GP earns Tk 3,581cr in revenue in first half

Mobile operator Grameenphone has earned Tk 3,581 crore in revenue in the first half of this year, which is 12 per cent higher than the same period of last year, said GP officials.
The company earned Tk 1,877 crore in revenue in second quarter, April-June, which is 15 per cent higher than the corresponding period of last year, GP officials said in a press conference at a city hotel on Sunday.
The operator’s chief financial officer, Raihan Shamsi, said it had added 2.6 million new subscribers during the quarter.
‘Grameenphone’s total subscription base now is 26.5 million, which is 44 per cent of the mobile market in the country’, he added.
Officials noted that the revenue increase was mainly fostered by subscription growth and revenues from sales of handsets and data cards.