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Burq Broadband Inaugurates its First Franchise

Burq Broadband, country’s first WiFi broadband service provider, has inaugurated its first franchise in Peshawar.

Part of Argentina based ICONDOR Telecom Group — that has footprints in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay since the early eighties — Burq aims to offer broadband services to customers through WiFi.

While present in one part of Rawalpindi, Burq’s major coverage span is in KPK, and its first franchise in Peshawar also shows company’s intents and focus towards Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Mr. Shahid Mir, CEO Pakistan, Syed Alireza (G.M. Marketing & Sales). Mr. Jafar Raza (Head of GR & Corporate Affairs), Mr. Khurram Abbas (Division Sales Manager North), Mr. Kamil Khan (Engineering), Mr. Zafar Ali Shah (Area Manager Peshawar) alongwith Burq Officials at the inaguration of Burq franchise

Mr. Shahid Mir, CEO of Burq Broadband, while addressing the audience on the occasion said ”

We have deliberately selected one part of the town of Peshawar i.e. Warsak Road where as a Management we felt people need a quality, reliable, affordable and a stable internet service, if money was the only objective we could have started from a much higher income strata area like Hayatabad.

I reiterate The Management’s commitment and desire for further expansion and hence investment in near future”.

Burq Broadband Coverage

Burq currently offers it WiFi services in selected parts of Peshawar, Attock, Mardan, Nowshera, D.I.Khan and Rawalpindi. Below is the list of areas where Burq currently offers WiFi:

Peshawar: Warsak Road and adjoining areas-planning to move to cover Hayatabad
Mardan: Bank Road and adjoining areas with Pakistan Chowk
D.I.Khan: Circular Road, Gomal Market, Mohalla Nadday Ali Shah, Bakhri Bazar, Busti Shaikhan Wali & Adjoining areas
Rawalpindi: Satellite Town A, B, C-Katarian-Malpur and adjoining areas
Nowshera: Cantonment, Railway Station & Adjoining areas

Burq Broadband Tariff

Burq scratch cards of various denomination are sold, including Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 300, Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000.

	Amount of Time Allowed	Speed	Validity
Rs. 50	2.5 Hours	512 Kbps	7 Days
Rs. 100	5 Hours	512 Kbps	10 Days
Rs. 300	15 Hours	1 Mbps	15 Days
Rs. 500	25 Hours	1 Mbps	20 Days
Rs. 1,000	50 Hours	1.5 Mbps	25 Days

Example: If you have bought a Rs. 500 card, then you will be able to use 25 hours of internet at a data transfer rate of 1Mbps. Validity of this card will expire after 25 hours of usage or after 20 days of first login.

How to Use Burq Broadband

If you are in an area where Burq Broadband is available then it will start appearing in the list of available WiFi networks on your PC/Laptop or smartphone. Simply connect to Burq WiFi network. Upon browsing, you will be asked for user name and password, which you need to enter from the scratch card.

Once the scratch card is authenticated, you will be able to use Burq Broadband till the expiry of the card.