What is Warid Telecom?
{{Infobox company | name = Warid Telecom International <br/> وريد تليكوم الدولية | type = Private | logo = | logo_caption = | foundation = 2004 | location = [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]] | key_people = Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Chairman <br> Bashir Tahir, founding CEO (retired) | products = Telephony, Wimax, Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, GPRS, GSM | homepage = [http://www.waridtel.com Official Pakistan] <br/> [http://waridtel.cg Official Congo] <br/> [http://waridtel.co.ug Official Uganda] }} '''Warid Telecom International''' is an Arabic mobile [[telecommunication]] company. The company provides telephone services in [[Republic of the Congo|the Congo]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Uganda]]. ==Pakistan== In 2004, Warid Telecom International bought a license for starting a national mobile network and long distance international network for $291 million US dollars. It was the first project of Warid Telecom International. The license was bid by a team headed by [[Bashir Tahir]], the then CEO of the [[Abu Dhabi Group]], which is the parent company of Warid Telecom International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.arabianbusiness.com/royal-flush-57528.html|title=Royal flush|publisher=|access-date=2014-05-20|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000248/http://m.arabianbusiness.com/royal-flush-57528.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Bangladesh== In December 2005, Warid Telecom International got a 15-year GSM license to operate as the sixth mobile network in [[Bangladesh]] at the cost of USD 50 million. ==Congo== Warid Telecom International bought a GSM based mobile license on January 2008. It is a joint project with the government of the [[Republic of Congo|Congo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Congo-Brazzaville: Warid Telecom Launches|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200801171031.html|publisher=The Monitor website|accessdate=26 November 2014|author=Walter Wafula|date=18 January 2008}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}{{tech-stub}} [[Category