Warid Congo

This article is about the mobile network operator in the Republic of Congo. For Warid Telecom International, see Warid Telecom.

Warid Congo SA was a GSM based mobile operator in the Republic of the Congo before its acquisition by Indian telecom company Airtel.^[2] It launched commercial operations on March 14, 2008.^[3]

Warid Congo SA

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Company type	Telecommunication operator
Industry	Telecommunication
Founded	2008
Fate	Acquired by Airtel Congo
Headquarters	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Area served	Brazzaville Pointe – Noire Dolisie Kinkala N’Kayi Madingou Mindouli Loudima Gamboma Ollombo Oyo Ewo Mengo Yamba Ouesso Ngombe Pokola^[1]
Key people	Michel Elame (CEO)
Products	Mobile services Data services Blackberry solution Mobile banking
Website	www.waridtel.cg

Warid Congo is a joint venture between Warid Telecom International and the government of the Congo. At present, Warid is the country's third largest cellular operator having a subscriber base of 1 million with a market share of 17.7%.^[4]

History

Warid Telecom International acquired a GSM based mobile license in January 2008 less than a week after the commercial launch of Warid Uganda.^[5] The company launched commercial service in 11 cities and towns in first phase.

Network

Warid Congo currently uses GSM based GPRS (2.5G) and Edge (2.75G) technologies.

Frequencies used by Warid network

Frequency	Protocol	Class
900 MHz	GSM/GPRS/EDGE	2G, 2.5G, 2.75G

National numbering plan

Warid uses the following numbering scheme:

+242 04 X₁X₂X₃X₄X₅X₆X₇

Where, 242 is the ISD code for the Republic of Congo and is required when dialling outside the country, 04 is the national destination code for Warid allocated by Agence de Régulation des Postes et des Communications Electroniques, Brazzaville. The subscriber number along with national destination code constitute the national significant number and is nine digit long.^[6]

Products and services

Warid Congo offers pay-as-you-go plans. This prepaid service comes with 64K SIM card. Subscribes can call up any local, national, and international telephone numbers. Such plans include Warid basic prepaid offer, Warid Welcome, Baninga friends and family service, and Warid Xpress.

In addition to sending and receiving SMS service, voicemail, voice based messaging service SMS Koza, end call notification on call completion, IVR, and USSD recharge are included in the prepaid base Warid connection. Other value added services such as mobile internet and waiting tone under the brand of WaridNet and WaridMusik can also be availed.

Mobile banking

In February 2012, Warid Congo announced the launch of Warid Mobicash over its network. Mobicash service facilitates customers to have money transaction even more secure. Moreover, payments can be transferred through the mobile phones and this service is available on all models of mobile phones and carriers. This is simple service, easy to use and open to everyone with no complications to download software and no restrictions for registration.^[7][8]

References

1. Warid Tel website ^{[dead link]}
2. "Airtel acquires Warid Group's Congo operations". 5 November 2013.
3. Company description g2mi.com
4. "Bharti Airtel to buy Warid's Congo operations". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
5. Walter Wafula (17 January 2008). "Congo-Brazzaville: Warid Telecom Launches". The Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 16 August 2017 – via allAfrica.
6. "Congo (Rep. of the)". www.itu.int. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
7. MobiCash. "Warid Congo launches Warid Mobicash". PRLog. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
8. "Warid Congo launches Mobicash | IT News Africa – Africa's Technology News Leader". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

External links

• Official website