Wateen Telecom

Wateen Telecom Ltd.

Type	Public Limited
Industry	Telecommunication
Founded	2005
Founder	Dhabi Group
Headquarters	Lahore, Pakistan
Area served	Nationwide (Pakistan)
Key people	Rizwan Tiwana (Chief Executive) Muhammad Aaqib Zulfiqar (Chief Financial Officer) Tahir Hameed (Chief Commercial Officer)
Products	Fixedline telephony Broadband internet Fibre-optic communication IT services
Owner	Warid Telecom International
Number of employees	More than 700
Parent	Warid Telecom International
Website	www.wateen.com

Wateen Telecom is a converged communication services provider based in Lahore, Pakistan, and is a sister concern of Warid Telecom. The company was incorporated in 2005 and began its operations in 2007 with the deployment of the largest fibre optic network in the country. Moreover, Wateen is the world’s first company to commercially roll out a WiMAX network on a nationwide scale. Wateen was recently ranked as the #1 wireless broadband service provider by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and won the Consumer Choice Award for the "Best Internet Service Provider".

Wateen Telecom delivers Internet, voice, multimedia, and enterprise Solutions. The company's strategic importance can be gauged by the fact that Wateen laid a Fiberoptic Cable Network stretching from Karachi to Torkhum having the potential to connect Pakistan regionally with Afghanistan, Iran and India. Wateen currently provides its services to over 250,000 WiMAX subscribers and enterprise solutions along with data services to over 200 leading organizations. Its cable network reaches over 125,000 households in the cities of Lahore and Multan.

Wateen Telecom is formed under the auspices of the Abu Dhabi Group; one of the leading business corporations in the Middle East and one of the biggest foreign investors in Pakistan. Initially in 2007, the company was set up as a "carrier's-carrier" providing a fine fibre optic network to mobile companies and offering long distance and telephony services. In areas where Wateen did not have a fiber network, it offered carriers connectivity through VSAT.