Warid Bangladesh
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Native name
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ওয়ারিদ টেলিকম |
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| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Fate | Rebranded to Airtel |
| Successor | Airtel Bangladesh |
| Founded | December 2005 |
| Defunct | December 20, 2010 |
| Headquarters | House 34, Road 19/A, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Products | Telephony, EDGE, GSM |
| Parent | Warid Telecom |
| Website | waridtel |
Warid (Arabic: وريد Bengali: ওয়ারিদ) was a GSM based mobile network operator in Bangladesh. It entered into Bangladeshi telecommunication industry as the sixth mobile carrier. It commenced commercial operations in May 10, 2007.
Warid Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Group, offered mobile telephony service with a subscriber base of over 2.9 million in Bangladesh.
In December 2005, Warid Telecom International LLC, an Abu Dhabi based consortium paid US $50 million to obtain a GSM license from the BTRC and became the sixth mobile phone operator in Bangladesh.
In a press conference on August 17, 2006, Warid announced that its network would be activated two months ahead of schedule, in October 2006. In October 2006, Warid Telecom put off the launch of its cellphone services in Bangladesh until April 2007 after its major supplier Nokia walked out on an agreement over a payment dispute.
Warid had a soft launch at the end of January 2007. It gave away complimentary subscriptions among a selected group of individuals to make test calls and the operator adjusted its network's quality based on their comments.
On April 14, 2007, that marked Pohela Boishakh Warid Bangladesh kicked off its advertisement campaign titled Salam Bangladesh Salam. A few days later on the April 29, the official website was launched.
On May 9, 2007, Warid in an advertisement in major daily newspapers stated that it would be launching commercially on May 10, 2007. However, tariff details were not revealed. The advertisement included an announcement for the people interested in buying Warid connections to bring documents such as ID Card to the designated franchise and customer care centres.
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