This is a quick recap of the year for Telecom industry in Pakistan. Here are some of the positive developments of 2009: (more…)

The growth in the mobile sector of Pakistan has been more then 100 percent on average in the past seven years. The economy of the country has benefited greatly from this sector and there is still potential for more growth. In 2009 Telecom sector has made enormous progress especially in the last 2 quarters of the year. In November 2009 the increment of new mobile subscriber has been reported about 800K which makes the total of 96.7 million cellular subscribers in 2009. (more…)

Silently working on its promotions and products Warid has always come up infront with exciting and unique services to its customers. Now Warid takes its messaging service to the next level through which Warid customers can also receive and send SMS to any V-PTCL number within Pakistan any day any time. (more…)

WaridTel Pakistan which is doing great with its prepaid brand ‘Glow’ and Prepaid GPRS bucket. Recently it has come up with another unique value added service of ‘IM over SMS’. Unique because this one doesn’t need GPRS to get on IM. 

IM over SMS is a great way to stay in touch with your buddies on MSN, Yahoo and Googletalk! (more…)

Warid brings an exciting SIM Jagao offer to all those prepaid customers who have not used their SIM since 1st of Oct 2009. Recharge your Warid SIM with any amount and get free on-net minutes on the first three recharges. (more…)

Warid has starting charging on Balance Inquiries on IVR, that is by dialing 121. IVR balance inquiry, that was previously free on Warid while all other operators used to charge it 10 paisas plus tax. However, contrary to other operators, Warid is charging 60 Paisas (inclusive of taxes) for IVR balance checking – and that too without any prior notice to customers. (more…)

The cellular subscriber’s growth squeezed after the sector watchdog has blocked millions of unregistered connections after the launch of SIM information system-668. Although the new system was introduced officially in mid-October, the subscriber’s based widened only by 10,452 in this month, which showed that users’ base may contract after blocking of unregistered numbers. (more…)

Punjab University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Warid Telecom under which PU officials will get 35% discount and students will get 20% discount in the monthly line rent of post-paid Warid connections. (more…)

Worried about who is gonna call you while your cell phone’s battery is drained? Worry no more, as now Warid Zem brings a MCA service that will keep record of who has been calling you while your cell phone was not accessible. You will get all the records through SMS, about the calls you missed when your mobile was off, out of coverage area, or when not answered or busy. (more…)

Telecom industry insiders reported today that Telenor is interested in buying majority  (63%) of Warid Telecom. The news has not been confirmed by Telenor or Warid yet. Warid Telecom is currently owned by Abu Dhabi Group and Singapore Telecom (SingTel). (more…)