There is this news that Warid and Singtel have agreed on a deal – while official announcement is expected in next two weeks. No words yet on the details of the deal. Our sources in Warid confirmed this while saying good news gonna come out of Warid Office very soon.

Warid Telecom is celebrating its fourth anniversary of its operations in Pakistan today. Warid won the GSM license for operations in Pakistan from Pakistan Telecommunication Authority by paying 291 Million US Dollars, in 2004. Operating in GSM 900/1800 network, Warid officially launched its services in Pakistan on May 23, 2005, with covering 28 cities in Pakistan; believed as the largest coverage by any network on [...]

We are told that Warid’s network is down in Central region, especially in Lahore for more than 3 hours now. Moreover, customers are facing technical issues in sending SMS to other parts of country. We were unable to know the reason for this downtime. Moreover, we could’nt get update from Warid’s managment over the matter as their phones were not responding due to netowrk problem. Updates: [...]

As a responsible corporate citizen Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd has stood by the IDPs (Internally dislocated persons). The recent operation in turbulent areas forced more than a million Pakistanis to migrate from their hometowns and almost 0.8 million people have already migrated from the restive areas and they are now living in very harsh conditions in Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Rawalpindi, Attock and other areas. The migrants [...]

First let’s discuss Crazy Nites, this package offers unlimited on-net calls from 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM (that’s all night long) at a fixed daily rental of Rs. 24.2 (including tax). Sounds good? That’s not all, furthermore, unlimited SMS to any network in Pakistan all night long from 10pm to 8 am and along with you will get calls to UK (Landline only), USA and [...]

Singapore Telecommunication has said, it is keenly eyeing acquisitions after warning that revenue growth in its home market would slow down, due strong Singapore dollar. Singtel earlier posted a 17 percent drop in quarterly net profit, which is much smaller than expected. Facing a saturated domestic market of just 4.8 million people, SingTel has spent Singapore 18 billion dollars to invest in countries such as [...]

Warid has apparently taken back its latest package called 60 Paisa, that allowed Rs. 1.20 per 1 min calls from 9 AM to 5 PM, as it is removed from their website – though we didn’t get official viewpoint on this as of now. By the way this package was introduced to beat Mobilink’s 68 Paisa and Zong’s 65 Paisa Packages. Clearly, Warid is diving [...]

Post by Jawwad Zubair Sheikh from Sialkot There is a bad news for warid users. Warid has decreased their scratch card validity period. Before this every recharge on warid connection had a validity of 365 days, but now Warid changed validity duration which is mentioned here: Their CSR had no answer to my query why they changed card validity period, moreover the customers were not posted about this [...]

Warid Franchisers are apparently not comfortable with their business conditions and relation with the company. Warid Franchisers (in form of a group) wrote us their stories and told that they are not happy with warid administration for multiple reasons. We know that cellular companies heavily rely on franchises as core part of their sales’ network; however, we know that franchisers normally remain unhappy with network [...]

Warid Telecom, the country’s most popular cellular service in its continued efforts as a responsible organization, has proved to be at the top in successful implementation of PTA’s new pre activation regime. Effective from 1st of Feb 2009, all Warid new prepaid SIMs are being activated only when the subscribers dial 789 & have their personal data verified (in compliance with NADRA). The huge network [...]

Civil Court Lahore has accepted an application for Warid to attach property before judgment. This observation was made by the honorable Senior Civil Judge, Hina Muzaffar, During the hearing of a lawsuit appeal against Warid Telecom filed by Chief Executive Officer of UN&I Training Development Consultants (UN&ITDC) Muhammad Umair Akhtar. Lawsuit that values Rs. 10.7 million is against Warid Telecom for violating a contract, which [...]

Tom, Dick & Harry by Centre Stage Productions – a hilarious extravaganza directed by Shah Sharahbeel, that is sponsored by Warid Telecom has given a chance to audience to enjoy the quality theater. The play was staged at Alhamra Arts Council Lahore. For the Pakistani version‚ actors have been drawn from various elite educational institutions of Lahore. The cast of Tom, Dick and Harry included [...]

A public information notice issued by Warid PR Officials confirm “Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. has not abolished the PR department and there is absolutely no massive retrenchment going on.” The PR Officials have further confirmed that the former spokesperson of Warid Ms Farah Hussain is no longer part of Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. w.e.f 30th March 2009. Any statement quoted with her name does not [...]

Warid Telecom has selected Cummins Power Generation‘s proven electricity backup solution for parallel operations. Before Warid Cummins had successfully erected six generators for Telenor. Cummins press release says that Warid Telecom was particularly interested in sourcing generator set solutions that could deliver both standby and prime power even in the most difficult terrain. This is because it has installations in some of the most difficult [...]

Now this story published in TMCnet must be worrying for Warid Warid Telecom of Abu Dhabi Group has launched a massive retrenchment drive in Pakistan as the companys Public Relationing (PR) Section has been totally abolished while dozens of employees from marketing section and other departments have also been shown the door. Company sources say that the lay off campaign had been started as the [...]