Initiatives in Bangladesh

Grameenphone Ltd. plans to build a state of the art computer lab for the Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University.

Grameenphone has joined the biggest ever education sector project in Bangladesh and brings Internet to secondary and higher level educational institutions across the country.

Farmers and customers of Telenor Pakistan and Grameenphone can get SMS alerts on a daily basis to the going rates for agricultural products and can quickly calculate where to get the best prices for their produce through the Agriculture Commodity Trade project (ACT).

30,000 tube wells in rural Bangladesh work to keep the water pure. Water well caretakers can now use SMS to send alerts when maintenance is needed.

Grameenphone is collaborating with the Telemedicine Working Group of Bangladesh to bring dermatology care to rural communities.

Grameenphone partners with JAAGO Foundation to bring the classroom to remote areas of Bangladesh via the Internet

The 2008 disclosure of hazardous working conditions, pollution and underage labour at five tower-producing suppliers in Bangladesh, became a wakeup call for Telenor.

Grameenphone and University of Oslo successfully launched a Community Power Project in Paharpur village in rural Bangladesh. As a result, many households in the remote village, which is not connected to the national electric grid, are now getting electricity through solar energy.

HealthLine is a 24/7 medical call centre staffed by licensed physicians and available to all Grameenphone subscribers. The service is a lifeline for mobile users in remote areas.

In a partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), Grameenphone uses SMS alerts to remind subscribers to vaccinate children for polio.

Grameenphone and University of Oslo team up to bring renewable energy to rural Bangladesh.

In November 2009, Telenor mobile operator Grameenphone partnered with Microsoft to increase digital literacy among the rural people in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has one of the highest percentages of blind people in relation to its population. There are approximately 750,000 adults and 40,000 children in Bangladesh who are blind due to cataract or other ocular diseases that could have easily been cured with timely and proper intervention.

The Bangladeshi mobile operator Grameenphone has set up more than 500 Community Information Centers (CICs) across the country, offering low-rate, but high-speed voice, data and other communication services to previously unconnected people.

The Telenor Group has entered into an agreement with UNICEF Norway to combat child labour in Bangladesh through a combination of activities targeting working children, social workers and society at large.

At CellBazaar people post messages via their mobile phones, trading everything from agricultural products to motorcycles and used electronic equipment.

102 events in 1000 schools and colleges were visited by 300 000 people in Bangladesh. This was Grameenphone’s contribution to let them explore the world of Internet.

Motherhood is celebrated as one of the most extraordinary times in a woman’s life. But the reality in Bangladesh is striking.

Grameenphone (GP) has joined an innovative new coalition to improve mother- infant health through a voice- and text messaging service. The service aims to reach 2 million pregnant women and new mothers by 2015.