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Articles tagged with: Warid Telecom
Motorola Wins Pakistani WiMAX Contract
Motorola has announced a contract with Wateen Telecom-Pakistan for the supply of 198,000 end-user WiMAX customer premises equipment (CPE) devices for both indoor and outdoor use. The company says that the order is the largest single order for WiMAX customer kit ever made. more
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Licensing of new mobile operators reduces airtime costs in Uganda
APA-Kampala (Uganda) The Uganda communications commission (UCC) on Friday expressed optimism that the cost of airtime in Uganda, which is the second highest in the world after Turkey- could go down following the licensing of two new mobile services operators. more
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Singtel Reports 2nd consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has reported a 3.3% rise in second quarter profits to S$988 million (US$686 million), compared with S$956 million in the same period a year ago. Analyst expectations had ranged between S$899 million to S$960 million. Second-quarter revenue grew 11 percent to S$3.7 billion (US$2.55 billion) from S$3.33 billion a year ago. more
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SingTel's regional subscriber base up 57% to cross 150-million mark
Singapore based SingTel has announced that the aggregate number of mobile subscribers in the region, including its associates, has reached 157.97 million as at 30 September 2007. On a year-on-year basis, its mobile subscriber base in the eight markets - Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - grew strongly by 57 per cent from about 100.77 million customers. Warid Telecom, its latest investment in Pakistan, contributed 11.87 million subscribers. more
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Who are the Fastest Growing Operators in Asia-Pacific?
No fewer than 16 companies added more than 5 million customers over the course of the twelve months ended June 07. China Mobile heads the list with a massive 58.6 million customers - as many as the next three operators put together, and then some. As we have suggested before, it would take a genuinely radical restructuring of China's communications industry to threaten the company's world leading position and that seems unlikely. more
Related Tags: telenor, china-mobile, ipo, reliance, bharti, pakistan-mobile, bsnl, telkomsel, hutchison, vivo, telsim, India
Motorola Wins Ugandan WiMAX Contract
Motorola says that it has been selected by Uganda's Warid Telecom to design and deploy an 802.16e WiMAX network in the country. Initial deployment, which is progressing rapidly, is due for completion by the end of 2007. In addition to delivering equipment and services to Warid Uganda, Motorola is currently working with Warid International's subsidiary Wateen Telecom in Pakistan on the deployment and management of a nationwide end-to-end 802.16e WiMAX network. more
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Ericsson Expands Managed Services Contract in Pakistan
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PTA Pakistan June 2007 Customer Numbers
In the first quarter of 2007 Telenor trumped all of its competitors to lead the net additions race in Pakistan's fast-growing mobile market. However, in the second quarter, Telenor slipped into fourth place behind all of its major competitors despite the fact that it had the third best quarter in its nine quarter history. Pakistan Telecom's Ufone emerged as the front runner in Q2 2007 with 2.4m net additions to its base taking the total to 14m. It was followed by market leader Mobilink with 1.8m, new Singtel associate Warid Telecom with 1.7m and then Telenor with 1.6m. In total a record 7.6m new customers were added in Pakistan in the quarter, taking the total count to over 63m and the penetration rate to 37%. In the process both Telenor and Warid exceeded the 10m customer mark, finishing the period with 10.70m and 10.62m customers, respectively. more
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SingTel Takes 30% Stake in Pakistani Network Operator
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced that it is buying a 30% stake in Pakistan's Warid Telecom for an estimated US$758 million. more
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Warid Telecom Orders Number Portability Platform
Pakistan's Warid Telecom has become the second of three major mobile operators in the country to select a Telcordia number portability solution. The country's regulator Pakistan Telecommunications Authority and the Pakistan MNP Database (Guarantee) Limited (PMD), chose the Telcordia Number Portability Clearinghouse as the centralized repository for number porting. processes. more
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