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Ehsan Bayat, an Afghan immigrant and a successful businessman in the United States, began to realize his dream of reconnecting Afghanistan with the wider world in 2001, when Afghanistan started a new phase of development and reconstruction. By December 2001, his U.S. company, Telephone Systems International, Inc. began seeking equipment vendors willing to build a phone system in a country still emerging from more than two decade of war. |
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Afghan Wireless battled logistical problems, political instability, physical insecurity and hours of environmental challenges to launch its service.
Despite hardships, on April 6, 2002, His Excellency Hamid Karzai inaugurated the GSM network with an international call to Germany. The system was launched in a mere seven weeks after the arrival of the first equipment. |
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Today Afghan Wireless connects all major towns and cities in the country and is the only operator to have a microwave backbone covering over 1,650 kilometers. At Afghan Wireless we believe in looking forward constantly, building on our strengths, leveraging the latest technology and becoming more relevant to changing consumer needs. |
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| MILESTONES |
| 2006 May |
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Afghan Wireless extends its network coverage to Paktiya. |
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Afghan Wireless contributes $8,000 to the Ministry of Communications as part of a donation to the Ministry of Health to purchase laboratory equipment for a much needed Dentist Centre in Kabul. |
| 2006 April |
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Afghan Wireless hosts the second Annual Cycle Race in Kabul with more than 750 participants from all over Afghanistan. |
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Afghan Wireless celebrates its 4th Anniversary. |
| 2006 March |
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Afghan Wireless inaugurates the launch of its service in Khost. |
| 2006 January |
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At 3890 meters, Afghan Wireless installs one of the highest GSM Cell Sites in the World in Salang. |
| 2005 December |
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Afghan Wireless extends coverage to 16 Regions. |
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GSM service launches in Samangan. |
| 2005 January |
| 2003 July |
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Afghan Wireless Signs 15-Year GSM Service License. |
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| 2002 December |
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Investment of more than $60 million to-date is largest private investment in the nation's history. |
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More than 6,000 man-days of training provided to Afghan staff to-date. |
| 2002 November |
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GSM service launches in Kandahar. |
| 2002 September |
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GSM service launches in Mazar-i-Sharif. |
| 2002 August |
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GSM service launches in Herat. |
| 2002 July |
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Afghan Wireless opens Afghanistan's 1st Internet café at Intercontinental Hotel, Kabul. |
| 2002 April |
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GSM service launches in Kabul after only 9 weeks, with 4 base stations. |
