warid

Warid (Arabic: وريد‎ Urdu: وارد‎) was a GSM, HSPA+ and LTE based mobile operator in Pakistan. It was the seventh mobile carrier to enter the Pakistani market. It commenced commercial operations in May 23, 2005 by the Abu Dhabi Group, a business conglomerate in the Middle East and a major investor in Pakistan. It was the first venture of the group in the field of Telecommunication.Warid was Pakistan’s fourth largest GSM mobile service provider and fifth largest mobile service in terms of subscriber base of over 12.9 million.</ref> It has a market share of 9% among cellular operators.On November 26, 2015 VimpelCom and Dhabi Group agreed to merge Mobilink and Warid into a single company. On January 6, 2017 the combined CEO of Mobilink and Warid announced the launch of new brand Jazz. Mobilink ceased to exist on January 10, 2017 whereas Warid as a brand continued for a year.

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