Warid Bangladesh

This article is about the mobile network operator in Bangladesh. For Warid Telecom International, see Warid Telecom.
Warid Telecom
Native name
ওয়ারিদ টেলিকম
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunication
FoundedDecember 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12)
DefunctDecember 20, 2010 (2010-12-20)
FateRebranded to Airtel[1]
SuccessorAirtel Bangladesh & Then Airtel Bangladesh merged into Robi Axiata Limited
HeadquartersHouse 34, Road 19/A, Banani,
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Key people
[2][3]
ProductsTelephony, EDGE, GSM
ParentWarid Telecom
Websitewaridtel.com.bd

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 on May 10, 2007.[citation needed]

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.[4]

  1. ^ "Bharti to roll out 3G in Bangladesh, rebrand ops". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  2. ^ "Warid rising". ITP.net. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  3. ^ "Interview: Muneer Farooqui, CEO, Warid Telecom". Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  4. ^ "Bharti Airtel acquires Bangladesh's Warid Telecom". IBNLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.