Grameenphone launches cloud storage solution “My Contacts”

DHAKA, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) —  Grameenphone has launched a new and unique digital service named“My Contacts” which will modernize the way smartphone users set back up for their contacts.

“My Contacts” is a cloud storage service which makes it easier to backup and transfer contact lists tonew smartphones.  My Contacts is developed and designed entirely to cater to the necessity of thecustomers’ needs and will be offered to all Grameenphone customers free of charge.

Users can download the My Contacts app from both Google Play store and Apple store for free.This  marks,  Grameenphone,  in  association with Telenor Digital,  as  the first  Asian business unit  ofTelenor to launch this first of its kind service. My Contacts is a user-friendly cloud service that keeps asecure backup of all the contacts.

If  the users change or lose their phone, My Contacts can easilytransfer the backed-up contacts to a new phone. The service also has a web interface where users canmanage their contacts.Speaking  on  occasion,  Grameenphone’s  General  Manager  Mohammad  Muntasir  Hossain  said,“Grameenphone has always been striving to introduce innovative and useful products and services forits customers.

“My Contacts” will be very helpful for GP customers to secure their important contactinformation and retrieve them when needed.” Mobile  phones  getting  lost  or  stolen  is  a  common  phenomenon  throughout  the  world  and  inBangladesh, most of the users are not aware regarding creating a backup of their phone contacts,which in most cases, is very frustrating. There are also a good number of people who change theirphone very frequently to stay updated with the latest technology.

In majority of the cases, the usershave to undergo a manual process to copy their old phone contacts into the new one. My Contacts, inthese circumstances, will prove to be a handy solution. Using this simple mobile application, Grameenphone subscribers will be able to back-up their mobilephone contacts in a secured cloud space.

GP subscribers will be able to download these contacts whenthey change their handset or whenever required. So once the backup is done, it does not matter if thehandset is lost, stolen, broken or upgraded, users can easily get their contacts synced in their newphone within minutes.