written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message roshan type private industry telecommunications founded 2003 headquarters afghanistan key people karim khoja ceo products gsm website www.roshan.af roshan persian 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 . contents 1 shareholders 2 competition 3 roshan community 4 products and services 5 m paisa 6 see also 7 external links shareholders edit roshan s shareholders are all foreigners to afghanistan . the list of international shareholders includes 51.00 % aga khan fund for economic development akfed 36.75 % monaco telecom 12.25 % teliasonera ab competition edit roshan is the largest telecom provider in afghanistan . major competitors include etisalat mtn afghan wireless and afghan telecom . roshan community edit roshan community is the company s dedicated corporate social responsibility arm . it aims to make a positive impact on the communities in which it operates . through its numerous programs roshan has directly improved the lives of more than 200 000 afghans through many projects including serving over half a million meals per year with afghan ngo aschiana installing 32 e learning centers constructing 26 playgrounds to facilitate fun and joy for local children delivering vital clean water to remote communities through the construction of more than 150 wells building 10 schools to benefit local communities and encourage education of afghan youth connecting 4 rural hospitals with international medical institutions through telemedicine links facilitating access to diagnoses and training from specialists in otherwise unreached local communities products and services edit product description aali sim sim card designed and targeted to the mass market . includes azizan benefits friends & family per second billing and an incoming bonus on all calls . saadat sim sim card designed and customized for the business market . includes digressive rates on national and international calls after the second minute per second billing and an incoming bonus on all calls . yaaran sim sim card designed and customized for afghan youth . offers free off peak calls after the second minute and discounted rates on sms messages along with per second billing and the inbound bonus to those in the yaraan community . post paid unique postpaid offering provides customers with billing flexibility public call offices pcos over 11 000 pcos are operational across the country . pcos allow afghans to make calls without needing to buy a handset and sim ivr ivr content provides customers with the opportunity to access content via an interactive voice platform . users can download or listen to music ring tones greetings jokes poetry health tips recipes and other information . etopup enables a roshan customer to refill a prepaid airtime account without using a scratch card . in addition customers can top up any amount they choose with a minimum refill amount of 25 afs . sms national international and roaming text message service sms content downloads entertainment service that enables customers to download ring tones picture messages and logos sms voting provides an interactive service for media and media consumers . users can use sms to vote for their favorite show or participate in quizzes gprs general packet radio service gprs was launched in kabul in 2007 and allows for wireless internet browsing on cell phones and laptops . blackberry roshan was the first provider in afghanistan to offer blackberry service . the service offers virtual office connectivity while on the move . m paisa edit in 2008 roshan introduced the m paisa money transfer service which enables registered roshan customers to transfer money using their mobile phone for peer to peer transfer repayment of microfinance loans purchase of airtime and salary disbursement for companies . roshan partnered with vodafone to launch this service and m paisa now operates on a comviva platform . see also edit list of afghan companies telecom development company afghanistan external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to roshan . official website the economist shining a light hisham hishamuddin 11 3 2007 1500 public call office to be established in rural areas of afghanistan anis newspaper 6 21 2007 roshan and cisco to take telemedicine to afghanistan wireless healthcare 7 25 2005 org infomatics bbc monitoring world media . 2 26 2008 afghanistan mobile phone money transfer service launched . xinhua general news service . 3 2 2008 armed men destroy mobile phone tower in s. afghanistan . reuters . 9 25 2008 afghan wireless industry plagued by security issues . the globe and mail canada pg . b11 . anneli groenewald . 10 1 2008 csr and the environment developing countries social working . tt magazine . thai press reports . 8 14 2008 afghanistan adb supports expansion of mobile phone services in afghanistan . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title roshan telco & oldid 712580240 categories telecommunications companies of afghanistanmobile phone companies of afghanistanhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from may 2010all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with 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