Wateen Launches WiMAX Nationwide for Consumers on the 16th of December!
submitted 1 year 6 months 3 hours ago by: KashifM. : 23 comments
Lahore, Pakistan, December 15th, 2007: Wateen Telecom, an Abu Dhabi
Group venture in Pakistan, will be launching its WiMAX and HFC services
for the consumer markets tomorrow. The launch will allow Wateen
customers to have voice, telephony and broadband internet.
Wateen Telecom has been working on establishing a wireless network
infrastructure since early 2006, and installed the network in early
2007. Their WiMAX service is a major breakthrough in the Pakistani
broadband market as it will be a fast and cost-effective alternative to
existing broadband services.
The development of the network has been carried out by Motorola, and
is the largest WiMAX network ever installed. The project is a milestone
for both the companies, as well as the nation, as it is expected to
herald a broadband revolution in Pakistan, catering to more than one
million users.
Tariq Malik, CEO, Wateen Telecom, “We are providing Pakistani
consumers with complete communication solutions. Services such as high
speed broadband internet and voice telephony will have a direct impact
on the number of broadband users online. We are contributing to the
growing market.”
Wateen Telecom’s launch is Pakistan’s first and the world’s largest
WiMAX deployment. The team is confident of the market’s growth and of
the long term benefits these services and solutions will bring to
Pakistan.
For more details, please log onto http://www.wateen.com/
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.
Comments
I hope they also keep the prices reasonable.
i am still doubtfull of there launch......... & the quality of there service
Well, I went through the Tarrifs they've put up on their website. Considering that its a new technology, it is relatively pricey, but if it works good enough, I'm willing to pay.
Can somebody help me understand the pricing in simple terms? Am a bit confused...
From this: http://www.wateen.com/HomeUsers.aspx?HomeTreeID=16 , I understand that a 512K with 4GB limit would cost Rs. 1,050 only. Is this per month? Have I interpreted the table correctly?
Yes Badar sahab, its the monthly cost, but you also have to pay for the cpe.. wateen is asking rs.8,499 for it if you pay in one go, along with the rs. 1050 for the monthly bandwidth..
Not bad at all... Can somebody do a comparative analysis with WorldCall and other broadband service providers... That would help build a WiMAX case to home and business users alike.
Yes it would. Personally, the first plus point I see in Wateen's WiMax is its coverage. They said that they are covering every major city. So hopefully I should be able to get a connection here as Worldcall hasn't laid down fibre optic cables here in my area.
Is it launched country wide as yet, or only in Lahore? WHat about the testing units delpoyed at various customer locations to test the service. Wuld they still be operational or do they have to pay now !
Test units are DEAD....... but i guess there should be options to test there service for home connection, i am still unsure if i should get it or not and another concern is data limit i really hate that ....
i heard about wateen and went to customer center in sialkot. they gave me a package deal...
18000 PKR for 1 year subscription for 512 kbps Unlimited bandiwdth and the 1st month starts from 1 feb.... so i can enjoy it free of cost of one month :)
I will still have to pay the 1000 pkr installation charges and 500 pkr as a security deposit... i think that is not bad at all...
the guys are hoking up their demo system which will be up n running tonight ,,,and also a guy will visit my office tomorow to give me a live demo in my office, which will help me to evaluate it better...
Hi Umer Farooq, Im from lahore. You said in ur last post that a guy from wateen will visit your office to give a live demo of their WiMax connection. Can u please inform me how did you find it? Is it worth the package? How much transfer rate of downloading/uploading did u observe?
Your findings will be very helpful for all of us! thnx
i am using wateen bundle package 512kbps. It is a good package but facing signal problem I am recieving signals on my home roof but not recieving signals inside my home. I hope wateen solve this problem very soon.
Hamid Sahib, I am sitting at Wateen's office in Lahore right now. I suggest you call up the customer services number and tell them what your complaint is. I'm sure they'll help you out.
Regards,
Kashif M.
Sorry, I misspelt your name.. Hameed Sahib.
I contact wateen sales man for this He said to me wait for few days we are upgrading our signals strength or buy a jupiter for this. Jupiter is expensive. So at the moment i pace my modem on my roofand using and waiting when your company upgrade your signal strength.
Thanks for your quick response Kashif Sahib
I bought Wateen device four
months ago. I am among the pioneer
members who purchased this.
I think the word dissatisfaction
is very small to represent my comments for Wateen. It is such a nonsense
service that this company is providing to the people. No signals are there in
the device, when I call the customer service, they just start stories of here
and there, finally they send a representative who comes, opens his testing
devices and then say, “Sir I think there
is some problems of signal, give us 48 hours, your service will be ok”. So
many 48 hours have passed but there is no solution to my problems.
I have been facing a huge financial
loss daily, as my foreign clients are being disturbed due to non-availability
of internet. This is also causing a bad impact on my reputation as well as the
reputation of Pakistan internationally.
It is requested to take immediate
action against this complaint, otherwise I will have no way but to go for some
legal action against this looting company, who just attract the people and has
no service at all.
Wateen is Shit
i purchase wateen bundle offer and ur reprisentative said that it will work all over the Pakistan. i buy this device from multan and when i check it in lahore i m sorry to say that it was not working overthere. please explain
Muhammad Nisar
Service Manager
Hundai Multan Motors
I was bitten by wateen, when I bought its wimax service.
from that time, I am still feel teasing on my head.
Can anyone tell me how can I get rid of Wateen's Bite.
Wateen_Bite
What kind of problem are you facing. i also wimax user and facing signal problems but i solve this myself. you can email me freely on my email assif10@yahoo.co.uk
THE FUTUTE IS WATEEN.......
Wateen claims that it has introduced WiMax in certain cities of
Pakistan. I think their statement is misleading. If you visit their
'Coverage' page on their website, you will get the impression that it
has implemented WiMax in all parts of Karachi. Their content is
misleading. They are providing WiMax in certain areas in Karachi.
It is strange to note that officials who are responsible to oversee
these things are not paying attention to deception. Wateen must specify
the areas where it has installed its systems on their corporate website.
Wateen CEO received 10 million $ from mobilink to slow down the operations...
What a silly claim, analyzer.
They can make millions more by expanding operations why would they settle for millions less. That's similar to the silly argument propagated that Pakistan does not drill for oil because it has signed a contract with Iran to not do so!