 In October 2005 Telenor acquired Vodafone Sweden, changing the name to Telenor in April 2006.Grameenphone was the first Telenor venture in the Asian telecom market and is now the largest mobile operator in Bangladesh Telenor holds 55.8 per cent of Grameenphone.Grameenphone started trading its shares on the stock exchanges in Dhaka and Chittagong on November 16, 2009.