Wateen Telecom, once lauded as having established the world’s largest WiMAX network, has been facing a lot of bad press and technical issues lately.
Firstly, their WiMAX service has become even less reliable. Their customer database has been reset quite a few times in the last year and as of now, I can’t even connect to their network despite having great signal quality.
Secondly, they have been accused of hiring writers to post comment spam on prominent blogs and use shady tactics to promote their service. There is an interesting discussion about it on Green & White.
This could be quite a setback for Wateen which was considered Pakistan’s first consumer-level Wimax service provider. Though Mobilink Infinity is limited to Karachi as of now, it must be eating into Wateen’s share in Pakistan’s biggest market.
Looking at Wi-Tribe’s success in other countries and the amount of investment they are putting in to their operations, they could very well give Wateen a run for its money. It’s time for Wateen to buck up or prepare to lose it all.
