Warid Congo SA was a GSM based mobile operator in the
Republic of the Congo before its acquisition by Indian telecom company
Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as (d/b/a) Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Current ...
. It launched commercial operations on March 14, 2008.
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%.
History
Warid Telecom International acquired a
GSM
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation ( 2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such ...
based mobile license in January 2008 less than a week after the commercial launch of Warid Uganda. 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.
National numbering plan
Warid uses the following numbering scheme:
+242 04 X
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7
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.
Products and services
Warid Congo offers
pay-as-you-go
Pay as you go or PAYG may refer to:
Finance
* Pay-as-you-go tax, or pay-as-you-earn tax
* Pay-as-you-go pension plan
* PAYGO, the practice in the US of financing expenditures with current funds rather than borrowing
* PAUG, a structured financia ...
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
Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...
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.
References
External links
* {{Official website, waridtel.cg
Telecommunications companies of the Republic of the Congo
Telecommunications-related introductions in 2008
Organisations based in Brazzaville
Warid Telecom