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Roshan may refer to:
People:
- Roshan (music director) (1917–1967), Bollywood music director
- Roshan Mahanama (born 1966), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Hrithik Roshan (born 1974), Hindi film actor, son of Rakesh Roshan
- Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan (1980–2012), Iranian nuclear scientist
- Pir Roshan (1525–c.1580), Pashtun warrior and poet
- Rajesh Roshan (born 1955), Bollywood music director
- Rakesh Roshan, (born 1949), Indian producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films
- Roshan Singh (1892–1927), Indian revolutionary
Other uses:
- Roshan (telco), Afghan telecommunications provider
- Rushani language, language spoken in Afghanistan and Tajikistan; sometimes spelled "Roshani"
- Rushon District, district in Tajikistan; sometimes spelled "Roshan"
- Afghan Premier League, the top football league in Afghanistan, also known as Roshan Afghan Premier League due to sponsorship
- Roshan, a creature in Dota 2
Roshanlal Nagrath (14 July 1917 – 16 November 1967), better known simply by his first name Roshan, was a Hindi film music composer. He was the father of the actor and film director Rakesh Roshan and music director Rajesh Roshan and paternal grandfather of Hritik Roshan.
Roshan is a leading Afghan telecommunications provider, serving nearly 6.0 million active subscribers.
In January 2003, Roshan was awarded the second GSM license in Afghanistan. This was at a time when there was only one other mobile phone operator (Afghan Wireless) in Afghanistan. Due to decades of civil wars. there was almost only limited telecommunications infrastructure in place in the country. Prior to the fall of the Taliban, phone lines were not accessible to the population, and Afghans had to travel abroad to make international calls.
Roshan, which means "light" or "hope" in Persian, is one of Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications providers. Today, Roshan’s GSM network reaches 240 cities and towns across all of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. The network covers over 60% of the population, including the most remote rural areas.
Roshan is one of the largest investors, private companies and taxpayers in Afghanistan. It has invested nearly $600 million in the telecommunications infrastructure in Afghanistan. Roshan is also continuing to expand its network in areas where there is no or limited cellular coverage.
Roshan employs over 1,100 people, of whom 20% are women. Indirectly, the company has added over 30,000 jobs to the Afghan economy through its top-up stations, retail stores and public call offices.
Roshan introduced 3G in April 2013. It was the third company in the market to have been granted a 3G license after Etisalat (UAE-based telecom), and MTN (South Africa-based telecom), waiting to ensure it could deliver the highest quality service. It has 3G service in Kabul, Jalalabad, Kandahar, Mazar, Herat, and Kunduz.