Pakistan’s telecommunication market is one of the hottest in the emerging economies. This post will briefly review the mobile phone players in Pakistan and discuss how to evaluate and invest in these companies.
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November 4, 2006 at 4:06 am
Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Pakistan: Mobile phone companies
[...] State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan on industry statistics, which companies are likely to do well and competition in a volume-heavy market. “But eventually as in saturated markets, if mobile operators want to avoid simply competing on price, they will have to compete on superior service, innovative features and ease-of-use. As an example of new trends there were so many text messages (SMS) sent on this Eid that the networks of all 6 companies were kept extremely busy!” Neha Viswanathan [...]
November 13, 2006 at 3:02 am
Junaid Khan
I just wanted to make a small correction in the blog above.
In the Warid area it says
“Warid, part of Wateen group (owned by the Abu Dhabi group of the United Arab Emirates”
The thing is that Wateen is a sister concern of Warid telecom. Both Warid and Wateen are two different companies offerering different services and both are owned by Abu Dhabi Group, which also owns Al Falah Bank and few other companies as well.
Warid is not part of Wateen Group. Warid is owned by Abu Dhabi group.
Thanks
November 13, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Babar Bhatti
Junaid - thanks for the correction, I’ve updated the post to reflect this.
November 14, 2006 at 12:09 am
Junaid Khan
Dear Babar!
I dont think you can invest in Warid Telecom or its parent group in any way. The group is very strong financially and hence they dont need any equity investment. As far as Bank Alfalah and United Bank are concerned, they are both listed banks and owned by the same group, so you can invest in them.
May be in future, if Warid or any other company, is listed on the stock exchange or they issue TFCs, you might be able to invest but till then you can just wait.
I hope this information is helpful to you.
Thanks
November 14, 2006 at 11:36 am
Babar Bhatti
Recently Warid obtained a USD 500 million loan from ABN AMRO for network expansion. I think it was easier for Warid to get that loan instead of raising funds through taking the company public. Of course by keeping the company private they have a lot more control of how they run their business and they do not have to share profits
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/11/04/10079831.html
November 21, 2006 at 5:50 pm
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December 1, 2006 at 2:52 am
Ghaus Iftikhar
Wateen has 7 million suscribers….
February 7, 2007 at 10:28 pm
tabassum
hi,
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February 15, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Teresa
Hi,
Does anyone knows what is the HQ contact tel of Warid Telecom? It’s website only show a toll-free no. which is not workable outside Pakistan.
Any assistance is very much appreciated.
Teresa
Kuala Lumpur
March 15, 2007 at 5:53 am
Talha
Hi Teresa,
try calling +92 42 5715750. This is the main number and then operator can help getting you through with the required person.
Cheeers
April 18, 2007 at 8:29 am
MUJTABA
sir kindly i would like to know abt the i.t infrastructure of or difernce between i.t infra of ufone and telenore..i would highly appreciate ur help on this …plz reply at
mujtabasharif@hotmail.com
sincerely yours
July 30, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Muhammad ali
hi!
i wanted to know that “Trends”,one of the leading companies in pakistan is starting its franchise in kotli azad kashmir?Is there any contact or connection between “Trends” and “Warid”?thanx.
yours sincerely….
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November 8, 2007 at 6:40 pm
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Dear All
A warm hello to all….
I am the student of MS Computer Science at University of management and technologies. http://www.umt.edu.pk I am going to write a Comparison report of all telecommunication companies working in Pakistan. I visited the all sites of all companies but could not find any technical data regarding to there work, performance, achivements, and future plans. So any one can guide me to find out the maximum material.
Thanks to all