Emirates’ firm to launch telecom services in Pakistan next year

New licence cell-phone company WARID telecom will start its operation in Pakistan from the beginning of year 2005, said Chairman Warid Telecom and UAE Minister Shiekh Nahayan Mubarak Al-Nayhayan, says a news report.

Sheikh Al-Nayhayan, who is also the chairman United Bank Limited, Bank Alflah and the minister for higher technology of the UAE was speaking to reporters at States Guest House in connection with signing ceremony of finalising the strategic alliance with WARID and Ericsson telecom here on Sunday. Under the strategic alliance agreement, Ericsson would provide Warid telecom a complete turnkey state of the art network GSM solution, which encompasses the supply of core and radio network equipment, network design, rollout as well as professional services like full network operations and maintenance…