Network expansion: Wateen starts services in Pakpattan

Wateen says addition of Pakpattan to WiMax comes as part of company’s collaboration with Universal Services Fund.

LAHORE: Wateen Telecom, a leading converged communications service provider, has announced commencement of its services in Pakpattan, Punjab. Wateen, which is fast expanding its network of services, says in a press release that the addition of Pakpattan to the WiMax network comes as part of the company’s collaboration with Universal Services Fund (USF). Through USF, Wateen says it offers discounts to subscribers in areas where internet penetration is low. The company is already working with USF on four broadband and three optical fibre projects in underserved areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab, with subsidies worth a total of Rs2.8 billion. Wateen Telecom CEO Naeem Zamindar said, “The addition of Pakpattan is part of Wateen’s mission to provide internet connectivity to every single Pakistani.”

Published in The Express Tribune, April 11^th, 2012.