DURBIN WINS DIGITAL WINNERS LOCAL APP COMPETITION

DHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Limited has announced the Durbin by Durbin Labs as the winner of Telenor’s ‘Digital Winner’ Bangladesh apps competition at a gala ceremony held at a local hotel today. Durbin will represent Bangladesh at Digital Winners Conference at Oslo, Norway on 21-23 October 2015 and compete for Asia’s Best App […]

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China Mobile announces new chairman

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — China Mobile, the world’s largest telecom operator by number of subscribers, announced on Monday that Shang Bing has replaced Xi Guohua as board chairman. Shang, 60, worked as senior manager for China Unicom and China Telecom before becoming vice head of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2011. […]

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Twitter helps those with communication disabilities: Australian researchers

SYDNEY, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — Australian researchers are examining how the social networking service Twitter can help those who are unable to communicate by speech. The research’s initial findings, conducted at the University of Newcastle, suggested Twitter is an important tool for adults with speech disabilities from stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, autism and […]

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China’s telecom giants see revenue up 27.4 pct in July

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top three telecom operators saw a healthy spike in revenue in July thanks to services like 4G, official data showed, reports Xinhua. The three companies — China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom — reported combined telecom business revenue of 192.8 billion yuan (30.2 billion dollars) last month, up […]

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Grameenphone, Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Golf sign discount agreement

DHAKA, Aug. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. and Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Golf signed a discount agreement on August 17, 2015, which will allow the Platinum Plus and Platinum Star customers of GP to avail special discount at the resort. They will get 55% discount for room rent, 50% at movie theatre, 50% for […]

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Google restructures, being part of Alphabet

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Google announced Monday restructuring its operations by creating a publicly traded parent company known as Alphabet Inc. “Our company is operating well today,” Google co-founder Larry Page wrote in a letter included in a regulatory filing, “but we think we can make it cleaner and more accountable.” Alphabet, designed […]

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Bangladesh’s mobile phone users reach 126.87 mln in June

DHAKA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached 126.87 million at the end of June with over six and a half million new users in the first six months of the year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Thursday. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data, the […]

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Airtel Ties Up with Nabila Boutiques Ltd

DHAKA, July 12 (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator of the country has signed a corporate agreement with Nabila Boutiques Ltd. This corporate signing ceremony took place in the Gulshan -1 branch of Nabila Boutiques Ltd. The members of Airtel Favourites and Airtel employees will enjoy 15% discounts on each purchase […]

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First ever retrofit technology for earthquake resistant RMG

DHAKA, July 12,  (Xinhua) —  Japanese expert with the local engineers have conducted systematic retrofitting construction work in a garment factory of Ashulia for the first time in the country to turn the RMG unit into earthquake resistance. Retrofitting is a technology that could be used to make a vulnerable building earthquake resistant without demolishing […]

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