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==History== Founder [[Muhammad Yunus]] founded Grameenphone to provide universal mobile phone access throughout Bangladesh, including its rural areas.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Isenberg |first1=Daniel J. |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Knoop |first3=Carin-Isabel |date= 12 March 2007 |title=Iqbal Quadir, Gonofone, and the Creation of GrameenPhone (Bangladesh) |journal=Harvard Business Review}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=9 March 2006 |title=Power to the People |url=http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5571572 |url-access=registration |magazine=[[The Economist]]}}</ref> He was inspired by the [[Grameen Bank]] micro-credit model and envisioned a business model where a cell phone can serve as a source of income. After leaving his job as an investment banker in the United States, Quadir met and successfully raised money from New York-based investor and philanthropist Joshua Mailman. He then returned to Bangladesh and worked for three years to gain support from organizations such as Grameen Bank and the Norwegian telecom company, [[Telenor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/technology/article/0,8707,132167,00.html|title=Muhammad Yunus: Opportunity Comes Calling|date=29 June 2001|work=[[Asiaweek]]|publisher=Time Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010802042329/http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/technology/article/0%2C8707%2C132167%2C00.html|archive-date=2 August 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Changing logo=== On 16 November 2006, Grameenphone officially changed its logo to match its parent company Telenor's logo.
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