Discovery Communications Limited, authorised dealer of Panasonic for Bangladesh, will market the sets including A100, G60, G70, G51M and G51E.

The handsets priced at Tk 6,500 and above will be available with existing packages of GrameenPhone and other GSM operators.

This was disclosed by officials of Panasonic and Discovery Communications at a press conference at a local hotel on Saturday night.

Taka Fujino and Kei Nakada from Panasonic Japan and Goh Cheng How from Panasonic Singapore, Fazlul Karim, managing director, and Khandaker Hafiz, executive director of Discovery Communications spoke at the function.

Introducing A100, Nakada said, "This is a super small and super cool tri-band phone which can be very useful for those who use SMS (short message service) a lot."

The company also launched G%1 sets in two versions --G51M and G51E. Another Panasonic product G60 has a colour screen with five directional navigation keys.

During the presentation, the Panasonic officials also showed the company's upcoming models including X300 and X700.

Discovery Communications will provide after sales service for all Panasonic phones.

Mehboob Chowdhury, director, Sales and Marketing of GrameenPhone, attended the function as a special guest.