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Warid Telecom signs five agreements
ISLAMABAD, May 12 : Warid Telecom, Pakistan's premier upcoming cellular operators signed five agreements with Nokia, Chimera, Huawei Technologies Pakistan, Ericsson and Frontier Works Organisation here on Thursday.
Under the agreement, Nokia will supply mobile devices to Warid for consumers use in Pakistan. Chimera will provide Warid with after sales services.
Huawei Technologies will supply, install and commission a state of the art SDH/DWDM network for Wateen Telecom's nation-wide optical transmission network.
Ericsson will provide a complete turnkey GSM/GPRS solution comprising the supply of core and radio network equipment as well as a comprehensive range of telecom service.
The agreement with Ericsson for the expansion of its Phase I GSM/GPRS network under a Managed Services contact. This will take Warid Telecom's network into more cities and enable the network to support 3.5 million subscribers. Phase I of Warid Telecom's network is capable of supporting 1.5 million subscribers covering 28 major cities.
The Frontier Works Organization will provide local expertise in Pakistan. It will roll-out 5000 kilometers of Optic Fiber Cable nation-wide.
Chairman, WARID Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan witnessed the signing ceremony.