Warid Telecom Pakistan celebrated 4th anniversary of its launch in Pakistan on May 23 2009. WaridTel Pakistan had won the GSM license for operations in Pakistan from PTA  by paying 291 Million US Dollars, in 2004.  Recently a law suite was filed against WaridTel by CEO of UN&I Training Development Consultants (UN&ITDC) Muhammad Umair Akhtar. Waridtel cover the GSM 900/1800 network, I had got my first Warid Number on May 23 2005 when Warid was officially launched in Pakistan on May 23, 2005. Initially Warid had launched its services in 28 Pakistani cities including, Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Faislabad, Gujranwala , Multan,  in contrast to other Networks e.g Ufone which lauched their service only in one or two cities at start. In Pakistan Warid for the first time introduced 30 seconds billing and automatic screen balance at the end of each call or sms, Warid have a state of the art best quality infrastructure based on Ericson system.  Following is the excerpt of company statement, issued on its anniversary evening.

The official press release issued by Warid Describe their statement on this anniversary as

Warid Telecom of Dhabi Group, the country’s most reliable and fastest growing cellular company is celebrating its 4 year of successful operations in Pakistan on May 23rd 2009. In just four years of commercial operations Warid has expanded its quality network reach to 450 cities.
The subscriber base has crossed over 17 million customers with over 6000 destinations throughout Pakistan. Warid since its inception has always focused on delivering with the best to the people of Pakistan by not only providing the affordable means of communication but a truly reliable network quality and a caring service.
With the mission to maintain and deliver with unmatched a-class quality network services Warid has expanded its reach from cosmopolitan cities to rural areas of country and still has plans to set off where other service providers are yet to reach. Warid offers international roaming facilities in 138 countries through 222 operators world-wide, offering GPRS roaming in 88 countries and 115 operators. For prepaid roaming Warid currently has 18 roaming partners in 16 countries with more to be launched.
Warid Telecom has plans to expand its network coverage to deliver quality services for people living across the diverse landscape of Pakistan. Warid has one of the largest coverage networks available in Pakistan offering best available services in the telecom sector.-PR

Warid has introduced many features in Pakistani Mobile Market like Friends Finder , Online Booking of Warid ZEM numbers , BlackBerry Services, Warid Fun Store, and others.

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