GP signs landmark deal with postal department (Bangladesh)
Grameenphone (GP), the country’s largest mobile phone company, entered into a deal with the postal department to market its products and services through more than 8,000 rural post offices.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Grameenphone Anders Jensen and director general of Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) Mobasher ur Rahman signed the agreement at a city hotel.
Under the deal, the GP will supply over 24,000 special SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) cards to the BPO postmen working in over 8,200 post offices across the country.
The cards blend mobile recharging tool FlexiLoad with GP’s voice and data products and services. The GP’s health prescription service, HealthLine, and utility payment services will also be incorporated in the offer. A postman will rent the service to rural people at the existing GP tariffs and will get commission based on the amount of phone use.
Speaking on the occasion, Brigadier Gen. M.A. Malek (Rtd.) termed the deal a “landmark event” for the country’s perennially losing postal department, saying it would benefit tens of thousands of poorly paid postmen.
Grameenphone (GP), the country’s largest mobile phone company, entered into a deal with the postal department to market its products and services through more than 8,000 rural post offices.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Grameenphone Anders Jensen and director general of Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) Mobasher ur Rahman signed the agreement at a city hotel.
Under the deal, the GP will supply over 24,000 special SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) cards to the BPO postmen working in over 8,200 post offices across the country.
The cards blend mobile recharging tool FlexiLoad with GP’s voice and data products and services. The GP’s health prescription service, HealthLine, and utility payment services will also be incorporated in the offer. A postman will rent the service to rural people at the existing GP tariffs and will get commission based on the amount of phone use.
Speaking on the occasion, Brigadier Gen. M.A. Malek (Rtd.) termed the deal a “landmark event” for the country’s perennially losing postal department, saying it would benefit tens of thousands of poorly paid postmen.
GP CEO Anders Jensen said the partnership would ‘usher in another new dimension to the services provided by the Bangladesh Post Office, particularly in the rural areas.
