Grameen Telecom

Grameen Telecom

Grameen Telecom (GTC) is a not-for-profit company in Bangladesh established by Dr. Muhammad Yunus with a partial stake in Grameen Phone (GP). GTC has driven the pioneering GP program of Village Phone that enables rural poor to own a cell-phone and turn it into a profit making venture. The vision behind the village phone program was formulated by Iqbal Quadir who was convinced that a mobile phone could become a source of income generation. Quadir worked with Professor Yunus and the Norwegian company Telenor to make the program a reality. Currently Grameen Telecom provides mobile phones among the villagers of the country.

Programs

Grameen Telecom has different programs to include rural people into the world of information technology. The Village Phone (Polli Phone; spelling _bn. পল্লি ফোন; pronunciation _bn. "pôl'li fôn") program is the largest among them.

Village Phone

Village Phone is a unique idea that provides modern telecommunication services to underprivileged people in Bangladesh. To become a subscriber of a Village Phone, one must first become a member of Grameen Bank.

These mobile phones have very cheap billing rates and are also given on easy loans from Grameen Bank. Once given a phone, the subscriber is encouraged to provide the services to the people in the adjoining area, covering both outgoing and incoming calls. In this way, he or she can earn money to repay his or her debt to the bank as well as to earn a profit. Many inhabitants of the rural area of Bangladesh, particularly underprivileged women, have been able to change their lives with the help of Village Phone.

Information kiosks

Besides the revolutionary Village Phone program, Grameen Telecom also provides information kiosks. Initially, three pilot kiosks were set up in Tangail district. These kiosks are set up to provide people in the villages of Bangladesh with access to information and communication technology.

ources

* [http://www.grameenphone.com/index.php?id=79 Village Phone page on Grameen Phone website]
* [http://ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=i_quadir Talk by Iqbal Quadir] , TED Global talking about the Grameen Telecom program


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