprint across Bangladesh:

1. Base Transceiver Stations (BTS): Over 21,000 4G LTE-enabled telecom towers ensuring 99.5% population coverage across rural and metropolitan regions.
2. Spectrum Assets: Significant spectrum holdings across 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, and 2600 MHz frequency bands acquired during BTRC regulatory spectrum auctions.
3. Fiber Transmission: Thousands of kilometers of underground high-capacity optical fiber backbones deployed via Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) partnerships.

Enterprise & Cloud Capabilities

Beyond retail voice and high-speed data, Grameenphone’s business division delivers tailored enterprise connectivity, dedicated software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), private industrial APNs, and industrial IoT solutions for RMG manufacturing, banking, and logistics enterprises.