BRACNet Limited

BRACNet is Bangladesh’s ISO certified premier Internet Service Provider (ISP), established in 1996 as BRAC’s IT/ISP wing, it later formed a Joint Venture company with US investors gNet/DEFTA Partners in 2005. By the end of 2009, BRACNet expanded its broadband internet and intranet (data) services to 48 districts of the country. At present, BRACNet’s services cover all the 64 districts of Bangladesh.

Attracted by its pioneering social business model and by the potential to replicate it around the globe, KDDI – the second largest cellular operator and Wireless ISP in Japan, entered into a partnership with BRACNet having 50% stake in the company. This investment marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between KDDI and BRACNet to cooperate in the promotion of new technologies and initiatives in Bangladesh. The synergies between KDDI’s technological prowess and vast business experience in ICT and BRACNet’s reach at the grassroots level will enable the creation of a truly effective and sustainable internet broadband environment and social infrastructure across the nation.