Warid offers discount for Hajj pilgrims

Warid Telecom offers international roaming services to Bangladeshi devotees who are traveling to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year, says a press release.
Under the latest offer, any Warid postpaid customer having an international credit card will be able to enjoy reduced security deposit requirements and lower service charges to avail the international roaming facility during Hajj.
Warid Telecom signed an agreement with United Commercial Bank Ltd recently, under which all international credit card holders of the bank will benefit from such roaming facility by paying Tk 4,000 as security deposit during Hajj. Other international credit card holders will also be able to subscribe international roaming services by paying Tk 5,000 as security deposit.
Currently, a Warid subscriber requires to pay Tk 10,000 as security deposit to avail such services.
Under the agreement, UCBL will also issue international credit cards at discounted rates in favour of Warid subscribers.
Warid Telecom, a subsidiary of UAE-based Abu Dhabi Group, launched commercial operations in Bangladesh in May 2007 as the sixth mobile phone operator. Within a year, the company became the fourth largest operator by acquiring 3.5 million subscribers.