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Warid launches 'Smart' services for customers

Sunday, 27 December 2009


FE Report
Warid, a mobile operator in the country, launched Thursday 'Smart' value added services (VAS) for the customers with the aim of providing a variety of features fulfilling their communication requirements.
"Warid offers a wide range of 17 infotainment VAS for its rapidly growing customers," Marius M Voinea, chief commercial officer of the company, said while introducing the campaign in the city.
The services included ring tones, songs, news updates, stock alert, missed call alert, call block, travel and beauty tips to mobile internet for the customers, Abraham Kaikobad, senior manager of Warid explained.
To promote the smart VAS, the mobile operator company started 17 television commercials using Bengali films to promote the selected services.
In the first phase, the company will promote Smart VAS which includes yellow pages, ring tones, missed call alert, stock alert and caller tunes.
The tariffs for caller tunes is Tk 13 per month and each download Tk 10, stock alert Tk 75 for 15 days, yellow page Tk 5 per minute, missed call alert Tk 10 each download and ring tones Tk 5 to Tk 15 per download.
Muneer Farooqui, chief executive officer of Warid; Mustafa Sarwar Farooqui, filmmaker, actors Mosharraf Karim and Sadika Parvin Popy, among others, were present in the programme.