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Bangladesh’s 2nd largest mobile operator Robi sees revenue up 11.5 pct in Q3

DHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s second largest mobile phone company Robi has reported an 11.5 percent year on year increase in revenues for the 3rd quarter of this year. The company, a joint venture between Axiata Group of Malaysia, Bharti Airtel of India and NTT Docomo Inc. of Japan, said in a statement in […]

Uber teams up with Grameenphone to launch in Dhaka

DHAKA, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Uber, the smartphone app that has transformed urban mobility for millions across the world, has teamed up with Bangladesh’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone to launch its operation in Dhaka. The world’s largest on-demand mobility platform will be available in Dhaka from (today) Tuesday to offer safe, reliable and affordable […]

Samsung continues to recall defective phones in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung has recalled 52 (out of 55) defective Samsung Galaxy Note 7 which had been sold in the country, The South African consumer watchdog, National Consumer Commission (NCC) said on Tuesday. The South Korean company (Samsung) is recalling the product in the world after realizing it had problems of charging, […]

Chinas Huawei asks for a better connected world at ITU Telecom World 2016

BANGKOK, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) Public and private sectors across the ICT industry gathered here in Bangkok to talk about collaboration while Chinese ICT giant Huawei asks for a better connected world during the ITU Telecom World 2016 which will last from Monday to Friday. In the forum section followed by a opening ceremony on Monday […]

Samsung Announces The Winners of Houseful Offer

DHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has announced the fourth week’s winner of the Houseful Offer campaign. The lucky winner of this week’s Houseful offer campaign is Mr. UjjalSen Rahul who bought a Samsung GalaxyJ2 16 from Khulna. He wins a set of Samsung Home Appliances. Previously for the second and third week […]

Grameenphone & LAVA jointly launch affordable smartphones

DHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Following the massive success of previous co-branded smartphones Grameenphone and Lava have jointly brought two new affordable smartphones to the market, bundled with exclusive offers. Two Grameenphone-Lava co-branded devices, Lava Iris 605 and Lava Iris 821, were launched at a ceremony at a city hotel on Nov. 14. The devices […]

Smart City Hackathon to start tomorrow

DHAKA, Nov. 10 (NsNewsWire) —The first ever Smart City Hackathon will began tomorrow at GPHouse, the corporate head office of Grameenphone. Arranged by Preneurlab and White Board, an initiative of Grameenphone, the hackathon aims to find digital solutions for many problems of Dhaka. The capital of Bangladesh is the one of the largest mega cities […]

Robi’s new MD & CEO takes charge tomorrow

Dhaka, Oct. 31, 2016: Mahtab Uddin Ahmed will take over the charge of Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata Limited. He will be succeeding Supun Weerasinghe who had served the company since January 2014. Supun will return to Dialog Axiata Plc (Dialog), Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider as its Group […]

Symphony brings new attraction “Symphony i50”

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Symphony Mobile – the number one smartphone brand in Bangladesh brings its latest attraction named “Symphony i50”. This handset contains dual flash and intelligent fingerprint. The smartphone will be more secure for the intelligent fingerprint touch. Users can lock message, camera and all of the apps using the fingerprint feature. […]