Warid Telecom setting standards with the WTI CIO Forum! The event will be held at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, from 17th to 19th March, 2008.

Wateen Telecom and Warid Telecom under the Warid Telecom International umbrella are quickly evolving as major players in the emerging markets of South Asia, Africa and now Eastern Europe. With five live networks in four countries offering comprehensive telecom solutions between the two giants, they now enjoy strategic positions in the regional telecom space. The exponential growth and addition of complex set of services also poses CIOs with a number of challenges. Effective use of technology, alignment with business goals, standardization and recognition of emerging trends are just some of these challenges.

WTI CIO Forum has been created to address these challenges. The main objective of this forum is to bring together the IT management from across the group to share their experiences, discuss the technology roadmap, talk about various emerging industry trends and try to leverage a synergy that exists in various projects and operations. The first meeting of this forum will be held this year in Lahore, Pakistan.

Along with other top-level industry executives from major companies, Mr. Marwan Zawaydeh, Board of Director and CEO of Warid Telecom, Mr. Salman Khurram, Head of IT at Wateen Telecom, and Mr. Mohammad Ali, GM IT Warid Telecom, will be speaking at the forum. The forum partners include International Turnkey Systems, TechAccess, and Cisco. The event has been organized as a perspective sharing platform for emerging trends and challenges relating to information and communication technology.

The event is being considered as one of the most groundbreaking events of the country with some of the most influential executives attending from all over the country.

For more information about the event, please visit www.waridtel.com/cio-forum.

About Wateen Telecom

Wateen Telecom is the Abu Dhabi Group's latest venture in Pakistan. After the successful launch of Warid Telecom in Pakistan, which has a subscriber base of over 10 million customers in 145 cities, Wateen Telecom has been set up to become the leading "Carrier's Carrier" providing services based on quality, reliability and affordability in the communication and media sector. Wateen is committed to bring Next Generation services to your doorstep... today.

For more information about the company, please visit www.wateen.com.

About Warid Telecom

Warid Telecom is the fastest growing GSM mobile company in Pakistan with over 13 million subscribers and coverage in more than 180 cities all over Pakistan. As per company policy, Warid Telecom's cities are only included as a coverage destination when cell sites along with a fully functional sales and service center or franchise is operational in the area. This results in premium connectivity and the optimal experience for our loyal users.

Abu Dhabi group's other successful investments in Pakistan besides Warid Telecom include Bank Alfalah, United Bank Limited, Taavun, Wateen Telecom and Raseen. The group has successfully launched its services in Bangladesh in May 2007 and also acquired licenses in Congo-Brazzaville and Uganda and is preparing to launch its operations for these two markets in the last quarter of 2007. Also, there are plans in place to launch services in the Ivory Coast soon.

For more information about Warid, please visit www.waridtel.com.