GrameenPhone/BanglaLink Internet/MMS/WAP Settings

GrameenPhone Settings

You need to configure EDGE settings on your handset in order to use some of the Value Added Services such as INTERNET, WAP & MMS. You can configure your handset for EDGE settings in one of the three ways described below:

1. Via SMS Send a text message to 8080 from your handset to receive your handset settings:
 
• For All handset setting:  Write "All" and SMS it to 8080
2. Call at 121 Hotline - You can call to 121 Hotline & request Customer Manager for your settings.
3. Manual Configuration - You can configure your Handset Call to 121 Hotline & request to Customer Manager for settings.

Configuration for INTERNET:

For Internet Configuration the following information must be provided in a EDGE or GPRS enable Handsets:
Account Name: GP INTERNET
Access Point Name (APN): gpinternet
Authentication Type: Normal
IP Address/Gateway/Proxy: N/A
Port/ Proxy Port: N/A
Connection type: GPRS/ Packet Data
Homepage: http://www.google.com

Configuration for MMS:

For MMS Configuration the following information must be provided in a EDGE or GPRS enable Handsets:
Account Name: GP MMS
Access Point Name (APN): gpmms
Authentication Type: Normal
IP Address/Gateway/Proxy: 010.128.001.002
Port/ Proxy Port: 8080 or 9201
Connection type: GPRS/ Packet Data
Homepage: http://mms.gpsurf.net/servlets/mms

Configuration for WAP:

For WAP Configuration the following information must be provided in a EDGE or GPRS enable Handsets:
Account Name: GP WAP
Access Point Name (APN): gpwap
Authentication Type: Normal
IP Address/Gateway/Proxy: 010.128.001.002
Port/ Proxy Port: 8080 or 9201
Connection type: GPRS/ Packet Data
Homepage: http://wap.gpworld.com

BanglaLink Settings

You need to configure EDGE settings on your handset in order to use some of the Value Added Services such as INTERNET, WAP & MMS. You can configure your handset for EDGE settings in one of the three ways described below:

1. Via SMS Send a text message to 3343:
• Write <Package_Name> and SMS it to 3343.
2. Call at 121 Hotline - You can call to 121 Hotline & request Customer Manager for your settings.
3. Manual Configuration - You can configure your Handset Call to 121 Hotline & request to Customer Manager for settings.

Configuration for INTERNET:

For Internet Configuration the following information must be provided in a EDGE or GPRS enable Handsets:
Account Name: BL INTERNET
Access Point Name (APN): blweb
Authentication Type: Normal
IP Address/Gateway/Proxy: N/A
Port/ Proxy Port: N/A
Connection type: GPRS/ Packet Data
Homepage: http://www.google.com

Configuration for MMS:

For MMS Configuration the following information must be provided in a EDGE or GPRS enable Handsets:
Account Name: BL MMS
Access Point Name (APN): blmms
Authentication Type: Normal
IP Address/Gateway/Proxy: 010.010.055.034
Port/ Proxy Port: 8799
Connection type: GPRS/ Packet Data
Homepage: http://mmsc1:10021/mmsc/01

Configuration for WAP:

For WAP Configuration the following information must be provided in a EDGE or GPRS enable Handsets:
Account Name: BL WAP
Access Point Name (APN): blwap
Authentication Type: Normal
IP Address/Gateway/Proxy: 010.010.055.034
Port/ Proxy Port: 8799
Connection type: GPRS/ Packet Data
Homepage: http://wap.google.com

Fiber at Home (Fiber@Home) in Bangladesh

Fiber at Home (Fiber@Home), a new company in Bangladesh to install nationwide internet connection through Fiber to provide high-speed internet service to end-users.

Website: http://www.fiberathome.net

Project doc: http://www.fiberathome.net/q1/fiber@home.pdf

Broadband News: BTCL to launch broadband internet by Dec, 2008

Courtesy: bdnews24.com

Nov 13, 2008
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) says it has decided to launch broadband internet service through outsourcing by December.

The BTCL board at a meeting presided over by chairman Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman made the decision on Thursday, the company said in a press statement.

The board also decided on the procurement policy and awarding incentives to the company's staffers.