telecommunication founded 2004 headquarters 301 dhabi tower hamdan street post box 44222 abu dhabi united arab emirates key people sheikh nahayan mabarak al nahayan chairman bashir tahir founding ceo retired products telephony lte wimax edge gprs gsm website official pakistan official congo official uganda warid telecom international arabic is an abu dhabi based mobile telecommunication investment firm whose portfolio companies provide telephony services in the republic of the congo pakistan and uganda . contents 1 pakistan 2 bangladesh 3 georgia 3.1 network technology 4 ivory coast 5 republic of congo 5.1 network technology 6 uganda 6.1 network technology 7 references 8 external links pakistan edit main article warid pakistan in 2004 warid telecom international llc purchased a license for operating a nationwide mobile telephony network wll and long distance international ldi for 291 million us dollars and was the first venture of warid telecom international llc . the licence was bid for and acquired by a team led by bashir tahir the former ceo of the abu dhabi group which is the parent company of all warid operations . 1 warid pakistan launched its services in may 2005 . within 80 days of launch warid pakistan claims to have attracted more than 1 million . users . 2 on june 30 2007 singapore telecommunications limited singtel and warid telecom announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement subsequent to which singtel will acquire a 30 percent equity stake in warid telecom for an estimated 758 million valuing the company at an enterprise value of 2.9 billion . 3 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 . 4 on november 26 2015 vimpelcom and dhabi group 4g agreed to merge mobilink and warid into a single company . 5 bangladesh edit main article warid bangladesh in december 2005 warid telecom international llc obtained a 15 year gsm license to operate as the sixth mobile phone operator in bangladesh for us 50 million . warid bangladesh started rolling out its network from mid 2006 and launched commercial operations on may 10 2007 covering 26 districts . it uses the code 16 preceded by the code number of bangladesh 880 . warid bangladesh has acquired a million subscribers within 70 days of launch . warid telecom sold 70 % of its stake in bangladesh operations to india s bharti airtel for us 300 million receiving regulatory approval from the bangladesh telecommunication regulatory commission btrc on january 4 2010 . 6 on december 20 2010 warid telecom was rebranded as airtel . georgia edit licence awarded . network technology edit network status date note wimax live active unknown 7 ivory coast edit licence awarded . 8 republic of congo edit main article warid congo launched service in january 2008 . 9 on 5 november 2013 the wall street journal reported an acquisition by airtel . 10 network technology edit network status date note gsm900 live active november 2007 11 uganda edit planned to launch services in uganda by the fourth quarter of 2007 . warid is also set to deploy a wimax network throughout uganda through its sister concern wateen telecom . 12 acquired by airtel in 2013 . 13 network technology edit network status date note gsm 900 1800 live active january 2008 11 wimax live active unknown references edit http m.arabianbusiness.com royal flush 57528.html warid pakistan gains 1 million gsm subscribers in 80 days ericsson customer success stories singtel confirms to stake for 758 million 1 mobilink warid telecom announce merger . dawn . november 26 2015 . retrieved november 27 2015 . http online.wsj.com article sb10001424052748703436504574639763075967666.html warid telecom wins georgian wimax licence . telecompaper . 2007 11 21 . retrieved 2014 04 19 . cote d ivoire warid telecom pays for licence but can t get enough spectrum to operate . balancing act . 2009 03 13 . retrieved 2014 04 19 . congo brazzaville warid telecom launches . allafrica . 2008 01 18 . retrieved 2014 04 19 . bharti airtel to buy warid group s congo telecom operations . the wall street journal . 2013 11 05 . retrieved 2014 04 19 . a b warid congo sa network information warid plans wimax network in uganda telecompaper uganda regulator clears airtel s warid telecom acquisition . mint . 2013 05 13 . retrieved 2014 04 19 . external links edit warid telecom pakistan warid weekly sms package 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 telecom & oldid 734283358 categories mobile phone companies of the united arab emiratescompanies based in abu dhabiwarid telecomhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing arabic language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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