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Grameen Shikkha or Grameen Education was established in 1997 to promote mass education in rural areas, provide financial support in the form of loans and grants for the purpose of education, use IT for alleviation of illiteracy and development of education, promote new technologies and innovate ideas and methods for development of education ...
The subscriber number is the number unique to each individual telephone/mobile following the area/operator code. The Area/operator codes in Bangladesh are listed below, with a typical number format, where "X" denotes the Area/Operator code and "N" denotes the individual subscriber's telephone/mobile number.
The Grameenphone network is also GPRS/EDGE/3G-enabled, with a growing 4G network, allowing internet access within its coverage area. its spectrum volume is 127. 4 MHz, 107.4 MHz are currently being used by Grameenphone, the remaining 20 MHz will be added from June 2025. Besides, Grameenphone is trying to buy more 850 bands of 10 MHz spectrum.
Grameen Telecom (GTC) was established in Bangladesh by Muhammad Yunus with a partial stake in Grameenphone (GP) and registered as a Not-for-Profit Company, Limited by Guarantee, under Section 28 of the Companies Act, 1994. GTC launched the program of Village Phone that enables rural poor to own a mobile phone and turn it into a profit-making ...
A 2009 study by the Boston Consulting Group found that the number of Internet subscribers in Bangladesh is likely to reach 18.3 million by 2020, equivalent to a 32 percent household Internet penetration, which will result in a 2.6 percent contribution to the country's GDP while creating 129,000 more jobs, the research added.
Grameen Bank is known for its system of solidarity lending. [10] The bank incorporates a set of values embodied in Bangladesh, by the Sixteen Decisions (updated to Eighteen Decisions in 2023). [29] At every branch of Grameen Bank, the borrowers recite these Decisions, and vow to follow them.
CreditAccess Grameen (CA Grameen) was established in 1999 by Vinatha M. Reddy, who was inspired by the book “Give Us Credit” by Alex Counts, President & CEO of Grameen Foundation USA. Reddy, who was then running an NGO — "T Muniswammapa Trust", managed to obtain a US$35,000 grant from the Grameen Foundation to create a replica in India.
Grameen America opened its doors in January 2008. In September 2018, Grameen America reached a milestone of $1 billion dispersed in microloans to over 100,000 of its members in the ten years since its founding. [4] As of 2023, Grameen America has disbursed more than $3 billion in affordable capital. New York City is the world capital of banking.