Telenor to support continued growth of Grameenphone
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
FE Report
Telenor is committed to support the continued growth of Grameenphone, assured chairman of the Telenor Board of Directors at the end of his two-day visit to Bangladesh Tuesday.
Talking about Grameenphone, the Telenor Board chairman said, "Grameenphone is a fantastic success story with more than 20 million subscribers and we were very impressed to see the excellent operation. As a long-term industrial player, we are committed to support the continued growth of Grameenphone for providing quality voice and data services at affordable prices to the people of Bangladesh."
Harold Norvik arrived in Dhaka Monday, leading a delegation of members of the Telenor Board and the Group Executive Management.
On the day, the Telenor Board Chairman along with Telenor President and CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Head of Telenor Asia Region and Grameenphone Board Chairman Sigve Brekke and Grameenphone CEO Anders Jensen called on Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed at the latter's office.
The Telenor Board members routinely visit several companies within the Group each year, and the visit to Bangladesh was part of the exercise to its Asian operations.
During the stay in Bangladesh, the Telenor Board undertook both formal and social meetings with the Grameenphone Management and employees.
Apart from the meetings, the Telenor delegation visited different operations of Grameenphone, including a Community Information Center and a Village Phone operator in Gazipur.
The Telenor team also visited the under-construction Grameenphone headquarters building in the city's Bashundhara area, where the Telenor Board Chairman and CEO unveiled a sculpture.
In addition, they visited a tower manufacturing company in the outskirts of Dhaka, that supplies towers to Grameenphone and other mobile phone operators. They expressed their satisfaction at the recent progress made in improving working conditions and hoped that further improvements will be made in the coming months.
They also visited a Smiling Sun Clinic in Gazipur. As a CSR initiative, Grameenphone finances the free treatment of poor pregnant mothers and infants through the 319 Smiling Sun Clinics, which is a USAID healthcare project. The team also visited the Nutun Jibon Shishu Kallyan Foundation in Uttara, a children's home which is being funded by Telenor since 1998.
Telenor is a total provider of mobile, fixed, broadband and broadcast communication services. Telenor is among the leading and fastest growing providers of mobile communications services worldwide with more than 150 million subscribers, 500,000 points of sale, world-class infrastructure and a footprint covering 650 million people in 12 markets across Europe and Asia. In addition to Grameenphone, Telenor is also present in Asia through DiGi in Malaysia, DTAC in Thailand and Telenor Pakistan.
Telenor is committed to support the continued growth of Grameenphone, assured chairman of the Telenor Board of Directors at the end of his two-day visit to Bangladesh Tuesday.
Talking about Grameenphone, the Telenor Board chairman said, "Grameenphone is a fantastic success story with more than 20 million subscribers and we were very impressed to see the excellent operation. As a long-term industrial player, we are committed to support the continued growth of Grameenphone for providing quality voice and data services at affordable prices to the people of Bangladesh."
Harold Norvik arrived in Dhaka Monday, leading a delegation of members of the Telenor Board and the Group Executive Management.
On the day, the Telenor Board Chairman along with Telenor President and CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Head of Telenor Asia Region and Grameenphone Board Chairman Sigve Brekke and Grameenphone CEO Anders Jensen called on Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed at the latter's office.
The Telenor Board members routinely visit several companies within the Group each year, and the visit to Bangladesh was part of the exercise to its Asian operations.
During the stay in Bangladesh, the Telenor Board undertook both formal and social meetings with the Grameenphone Management and employees.
Apart from the meetings, the Telenor delegation visited different operations of Grameenphone, including a Community Information Center and a Village Phone operator in Gazipur.
The Telenor team also visited the under-construction Grameenphone headquarters building in the city's Bashundhara area, where the Telenor Board Chairman and CEO unveiled a sculpture.
In addition, they visited a tower manufacturing company in the outskirts of Dhaka, that supplies towers to Grameenphone and other mobile phone operators. They expressed their satisfaction at the recent progress made in improving working conditions and hoped that further improvements will be made in the coming months.
They also visited a Smiling Sun Clinic in Gazipur. As a CSR initiative, Grameenphone finances the free treatment of poor pregnant mothers and infants through the 319 Smiling Sun Clinics, which is a USAID healthcare project. The team also visited the Nutun Jibon Shishu Kallyan Foundation in Uttara, a children's home which is being funded by Telenor since 1998.
Telenor is a total provider of mobile, fixed, broadband and broadcast communication services. Telenor is among the leading and fastest growing providers of mobile communications services worldwide with more than 150 million subscribers, 500,000 points of sale, world-class infrastructure and a footprint covering 650 million people in 12 markets across Europe and Asia. In addition to Grameenphone, Telenor is also present in Asia through DiGi in Malaysia, DTAC in Thailand and Telenor Pakistan.