CORE PARTNER
   
 
Grameenphone is Bangladesh's leading telecommunications service provider with more than 18 million subscribers. It is a joint venture between Telenor, the largest telecommunications service provider in Norway with operations in 12 other countries, and Grameen Telecom Corporation. Grameenphone has always been a pioneer in introducing new products and services in the local market. GP was the first company to introduce GSM technology in Bangladesh in 1997. CellBazaar is Grameenphone's exclusive provider of community-based, user-generated product & service market on the mobile phone, via SMS and WAP technology.
 
   
 
EDUCATION
   
 
Grameenphone Community Information Center (GPCIC) is a shared premise; where the rural people can have access to wide range of state of art services such as Internet, voice communications, video conferencing and all other information services. Set up with technical assistance from the GSM Association, the Grameenphone Community Information Centers (GPCICs) are equipped with the minimum of a computer, a printer, a scanner, a web cam and an EDGE-enabled modem to access the Internet using the EDGE connectivity.
   
 
     
 
Katalyst aims at poverty reduction via private sector growth, mainly through small & medium enterprises (SME) development. KATALYST is funded by DFID, SDC, Swedish Sida and Canadian CIDA and is implemented by Swisscontact and GTZ International Services and works together with the Bangladesh Ministry of Commerce.
   
 
TECHNOLOGY
   
 
Thakral is a Joint Venture between the Thakral Group of Singapore (operating in 30 countries) and Esquire Group of Bangladesh. Thakral is IBM's exclusive representative in Bangladesh and works on software development on mainframes, data warehousing, etc.
   
 
     
 
BracNet provides enterprise organizations with a high-speed dedicated Internet access via a Cisco Powered backbone engineered for mission critical data. It is an affiliation of Brac, the world’s largest non-government organisation.
   
 
CONTENT
   
 
BRAC Bank Limited, with institutional shareholdings by BRAC, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Shorecap International, has been the fastest growing Bank in 2004 and 2005. The Bank operates under a "double bottom line" agenda where profit and social responsibility go hand in hand as it strives towards a poverty-free, enlightened Bangladesh.
   
 
     
 
Prothom Alo is Bangladesh's largest circulation Bengali language newspaper and a key influence on cultural trends. CellBazaar provides Prothom Alo classifieds on the mobile phone.
   
 
     
 
The Daily Star is Bangladesh's largest circulation English language newspaper. CellBazaar provides Daily Star classifieds on the mobile phone.
 
 

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