network operator in pakistan . for warid telecom international see warid telecom . warid life ka network lit . network of life native name formerly called zem zahi type telecommunication operator industry telecommunication founded 2004 headquarters karachi pakistan key people aamir ibrahim 1 ceo muneer farooqui 2 former ceo products mobile services data services mobile banking blackberry solution slogan talk lasts togetherness website www.waridtel.com warid arabic urdu is a gsm lte 3 based mobile operator in pakistan . warid is the seventh mobile carrier to enter the pakistani market . it commenced commercial operations in may 23 2005 . warid is cent percent owned by abu dhabi group which is a business conglomerate in the middle east and a major investor in pakistan . it is the first venture of the group in the field of telecommunication . 4 warid is pakistan s fourth largest gsm mobile service provider and fifth largest mobile service in terms of subscriber base of over 12.9 million . 5 it has a market share of 9 % among cellular operators . 6 on november 26 2015 vimpelcom and dhabi group agreed to merge mobilink and warid into a single company . 7 contents 1 history 2 network 2.1 radio frequency 2.2 next generation mobile services 2.3 number schemeing 3 marketing 3.1 business centres 3.2 products 3.3 slogans 4 awards 4.1 corporate social responsibility 5 mobile banking 6 merger with mobilink 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit pakistan telecommunication authority awarded two mobile telephony licenses to telenor pakistan and space telecom on april 24 2004 . 8 the license for space telecom was cancelled after it missed a dead line to make a 50 % down payment of the offered price . thereafter pta offered next highest bid winner company warid . 9 the license was bid and acquired through parent company of warid abu dhabi group led by the then ceo mr bashir tahir for us 291 million . on may 23 2005 warid commercially started operating . mr hamid farooq is appointed as the ceo of the company . initially it covered 28 major cities of the country which is so far the largest coverage in the first phase of roll out by the first investment of us 150 million . within 80 days warid secured 1 million customers with 7 % market share . 10 11 in second phase of investment of us 1 billion warid launched operations in other cities of pakistan . it secured another 3.4 million subscribers with 10 % market share . first anniversary of warid marked 9.7 million subscribers . in 2007 singapore telcommunications bought a 30 per cent stake in warid for about 758 million . that stake purchase gave warid an enterprise value of about 2.5 billion . warid s first ceo hamid farooq resigned in november 2007 . mr. marwan zawaydeh joined the company as the second ceo . warid further invested us 1 billion in network expansion by the end of 2009 . warid got a new ceo mr. muneer farooqi in october 2012 . singtel sold back that stake in january 2013 for 150 million and a right to receive 7.5 per cent of the net proceeds from any future sale public offering or merger of warid . 12 13 network edit warid has invested more than us 2.5 billion to build up network infrastructure in pakistan . it has set up more than 5000 base stations . 14 warid is the sole operator in pakistan deploying ericsson as vendor for its network base stations microwave links it support and transmission towers . 15 emitac mobile solutions under the terms of a distribution agreement with blackberry leverages its global integration services and local presence in the region to provide warid with end to end implementation launch delivery and support services for the blackberry solution in the pakistani market . 16 mobile industry body gsma said warid telecom pakistan achieved energy savings of between 30 and 60 percent during the second mobile energy efficiency mee optimization project . after rolling out the energy saving technology across warid s network in pakistan the annual savings are expected to be more than 6 million and 19 700 tons of carbon dioxide emissions . 17 radio frequency edit frequencies used by warid network frequency protocol class 900 mhz gsm gprs edge 2g 1800 mhz gsm gprs edge 2g 1800 mhz lte 4g next generation mobile services edit warid refrained from participating in next generation spectrum auction in april 2014 . warid launched 4g lte services in pakistan by the end of 2014 . the abu dhabi group had been in talks with the pakistan telecommunication authority the telecom sector s regulatory body for launching lte service on its existing technology neutral license . 18 number schemeing edit warid uses the following numbering scheme 92 3 2 n1n2n3n4n5n6n7n8 where 92 is the isd code for pakistan and is required when dialling outside the country 3 is the mobile access code and 2 is the prefix for warid allocated by pakistan telecommunication authority . omitting 92 would require 0 instead to represent local call hence 032 is the general prefix and n1n2n3n4n5n6n7n8 is the subscriber number . marketing edit business centres edit warid business center lahore pakistan warid customer services and sales point warid operates 12 business centres over 350 franchises 1 000 warid supershops and 200 000 retail customer points nationwide . 19 products edit warid presents prepaid postpaid and youth plans branded as zem zahi and glow . 18 19 20 moreover it also offers data plans and branch less banking . originated from an arabic word meaning fun zem caters the needs of pay as you go customers . likewise zahi means royal or leader and is an array of postpaid tariff plans . glow is a youth oriented brand . it offers online content via its portal which is set up in collaboration with arvato . it was launched by warid telecom cco mr ali tahir . 20 its main rival is djuice . slogans edit warid has previously used these slogans be heard we care zem it and life ka network in pakistan between 2005 and 2008 but has now switched to meaning talk lasts togetherness and meaning colours of friendship . 21 awards edit on march 14 2014 warid received corporate social responsibility award . 22 corporate social responsibility edit warid has been recognised for corporate social responsibility projects . some of these include in august 2010 warid donated pkr 800 000 in university endowment fund trust of government college university lahore . warid has collaborated with sundas foundation and pakwheels for blood donation compaign . 23 24 warid supports national polio immunization drive . in may 2013 warid donated pkr 1 million to gcu lahore endowment fund trust . mobile banking edit on january 1 2014 warid in collaboration with bank alfalah launched mobile banking service namely mobile paisa . mobile paisa allows its users to pay utility bills transfer money to specified recipients anywhere in the country deposit and withdraw cash and carry out account transfers . merger with mobilink edit warid previously announced its merger with mobilink in november 2015 . 25 the case was under review at pakistan telecommunication authority . after scrutiny pta finally approved the merger on see also edit warid telecom international list of mobile phone companies in pakistan references edit vimpelcom and dhabi group announce completion of mobilink and warid transaction . july 1 2016 . retrieved august 26 2016 . warid rising . itp.net . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid 4g lte telecom . retrieved 19 november 2014 . about warid telecom . retrieved 19 november 2014 . telecommunications zong overtakes ufone as cmos market share changes . retrieved 19 november 2014 . bilal brohi agencies . warid telecom up for sale sources . retrieved 19 november 2014 . mobilink warid telecom announce merger . dawn . november 26 2015 . retrieved november 27 2015 . rcr wireless news . pakistan awards two new mobile licenses . rcr wireless news . retrieved 19 november 2014 . space telecom bid stands cancelled cell phone licence . retrieved 19 november 2014 . news center . ericsson.com . retrieved 19 november 2014 . analysis of the telecom sector in pakistan . retrieved 19 november 2014 . reuters . abu dhabi buys warid telecom stake . emirates 24 7 . retrieved 19 november 2014 . abu dhabi group now sole owner of warid . retrieved 19 november 2014 . cell locations rise in fy09 10 . retrieved 19 november 2014 . ericsson warid telecom strengthen managed services partnership in pakistan aaj news . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid and emitac mobile solutions partnership . retrieved 19 november 2014 . mee optimisation case study warid pakistan expects to save more than us 6 million per year after trialling energy efficiency solutions . public policy . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid plans to launch lte technology . the news international pakistan . 18 april 2014 . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid telecom business centres & franchises . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid telecom media & press release . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid telecom warid brand with the service character . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid telecom recognized for its corporate social efforts wins skmt csr award . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid telecom world blood donors day . retrieved 19 november 2014 . warid telecom blood bank services . retrieved 19 november 2014 . mobilink and warid to merge into single company . hotchpotch post . 2015 11 26 . retrieved 2016 05 25 . external links edit official website warid pakistan on facebook warid on twitter v t e mobile network operators of pakistan mobilink sco telenor pk ufone warid zong v t e warid warid pakistan warid congo warid uganda warid telecom international warid bangladesh warid georgia warid ivory coast retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title warid pakistan & oldid 742551947 categories mobile phone companies of pakistan2005 introductionstelecommunications companies of pakistancommunications in pakistantelecommunications in pakistan2005 establishments 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