WARID TELECOM
Warid Telecom International is an
Abu Dhabi based mobile telecommunication firm providing telephony services in
Bangladesh (launching soon),
Congo(launching soon),
Pakistan and in
Uganda
(launching soon). Warid Telecom is backed by The Abu Dhabi Group, one of the largest groups in the Middle East. The group is led by HH Shaikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahayan who is also Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
United Arab Emirates.
In 2004, Warid Telecom International LLC, purchased a lisence 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.
Warid Pakistan launched its services in May
2005. Within 80 days of launch Warid Pakistan attracted more then 1 million users. Currently the network has around 7.6 million subscribers.
MOBILINK
Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited, better known as Mobilink GSM, is a telecommunication service provider in Pakistan. According to Mobilink's official statistics, Mobilink had over 22 million customers at the end of December 2006. Mobilink's Head office is located in
Kulsum Plaza,
Blue Area Islamabad
Mobilink started operations in
1994 as the first
GSM cellular Mobile service in
Pakistan by
MOTOROLA Inc., later it was sold to
ORASCOM, an
Egypt-based multi-national company. Mobilink's corporate postpaid package is sold under the
brand name "Indigo" and prepaid by the name of "Jazz".
UFONE
Ufone GSM is a Pakistani
GSM cellular service provider, Its one of five GSM Mobile companies in Pakistan, and is a subsidiary of
Pakistan Telecommunication Company.
The company commenced its operations, under the brand name of Ufone, from Islamabad on January 29, 2001. Ufone expanded its coverage and has added new cities and highways to its coverage network. After the privatization of PTCL, Ufone is now owned by
Etisalat.
TELENOR
Telenor (
OSE:
TEL,
NASDAQ:
TELN) is the incumbent
telecommunications company in
Norway, with headquarters located at
Fornebu, close to
Oslo. Today, Telenor is mostly an international
wireless carrier with operations in
Scandinavia,
Eastern Europe and
Asia. In addition, it has extensive broadband and TV distribution operations in four
Nordic Countries.
Telenor Pakistan is a wholly owned subsidiary that started operations on the 15th of March
2005 and holds one of six mobile licences in Pakistan. Its also the fastest growing cellular network of Pakistan. Currently telenor holds the second largest GSM and the largest GPRS and EDGE coverage in Pakistan. It has also achieved the second largest retailer network in Pakistan with in the 2 years of its operations.
PAKTEL
Paktel is a mobile telecommunication company in
Pakistan.
It was the first ever company granted license to carry out
cellular phone services in Pakistan. It carried out
AMPS services until
2004,when the company launched GSM services as well. Its main competitor emerged in late
1990s as
Instaphone and soon began to dominate the market. However after the launch and rapid success of
Mobilink in
1998, both services lost market share. In
2003,
Millicom Corporation, owners of
Instaphone, bought Paktel as well.