Pakistan Gets ‘World’s Largest’ WiMAX Network

Wateen WiMAX Motorola Deploys WiMAX for Wateen Telecom-Pakistan in Major Cities in Nine Months
3GSM World Congress 2007 – 13 February 2007– Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced that it has deployed Wateen Telecom’s WiMAX network in 17 major cities across Pakistan, including Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. The two companies have also carried out end-to-end voice and data calls over the network.

Wateen Telecom, part of Warid Telecom International, is using Motorola’s WiMAX technology to provide wireless fixed broadband data services for residential and corporate use. The WiMAX network is a crucial part of Wateen Telecom’s vision to create a world class communications network in Pakistan as it provides a cost effective and fast-to-deploy broadband solution.

Just nine months after the contract was awarded, Motorola has designed, supplied and deployed its WiMAX infrastructure, utilising IMS core technology in preparation for Wateen to offer voice, data, Internet and multimedia services to its subscribers.

“We set ourselves very ambitious targets and timelines,” says Tariq Malik, chief executive officer, Wateen Telecom. “Having Motorola design, supply and deploy our WiMAX network has given us a world class network in minimal time. At the same time, we have been able to focus on building other parts of our business. Similarly Motorola is taking control of the network on our behalf under a managed services contract.”

“Wateen Telecom provides a great example of how the cost effectiveness and speed of deployment offered by WiMAX allows a competitive carrier to quickly build a wireless broadband network,” says Jose Figueroa, corporate vice president, Motorola Networks & Enterprise. “It also demonstrates how an emerging country can leapfrog directly to innovative next-generation technology, and smoothly deploy a cutting edge communications infrastructure.”

Motorola’s WiMAX solutions are designed to support fixed, portable, nomadic and mobile applications. The WiMAX access points, customer premises equipment and mobile WiMAX chipsets under development for use in Motorola’s devices are part of the MOTOwi4™ portfolio of solutions that complement and complete wireless broadband networks. For more information on Motorola’s wi4 WiMAX and MOTOwi4 solutions, please visit: www.motorola.com/wi4

A portion of the purchase price associated with this deployment will be financed by Motorola.

About Wateen

Wateen Telecom is the Abu Dhabi Group’s latest communication investment in Pakistan, after the successful launch of Warid Telecom in Pakistan which provides mobile GSM services to almost 8 million customers in less than two years. Wateen Telecom is set up to become a technology leader by making “True Broadband Pakistan” a reality, and by providing quality, reliability and affordability in the communication sector bringing the next generation services at customer’s doorstep…today!. By virtue of its 5000+ KM long haul optical fiber, metro optical fibre rings and FTTX, wireless broadband network, data centres and tele-housing facilities, Wateen offers total communication solutions including domestic and international voice services, video conferencing/video telephony, true broadband Internet and data connectivity, DVD quality TV viewing and VAS such as Video security and surveillance and Interactive gaming, for corporate, business and residential customers. Wateen also provides telecom infrastructure to cable, cellular, ISPs, calling card and payphone partner companies. For more information about the company, please visit www.wateen.com.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of seamless mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you connect simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering “must have” products, “must do” experiences and powerful networks — along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $42.9 billion in 2006. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit www.motorola.com.

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13 Responses to “Pakistan Gets ‘World’s Largest’ WiMAX Network”

Ahmad on 19 Dec 2007 at 2:11 am #

Really Happy About it

Faheem on 29 Feb 2008 at 3:07 pm #

thats all lie…

WATEEN IS PROVIDING BULL SHIT..

there services are worst than PTCL..

em using there wimax since 2 months now.. and there was not a single day when i never called there support for some prob..
and NONE of the issue is resolved so far.. in 2 months..

there customer support can get the WORST SUPPORT EVER award.. for sure..

they will never let you talk to any supervisor, so that you can never solve your issue..
there is no contact on there site for any supervisor..

and guess what… em right behind there HEAD OFFICE in GULBERG LAHORE… New Origa center..

see what.. if a person sitting right on there ass get this kind of services.. what will other get.. ?

and funny thing… its just WIMAX to cost you a lil more.. other than that.. its nothing.. believe me PTCL is better than these guys..

they will never tell you on time of purhase that you can not carry it to any other location.. FUNNY HAN !! but TRUE… its called wimax.. wireless blah blah.. but you cant take it to your home.. otheriwse.. you will start getting shit any time.. and no excuse for that..

2nd.. its not working in every area… you gona face looooooots of signal issues as well..

yes but there trial … oo man.. its cool.. but when you pay… its SHIT..

I paied 4450 for the first month.. and got a bundel of bullshit from wateen, with lots of smelly stuff in bonus..

and see in 2 months… they can unable to provide me ONE satisfactory day.. and unable to resolve my issues, and unable to even issue me a telephone number..

Ahmad on 03 Mar 2008 at 7:10 pm #

Faheem I agree with you,
100% same thing happening with me…I am also thinking of writing of post about reality of wateen performance untill now for consumers.
Thanks
-Ahmad

fahim chaudhary on 25 Mar 2008 at 8:13 pm #

Mr.Faheem ,
are you using wateen wimax ? do you know about wimax what is wimax ? infact you people think about mony saving but you are not thinking about technology. you people talks every time bullshit.contact with any relaible person who can breif you about wimax.i am using wateen wimax i had given regular price with out any discount.i am satisfied by using wateen wimax.acctually you people have lake of knolodge about technology.i advise that you people should have use cpoer link do you know what is coper link ? that is dial up connection.you people think about price. bhai yeh koi dodh ki dokan nahi ha yeh technology ha.technology ka patta nahi aur chale hein engineer banane.

fahim chaudhary on 25 Mar 2008 at 8:17 pm #

you had paid only 4450 my dear beta wimax ka rate international to dekh.4450 bullshit

Ahmad on 15 Apr 2008 at 1:38 am #

Hi Fahim chaudhary,

Its not about technology its about service and quality may be you don’t these things, better for you to use this shit and I have paid about 20,000 Rupee.

Thanks.
-Ahmad

Salman on 25 Apr 2008 at 11:23 pm #

PTCL Broadband is the best !

John Doe on 15 May 2008 at 11:43 pm #

Wateen and Warid are part of the same group of comapnies. Warid is the biggest daicot on the face of this planet. Their customer support is the worst ive ever encountered.Same is the story with Wateen. I applied for a connection and couldnt get my CPE for a week. Eventhough my friend got it in 3 days. So i phoned customer support.
Cs:Hello imran speaking how may i help you?
Me:um well i didnt get my CPE blah blah blah
Cs:I m sorry that’s not an issue i can handle. I ‘ll transfer you to harris.He ‘ll do it.
Me:Ok
Cs:hello this is harris speaking . How may i help you?
Me:(same old rant.)
Cs:im sorry. I will get you through to the concerned authority.

And the story continued. I talked to 10 different people all with somewhat the same answers. So in the end i told them to shove thier connection where the sun dont shine.I m buyin MBL.
Moral: Never trust a pakistani company whose name starts with W and deals in telecom, not to mention that it’s from the U.A.E.

Ahmad on 20 May 2008 at 3:34 am #

Thanks for sharing your expirence
-Ahmad

Detroit on 23 May 2008 at 1:20 pm #

We are what we repeatedly do.

Arshad on 28 May 2008 at 2:42 pm #

Wimax Technology is good. However I have to agree that wateen support is not yet organized. I got my connection in Karachi with in a week. And so far working ok even with 512k shared package browsing is fast.

Arshad on 28 May 2008 at 2:49 pm #

One thing I have noticed if you are using indoor CPE unit and getting poor signal, though it is suggested that both antenna should be lifted up, I found best signal having right antenna up and left antenna in the middle or below middle position (try different position and see if signal get boosted).

danish on 29 May 2008 at 6:45 pm #

yes wateen is absalutly bakwass service i m using wateen scince they start but i always signals prob and they said ur issue is solve with in 10 to 15 days but now there is 7 month spend but i can not get any solution ohhh and wateen coustamer service is vvvvbakwas they always lie and world worst custamer service in the world

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