Grameenphone users have crossed 45 million as on August 31.
According to the second quarter (Jan-Jun) report of its parent company Telenor Group, GP’s contribution to the group now stands 29.4% of the total customer base of 153 million of the group.
There has not been any official announcement about the latest customer base by the country’s largest mobile phone operator, but the company insiders have confirmed about the information.
The company, however, apprised Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) of the customer data to be published in the BTRC website soon, said an official.
Grameenphone roughly acquired almost 7,500 subscribers per day during a period from March 26, 1997 up to August this year.
“We have been so busy for a long period of time with 3G auction that we could not inform the stock exchanges and Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission about the land mark achievement,” a senior executive of GP told the Dhaka Tribune.
He said not only in Bangladesh, Grameenphone is the top of the list on Telenor’s table for a long time. It has also been placed in a prestigious position of Telenor and in the globe.
Grameenphone awarded license in 1996 and started just after that year. From the beginning, Telenor is the major share holder with 55.8% stake. Grameen Telecom holds 34.2% and remaining 10% offloaded to the capital market.
