Kabul, Afghanistan—April 26^th, 2016—The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (www.afghan-wireless.com), Afghanistan’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice, data, Internet and mobile payment services to over 4,000,000 consumers and businesses, announced the expansion of its 3.75G+ high-speed network service to Baghlan-E-Jaheed Province, and its Capitol City of Poli-Khumri.

Afghan Wireless’ 3.75G+ service, which is the nation’s fastest and most technologically advanced communications network, is now available in thirteen provinces: Kabul, Kandahar, Helmand, Jalalabad, Kunar, Laghman, Farah, Konduz, Badakhshan, Takhar Nimroz, Zabul, Poli-Khumri & Baghlan-E-Jadeed.

AWCC celebrated the launch of its Baghlan Province 3.75G+ service with an official reception and formal ceremony, which was held in Poli-Khumri. The ceremony, hosted by Mr. Amin Ramin, the Managing Director of Afghan Wireless, was also attended by The Governor of Baghlan Province, Mr. Abdul Satar Barez, Dr. Safdar Muhsini, Provincial Council Director, other governmental officials, community elders and university students.

“Afghan Wireless provides our compatriots with the latest and most effective technical facilities for delivering the best services,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, AWCC’s Managing Director. “We will deliver and launch the global class third generation internet or 3.75G+ broadband service to all cities of this province as well as to other major cities of the country in near future by the help of you people, to enable our fellow citizens, to enjoy the benefits of these services, as well,” Mr. Amin said.

Mr. Amin’s remarks also emphasized AWCC’s commitment to the people of Baghlan, through the Company’s creation of jobs for local residents and the donation by AWCC of thousands of books to the University of Baghlan.

Following his remarks, Mr. Amin was presented with Letters of Appreciation from the community elders of Baghlan Province, and the Baghlan Environmental Protection Directorate, in recognition of AWCC’s support Four Thousand Plants initiative.

Governor Barez, in his remarks to the audience, said, “Afghan Wireless Communication Company has provided job opportunities to a large number of Afghans, in addition to its Telecommunication services in the country.” Governor Barez called Afghan Wireless an ‘Icon’ of service to the Afghan people. Additional comments from Dr. Safdar Muhsini and Ms. Omera Khan, Province Information and Culture Director, also emphasized the positive impact of AWCC’s presence in Baghlan Province.

The continued expansion of AWCC’s 3.75G+ high-speed network, in conjunction with AWCC’s other business activities, illustrates the Company’s deep commitment to Afghanistan’s economic growth and progress. Afghan Wireless, as the nation’s largest private employer, provides employment to more than 6,000 Afghans through its direct operations and to more than 100,000 other Afghan citizens through its ecosystem of dealers and vendors.

About Afghan Wireless:

The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Banking Services to more than four million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Bringing Health, Healing and Hope to the neediest of our fellow Afghans, were the three powerful and heartfelt reasons which inspired my family and I to establish The Bayat Foundation in 2006. Last month, from April 18^th to April 20^th, The Bayat Foundation, in partnership with with our friends at The Starkey Hearing Foundation (www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org), was privileged to join a three day medical mission which brought Hope, Healing—and the gift of Hearing—to the people of the Dominican Republic.

In Afghanistan, both of our organizations have worked together, side by side, on two hearing care missions which have restored the hearing of 2,479 Afghans. I was determined that our contribution to this newest hearing care mission would demonstrate just how much we appreciated their work in Afghanistan—and our support of Starkey’s commitment to help people in need everywhere. So, my daughter Leah and I joined the group of Bayat Foundation volunteers who assisted the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s team of seasoned, strong and exceptional hearing health specialists.

Our hearing care mission took place in Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros, the two largest cities in the Dominican Republic. Our combined Bayat-Starkey hearing care team worked with unyielding determination to help every person who came to the mobile hearing care stations, seeking a cure for their deafness or hearing loss.

Every patient we worked with represented the beautiful and diverse history of the Dominican Republic, and embodied a range of ages—from one year to 115 (!) years old. Approximately 29% of the people we assisted had suffered hearing loss at birth, while over one-third of our patients didn’t know the reasons for their hearing loss.

Our combined Bayat-Starkey hearing care team was able to provide the gift of hearing to 1,200 people living in Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros. Leah and I felt happy—and humbled—that our efforts had helped so many people hear—many, for the first time in their lives.

Yet, despite the progress we were able to make, everyone involved with the hearing care mission realized that there are millions of people around the world who need the kind of exceptional hearing medical care that the Starkey Hearing Foundation provides—and the Bayat Foundation is honored to support. More than 360 million people throughout the world are affected by deafness or hearing loss. And this sad, staggering and sobering statistic includes thousands of our fellow Afghans.

In late 2016, The Bayat Foundation and the Starkey Hearing Foundation will join together and launch our third annual Afghanistan Hearing Care Mission. Last year, our Afghanistan Hearing Care Mission restored the hearing of 1,544 children and adults living in Kabul, Herat and Balkh Provinces. This year, The Bayat Foundation and the Starkey Hearing Foundation, working together, are focused on one goal: we are determined to provide Hearing—and Hope for a better life—to every person who seeks our assistance, here in Afghanistan, and around the world.

Until next time,

Ehsan

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Founder and CEO, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)Founder and CEO, Ariana Television and Radio (ATN)

Founder, Bayat Foundation

Founder of Afghan Wireless, Ariana Television and Radio, Bayat Energy and The Bayat Foundation Honored For Transformative Contributions to Afghanistan’s Economic and Social Development

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., May 23, 2016  — The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), Afghanistan’s largest private Communications, Media and Energy Company, announced today that the Company’s Founder and Chairman, Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat, will receive the 2016 Alumni Achievement Award from The New Jersey Institute of Technology (www.njit.edu), one of America’s most prestigious Polytechnic Universities, which is also ranked among the top 25 Public Colleges in the United States.

The NJIT Alumni Achievement Award recognizes members of the NJIT community who have made exceptional contributions in the areas of Social, Educational and Technical projects.  Dr. Bayat, a proud alumnus of NJIT’s Class of 1986, earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology.

“I am honored to receive NJIT’s 2016 Alumni Achievement Award,” said Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat. “My studies at NJIT helped transform my curiosity about wireless communications and technology into an amazing and rewarding career through which I have been able to serve millions of people across Afghanistan. I truly have had the opportunity to apply technology to connect, benefit, and engage with a nation – and the world itself – and I will always be grateful for the opportunity that my degree from NJIT has given me to build a successful Company.”

The Bayat Group of Companies, led by Dr. Bayat, has contributed powerful, positive and permanent progress to the economic and social development of all Afghans.  For example, Afghan Wireless (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first wireless company, provides world-class communications services to more than 4,000,000 subscribers across all of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.  Broadcast programming from Ariana Television and Radio (www.arianatelevision.com), Afghanistan’s largest private media group, reaches an audience of more than 20,000,000 Afghans.  Hospitals established by the Bayat Foundation (www.bayatfoundation.org) have provided life saving healthcare to 1,500,000 Afghan women and children, and brought the gift of hearing to more than 2,000 hearing impaired Afghan children through its annual hearing aid missions.

NJIT conferred the 2016 Alumni Achievement Award to Dr. Bayat and other 2016 Award Recipients at a ceremony on NJIT’s Newark, NJ Campus on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 5:00PM.

ABOUT THE BAYAT GROUP:

The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), is Afghanistan’s largest private diversified services company, comprising Media and Telecoms (Afghan Wireless, Ariana TV and Radio); Energy and Mining (Bayat Energy); and Construction. The Bayat Foundation (www.bayatfoundation.org) is also amongst the most active and generous private charitable organizations in the nation.  The Bayat Group’s diverse and successful activities within Afghanistan illustrate the Company’s deep commitment to Afghanistan’s economic growth and progress. As the nation’s largest private employer, The Bayat Group employs nearly 6,000 Afghans directly, and indirectly provides employment to more than 100,000 Afghan citizens through the strategic relationships the Company enjoys with its ecosystem of Afghan based dealers and vendors.

Kabul, Afghanistan — May 30, 2016 — Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice and data services to over 4,000,000 consumers and businesses, announced the launch of nine new service innovations, which will provide AWCC’s business and consumer clients with faster communications and a greatly expanded range of Internet access plans, entertainment and SMS applications.

AWCC Top Sim:

Celebrated in song by Shahzad Adeel, AWCC Brand Ambassador and popular musical artist, AWCC’s Top Sim service provides Afghan Wireless customers with a range of options, including In-Network calls for the low rate of 1AFN per minute, and Out of Network calls for just 2AFN per minute. Top Sim users also have access to 4.90AFN International calling plans that can be valid in the following countries: Pakistan, India, China, USA, Canada, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Germany (Landline Only), UK (Landline Only), Singapore and Hong Kong.

Top Sim can be purchased from any Afghan Wireless Brand Shop.

AWCC Minutes Packages: Maximum Minutes, Minimum Costs:

Now, our Afghan Wireless Prepaid customers can purchase new Daily or Monthly Minute Plans. AWCC’s Daily Minute Plans offer 75 minutes of calling time for 25AFN, while AWCC’s Monthly Pack provides 6000 minutes of In-Network airtime for 499AFN. Customers can purchase Daily Minute Packages by dialing *233*1*1 and Monthly Minute Packages by dialing *233*2*1# from their Afghan Wireless device.

AWCC Night Surf Bundles:

Customers can purchase AWCC’s Night Surf Internet Bundles, and enjoy 1GB of high speed Internet service for only 20 AFN. AWCC’s Night Surf Service features auto-renewals and is available to all Afghan Wireless Prepaid customers. Customers can opt-in for AWCC’s Night Surf Bundles promotion by texting ‘N1GB,’ to 151 from their Afghan Wireless number.

Prepaid Data Roaming:

AWCC’s Prepaid clients will now be able to use their data plans in ten countries, for as little as 3AFN/10KB. Afghan Wireless customers can activate the Prepaid Data Roaming feature by dialing 152 from their Afghan Wireless device.

Super WiFi: Expanded Service for Kabul and Khost Provinces:

Expanded Super WiFi data packages, from 50MB to 150GB, are now available for AWCC’s clients based in Kabul and Khost provinces. AWCC’s Super WiFi service combines fast connectivity and deep, robust signal service to provide AWCC’s clients with Afghanistan’s most advanced, high speed communications network. Additional information about AWCC’s Super WiFi services is available from: http://afghan-wireless.com/internet-3g2g/wifi-zone/ and by dialing 123 from any Afghan Wireless device.

Afghan Wireless USB Modem:

Afghan Wireless’ USB Modem makes mobile connectivity to the Internet fast, easy and affordable. Universally compatible with Desktop and Laptop computers, Afghan Wireless’ USB Modem enables access to the Internet from any location in Afghanistan. For more information about AWCC’s USB Modem service, please visit:  http://afghan-wireless.com/internet-3g2g/devices/internet-modem/

AWCC Caller Ringback Tone Service (CRBT):

Select your favorite song from AWCC expansive music library—and use it as the ringtone that identifies a family member or a special friend. Customers can access AWCC’s CRBT Service by dialing 8282 from their Afghan Wireless device.

AWCC Mobile Radio:

AWCC mobile Radio transforms your Afghan Wireless mobile device into your own personal stereo. Listen to your favorite music, anytime and anywhere. Subscribing to AWCC Mobile Radio is easy—just dial 6677 from your Afghan Wireless Device.

AWCC Job Portal:

AWCC’s Job Portal is a service where customers can receive job alerts which match their search criteria. Charges apply 10 AFN/7 days & 30 AFN/30 days. To subscribe, just dial 7171 from your Afghan Wireless device.

“Afghan Wireless is committed to developing the most cutting-edge technologies, services and solutions which provide our customers with the highest quality communications services available in Afghanistan,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, AWCC’s Managing Director. “Our Company is dedicated to connecting our fellow Afghans. Together, we’ll keep creating the ideas and opportunities that keep Afghanistan moving forward.”

About Afghan Wireless:

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com) is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+, Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Banking Services to more than four million Business and Consumers, located across thirty four provinces of Afghanistan’s. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

*All Plans listed above are subject to change.

Clients Can Now Use Their Afghan Wireless connection to Access Their Gmail Accounts Without An Internet Connection

Kabul, Afghanistan — June 2, 2016 — Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice, data and mobile payment services to over 4,000,000 consumers and businesses, today announced the debut of Gmail on SMS, AWCC’s text-based Gmail service, which enables clients to access their Gmail accounts without the need of an Internet connection.

Gmail on SMS, which is available to all AWCC Prepaid customers, provides users with comprehensive communications capability. Customers can use AWCC’s Gmail on SMS service to check their Gmail accounts for new messages, as well as review, compose, send and forward email messages.

AWCC’s Gmail on SMS is available as a daily, weekly or monthly subscription service. AWCC clients can select the subscription plan appropriate for their communications needs, by sending the following subscription codes from their Afghan Wireless device:

Gmail on SMS is the latest example of AWCC’s new generation of innovative communications solutions which have made Voice, Data and SMS connectivity faster and more affordable for millions of Afghans.

“Afghan Wireless is our nation’s first and founding wireless communications company and we are committed to driving—and leading—innovation within the communications sector,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, AWCC’s Managing Director.

About Afghan Wireless:

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of the Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to more than four million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

May was an active—and amazing—month here at Afghan Wireless. AWCC’s Product Development, Communications and Marketing Teams are celebrating the Spring season by launching a new generation of communications services (with many more to come), designed to help you accomplish every task on your wireless wish-list. Our latest innovations will help you communicate with the world faster and more affordably than ever.

AWCC Cellphone Charging Stations in Kabul City and Kandahar:

AWCC’s new Cellphone Charging Stations, are now available in our Kabul City and Kandahar Brand Shops. Featuring the Afghan Wireless Logo and the Company’s signature Teal Blue and Orange colors, each Charging Station has 15 secure, individualized compartments where our clients can safely store and charge their AWCC wireless devices.

Gmail On SMS:

Gmail on SMS is AWCC’s text-based Gmail service, which enables clients to access their Gmail accounts without the need of an Internet connection. The service, which is available to all of our AWCC Prepaid Clients, provides users with comprehensive communications capability. Clients can use AWCC’s Gmail on SMS service to check their Gmail accounts for new messages, as well as review, compose, send and forward email messages.

Gmail on SMS is available as a daily, weekly or monthly subscription service. And you can find out more about Gmail on SMS—and select the subscription plan appropriate for your communications needs—by texting 282 from your Afghan Wireless device.

AWCC Top Sim:

Celebrated in song by Shahzad Adeel, AWCC Brand Ambassador and popular musical artist, AWCC’s Top Sim service provides Afghan Wireless customers with a range of options, including In-Network calls for the low rate of 1AFN per minute, and Out of Network calls for just 2AFN per minute. Top Sim users also have access to 4.90AFN International calling plans. Learn more about out Top Sim solution by visiting your local Afghan Wireless Brand Shop.

AWCC Minutes Packages: Maximum Minutes, Minimum Costs:

Now, our Afghan Wireless Prepaid customers can purchase new Daily or Monthly Minute Plans. AWCC’s Daily Minute Plans offer 75 minutes of calling time for 25AFN, while AWCC’s Monthly Pack provides 6000 minutes of In-Network airtime for 499AFN. These plans make connecting with your friends, family and colleagues easier and more budget-friendly than ever. You can purchase Daily Minute Packages by dialing *233*1*1 and Monthly Minute Packages by dialing *233*2*1# from their Afghan Wireless device.

AWCC Night Surf Bundles:

Our clients can purchase AWCC’s Night Surf Internet Bundles, and enjoy 1GB of high speed Internet service for only 20 AFN. AWCC’s Night Surf Service features unlimited renewals and is available to all Afghan Wireless Prepaid Clients. You can sign-up for AWCC’s Night Surf Bundles promotion by texting ‘N1GB,’ to 151 from your Afghan Wireless device.

Prepaid Data Roaming:

AWCC’s Prepaid clients will now be able to use their data plans in ten countries, for as little as 3AFN. Activating your Prepaid Data Roaming is fast and easy—just dial 152 from your Afghan Wireless device.

AWCC Caller Ringback Tone Service (CRBT):

Select your favorite song from AWCC expansive music library—and use it as the ringtone that identifies a family member or a special friend. Customers can access AWCC’s CRBT Service by dialing 8282 from their Afghan Wireless device.

Super WiFi: Expanded Service For Kabul and Khost Provinces:

Expanded Super WiFi data packages, from 50MB to 150GB, are now available for our clients based in Kabul and Khost provinces. AWCC’s Super WiFi service combines fast connectivity and deep, robust signal service to provide you with Afghanistan’s most advanced, high speed communications network. Additional information about AWCC’s Super WiFi services is available from: http://afghan-wireless.com/internet-3g2g/wifi-zone/ and by dialing 123 from any Afghan Wireless device.

A wise leader said that “After all, change is inevitable, but growth is optional.” We founded Afghan Wireless in 2002, and every day we’ve ben in business has brought unforeseen challenges—and many more amazing opportunities for growth and progress.

Wireless communication—and the world we live in—have changed dramatically in fourteen years, but here is one promise that we’ve made to you, which will never change: Afghan Wireless will always provide you with the most technologically advanced communications services, which empower you—and Afghanistan—to grow, to connect to the wider world and to build a better future—for yourselves, for your families and for our country.

Until next time,

Ehsan

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Founder and CEO, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)

Founder and CEO, Ariana Television and Radio (ATN)

Founder, Bayat Foundation

More Than 1500 Afghan Wireless, Bayat Group Executives, Staff and Public Officials Join Together In Kabul City To Celebrate The Company’s Tremendous Success, Innovation and Leadership

Kabul, Afghanistan—June 9, 2016—Afghan Wireless Communication Company (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications industry, celebrated fourteen years of providing the people of Afghanistan with fast, affordable, global-class communications services with a 14^th Anniversary Gala and Awards Ceremony, held in Kabul on May 15, 2016. Performances by renown Afghan Artists Amir Jan Saboori and Shahzad Adeel, helped honor AWCC’s successful leadership of the Afghan Telecommunications industry.

AWCC’s 14^th Anniversary theme, “14 Years of Spreading Smiles Across Afghanistan,” highlighted the Company’s proud and successful history of developing innovative and affordable Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services which have connected Afghans to one another—and to the wider world.

In 2002, Afghan Wireless launched operations by providing wireless voice communications to 22,000 subscribers in three provinces. Today, AWCC provides rapid and reliable global-class Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to 4.2 million subscribers, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. Afghan Wireless has invested more than $400,000,000 to develop Afghanistan’s largest and strongest wireless communications network. Afghan Wireless serves as Apple’s in-country partner, and Afghanistan’s only authorized retailer of Apple devices, including Apple’s iPhone 6 and the iPhone6 +. AWCC’s Business and Consumer clients can use their Afghan Wireless phones in 125 countries.

AWCC’s glorious Anniversary Celebrations were attended by more than 1500 individuals, including Mr. Amin Ramin; Managing Director of AWCC, Eng. Baryalai Husam; MCIT’s Technical Deputy, Dr. Mohammad Najib Azizi; ATRA Director, Qurban Haqjo; AISA Director, Khan Jan Alokozay; the Director and the members of the Transport and Telecommunications Commission of the Upper House, senior government officials and hundreds of employees from the Bayat Media Center, as well as AWCC’s Main and Regional Offices.

During the Anniversary program, AWCC Managing Director Amin Ramin, ATRA Director Qurban Haqjo and AISA Director Khan Jan Alokozay delivered speeches congratulating Afghan Wireless for its contributions to the Communications sector, as well as AWCC’s dedication to the economic development of Afghanistan.

AWCC ended its glorious Anniversary celebrations with the distribution of Letters of Appreciation and Special Awards to its employees. The awards and prizes included a Hajj trip fully sponsored by the company.

About Afghan Wireless:

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of the Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to more than four million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Fourteen years ago, in 2002, with much joy, anticipation and hope, President Karzai made the very first call using the Afghan Wireless Communications Network. On that day in 2002, fewer than 40,000 Afghans had cell phones—in fact, we launched Afghan Wireless with just 22,000 subscribers living in three provinces. We founded Afghan Wireless, because we were determined to help rebuild our country, by developing a wireless communications network that by connecting Afghans with each other, and the wider world, could lift Afghanistan’s isolation and drive our country’s economic resurgence.

Your support and partnership has helped Afghan Wireless enjoy fourteen years of breathtaking progress. Today, AWCC provides global-class 3G and 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and My Money Mobile Payment Services to 4.2 million subscribers who live in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. AWCC’s 3.75G+ high speed network service is available in thirteen provinces.  Since 2002, we’ve invested over $400,000,000 to develop Afghanistan’s largest and strongest communications network. And our partnerships with 425 carrier networks in 125 countries means that you can use your Afghan Wireless phone almost anywhere in the world.

On May 15, 2016, Afghan Wireless proudly hosted an Anniversary Ceremony to celebrate the fourteen years we’ve been honored to provide you, our fellow Afghans, with rapid, reliable and affordable communications services. Our Anniversary Celebration was attended by 1500 of my AWCC and Bayat Group colleagues—the people, whose hard work, creativity and dedication are the reasons that Afghan Wireless was able to pioneer our nation’s wireless communications industry—and why our Company continues to lead the industry today.

For everyone at AWCC, sharing our great time of celebration with so many friends, colleagues and guests—while enjoying amazing performances from Amir Jan Saboori and Shahzad Adeel–it was also the perfect moment to think about just how much AWCC’s Anniversary Theme, “Fourteen Years of Spreading Smiles Across Afghanistan,” represents our Company’s best intentions, our achievements and our continuing belief in a productive and prosperous future for Afghanistan.

We’ve always been committed to providing you with the most innovative communications technology available. But I’m proudest of these two additional achievements, which, together with our efforts to build and lead Afghanistan’s telecommunications sector, have helped improve the lives of thousands of Afghans:

1. We’re the only wireless company in Afghanistan that was founded by Afghans—and our company continues to be led by Afghans. 99% of our workforce is Afghan, and Afghan Wireless, together with our parent company, The Bayat Group (bayat-group.com), are Afghanistan’s biggest providers of jobs.

2. We champion the effort of every employee at Afghan Wireless who wants to build up their educational and professional credentials. Today, Afghan Wireless provides scholarships to every one of our employees who is attending a University. And our internal professional development program offers over fifty-two professional development courses on a broad range of subjects including, Competition Strategy, Effective Management, English, IT and Accountancy.

But our support of education doesn’t stop at AWCC’s doorstep. Our partners at The Bayat Foundation (www.bayatfoundation.org), are building schools throughout Afghanistan and funding the expansion of existing educational institutions. AWCC will always be committed to helping our colleagues achieve their highest educational aspirations—and to helping build an Afghanistan where providing every citizen with the best education possible is viewed as the most important sign of our collective progress.

C.S. Lewis, the author and philosopher, said that progress “…means getting nearer to the place you want to be.”  For Afghan Wireless, and Afghanistan, these last fourteen years, from 2002 until today, have been filled with great perils, but most importantly, together we have built and experienced a time of tremendous progress.

In 2002, Afghanistan’s GDP stood at about 4.1 billion dollars, fewer than 800,000 children were enrolled in school and life expectancy for most of us was about 41 years. Today, our country’s GDP is more than 20 billion dollars, our life expectancy is about 60 years and 10.5 million students—almost half are women—attend 16,000 schools throughout Afghanistan.

Despite the many challenges these fourteen years have presented to us, we Afghans continue to make progress, and we continue to move towards creating the nation we want to be: A country where every Afghan is respected, where every Afghan is educated and where every Afghan has the opportunity to build the best life possible for their families.

Happy Anniversary from Afghan Wireless. We’re grateful to celebrate fourteen years of connecting you to the most important people and places in your life. And I hope that we will always be your partner in progress.

Until next time,

Ehsan

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Founder and CEO, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)

Founder and CEO, Ariana Television and Radio (ATN)

Founder, Bayat Foundation

During the last week of May, a group of my AWCC colleagues participated in a seminar course which helped them understand the types of situations which can cause people to experience fear and/or anger. Most importantly, the seminar taught each participant how to develop skills and strategies which will help them address and resolve the types of fears and anxieties that we all experience in our lives, from time to time.

At first glance, it might seem unusual that a wireless communications company is sponsoring a seminar course that helps our colleagues learn more about themselves, instead of learning more about smartphones and high speed Internet. However, since our earliest days as a company, Afghan Wireless has believed that one of our most important duties is to help our staff develop their educational and professional capabilities to their highest and best level possible.

Since the beginning of 2016, Afghan Wireless has sponsored a broad range of employee education and professional development programs, that are providing our staff with the opportunity to learn new skills, and also, improve their current talents. The programs we’ve hosted in 2016 are in addition to the fifty-two professional development courses that AWCC has provide for our staff in recent years.

And, our commitment to helping everyone at Afghan Wireless become not just the best professionals, but the best people and citizens possible, doesn’t stop at AWCC’s doorstep. Last Fall, we increased the amount of scholarship assistance we provide to our Afghan Wireless staff who are attending a university. And right now, there are AWCC staff attending fourteen universities throughout Afghanistan.

So often on my Blog, I’ve discussed how getting the best education that you can, not only makes you a stronger person, it means that together, we can build a stronger Afghanistan. Since ancient times, Afghanistan has been a center of trade and our geographic position has helped us play a vital role in the economic development of our region. Education will help us acquire the skills we need to control and develop our country’s natural resources. New knowledge and new abilities will also help us harness our proud tradition of entrepreneurship, to build a modern private sector filled with successful Small and Medium Sized companies. And as we create the new markets, new jobs—and the new opportunities for people to use their skills—we, together, will help Afghanistan become a more economically self sufficient nation.

Today, 10.5 million young Afghans are attending 16,000 schools located in every part of our country. These young people, eager for knowledge and an opportunity to contribute their talents, are the foundation upon which an economically prosperous Afghanistan can be built.

So my friends, Afghanistan’s economic growth and progress depend on you and your amazing determination to strive and succeed in your quest to receive the best education possible. And we here at Afghan Wireless, together with our partners at The Bayat Foundation, through our support of scholarships and Afghan educational institutions, will continue to honor your collective sacrifices, commitment, energy, and passion, that is helping Afghanistan reclaim its rightful place in the world, as a strong, secure, educated and enlightened country.

Until next time,

Ehsan

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Founder and CEO, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)

Founder and CEO, Ariana Television and Radio (ATN)

Founder, Bayat Foundation

Khost Becomes Fifteenth Province To Join AWCC’s Rapidly Expanding, Global-Class High Speed Communications Network

Kabul, Afghanistan — June 29, 2016 — Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice, data, Internet and mobile payment services to over 5,000,000 consumers and businesses, announced the expansion of its popular 3G and 3.75G+ high-speed network services to Khost Province.

Khost becomes the fifteenth province to join AWCC’s rapidly expanding 3G and 3.75G+ network. Afghan Wireless’ 3G and 3.75G+ service, the nation’s fastest and most technologically advanced communications network, is now available in Badakshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Farah, Helmand, Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Nimroz, Takhar and Zabul Provinces.

AWCC’s Business and Consumer clients in Khost can now use AWCC’s 3G and 3.75G+ high-speed service, to send and receive the largest data files, access the fastest download speeds and utilize an array of the most innovative file sharing, streaming, video and data services.

In addition, AWCC is the only network in Afghanistan to offer AWCC HD Voice, coupled with the fastest broadband 3G and 3.75G+ network.  AWCC’s clients can learn more about AWCC HD Voice and how to use their new high speed service, by reading the Company’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Information Sheet: http://afghan-wireless.com/internet-3g2g/3g-internet/3g-faqs/.

Afghan Wireless complimented the launch of its 3G services in Khost with a comprehensive public awareness campaign, which is providing new and existing clients with important information about the advantages of utilizing the Company’s high-speed network services. AWCC’s public information efforts include new radio, television, stationary and mobile advertisements announcing the availability of its 3G high-speed network. In addition, the Company has increased the number of customer service specialists available in its Khost-based AWCC Brand Shops.

“The launch of 3G services in Khost is the latest milestone in AWCC’s successful strategy to provide every province in Afghanistan with access to our best-in-class high speed communications network and services,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, the Managing Director of Afghan Wireless. “We will continue to serve our fellow Afghans by constantly developing new products, new services and new ways of connecting our nation to the world.”

About Afghan Wireless:

The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Banking Services to more than five million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Balkh Province Becomes Fourteenth Province To Join AWCC’s Rapidly Expanding, Global-Class High Speed Communications Network

Kabul, Afghanistan — June 29, 2016 — Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice, data, Internet and mobile payment services to over 5,000,000 consumers and businesses, announced the expansion of its 3G and 3.75G+ high-speed network services to Mazar-I-Sharif, and throughout Balkh Province.

Balkh is the fourteenth province to join AWCC’s rapidly expanding 3G and 3.75G+ network. Afghan Wireless’ 3G and 3.75G+ service, the nation’s fastest and most technologically advanced communications network, is now available in Badakshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Farah, Helmand, Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Nimroz, Takhar and Zabul Provinces.

AWCC’s Business and Consumer clients in Mazar I Sharif and Balkh Province can now use AWCC’s 3G and 3.75G+ high-speed service, to send and receive the largest data files, access the fastest download speeds and utilize an array of the most innovative file sharing, streaming, video and data services.

In addition, AWCC’s business and individual clients throughout Balkh Province will now have the option of selecting one of AWCC’s service plans to talk in the clearest most natural sound possible via AWCC HD VOICE Services. AWCC is the only network in Afghanistan to offer HD Voice, coupled with the fastest broadband 3G and 3.75G+ network.

Together, these two solutions give AWCC subscribers the clearest voice calls possible and will also provide AWCC’s clients with deep, robust indoor signal coverage. AWCC’s clients can learn more about how to use their new high speed service by reading the Company’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Information Sheet: http://afghan-wireless.com/internet-3g2g/3g-internet/3g-faqs/.

“Starting today, our clients in Mazar I Sharif—and indeed, throughout Balkh Province-can enjoy access to AWCC’s 3G and 3.75G+ service, Afghanistan’s fastest, most advanced communications network,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, the Managing Director of Afghan Wireless. “The expansion of our Company’s network to Mazar I Sharif and Balkh Province, is the latest successful result of AWCC’s strategy to provide 3G and 3.75G+ services to every province in Afghanistan,” Mr. Ramin said.

The continued expansion of AWCC’s 3G and 3.75G+ high-speed network, in conjunction with AWCC’s other business activities, illustrates the Company’s deep commitment to Afghanistan’s economic growth and progress. Afghan Wireless, as the nation’s largest private employer, provides employment to more than 6,000 Afghans through its direct operations and to more than 100,000 other Afghan citizens through its ecosystem of dealers and vendors.

About Afghan Wireless:

The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Banking Services to more than five million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Urozgan Becomes Sixteenth Province To Join AWCC’s Global Class 3.75G+ Network

Kabul, Afghanistan — July 5, 2016 — Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice, data and mobile payment services to over 5,000,000 consumers and businesses, announced today that the Company has expanded its 3.75G+ high-speed network to Urozgan Province.

The extension of AWCC’s 3.75G+ high-speed network service to Urozgan is the latest example of AWCC’s determination to provide our compatriots throughout Afghanistan with the most technologically advanced communications services. AWCC’s 3.75G+ high-speed service is now available in sixteen provinces: Badakshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Farah, Helmand, Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Nimroz, Takhar, Urozgan and Zabul Provinces.

AWCC’s Business and Consumer clients in Urozgan can now use AWCC’s 3G and 3.75G+ high-speed service to send and receive the largest data files, access the fastest download speeds and utilize an array of the most innovative file sharing, streaming, video and data services. AWCC’s clients can learn more about how to use their new high speed service, by reading the Company’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Information Sheet: http://afghan-wireless.com/internet-3g2g/3g-internet/3g-faqs/.

In addition, AWCC’s Urozgan clients will now have access to calling plans featuring AWCC HD VOICE Services. AWCC is the only network in Afghanistan to offer HD Voice, coupled with the fastest broadband 3.75G+ network.

“Launching AWCC’s 3.75G+ high-speed network in Urozgan demonstrates our commitment to provide all Afghans with the most advanced communications services,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, the Managing Director of AWCC. “Afghan Wireless is committed to being a positive force which will always contribute to Afghanistan’s economic growth and progress.”

About Afghan Wireless:

The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com) is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to more than five million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Flat-Rate 40 AFN In-Network Voice Calls Now Available to AWCC’s Badghis Business and Consumer Clients

Kabul, Afghanistan — July 5, 2016 — Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice, data and mobile payment services to over 5,000,000 consumers and businesses, today announced that the Company’s popular Location Based Service Calling Plan is now available to AWCC’s clients in Badghis Province.

AWCC’s Location Based Services Plan allows AWCC customers to make in-network voice calls to any other AWCC number, for one flat, affordable rate. Now, AWCC’s Badghis based business and consumer clients can make in-network calls for 40 Pols per minute, with a daily rental fee of 3AFN. Clients residing in Badghis, Farah, Herat and Nimroz Provinces can enroll in the Location Based Services Plan by sending the following subscription code from their Afghan Wireless Device:

The expansion of Location Based Services to Badghis Province is the latest example of AWCC’s determination to provide its clients with the most innovative and effective communications services. During the first half of 2016, Afghan Wireless has launched a new generation of global-class communications products and services, including AWCC Top Sim, Expanded Prepaid Data Roaming, Caller Ringback Tone, Gmail on SMS and many more. For a complete list of AWCC’s Communications Products and Services, please visit the Afghan Wireless website: www.afghan-wireless.com

About Afghan Wireless:

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of the Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to more than five million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Our favorite days at Afghan Wireless are spent creating new products, promotions and services for our clients. During the last several weeks, we’ve launched two amazing promotions that you’ve already made tremendously successful: AWCC’s Quiz Portal, where one lucky winner will receive a free trip to Hajj-E-Umrah, and the extension of AWCC’s popular Location Based Services calling plan to our clients in Badghis Province.

AWCC Quiz Portal: Test Your Knowledge And Win a Trip to Hajj-E-Umrah!

I hope everyone reading this blog entry is also a contestant in AWCC’s Ramadan Quiz Portal Competition. Entering our contest is easy: just dial 4545 from your Afghan Wireless Device. The charge for the call is 5AFN per minute. You’ll be asked a series of questions testing your knowledge about Ramadan. We’re giving away some amazing prizes—winners will receive top-ups to their Afghan Wireless phones ranging in value from 50-1000 AFN. And our Grand Prize Winner will receive a free trip to Hajj-E-Umrah. So, the moment you’re finished reading my blog, make certain to call 4545, enter our contest and start your very own winning streak!

AWCC’s 40 Pol Calling Plan Launches To Badghis Province:

We’ve extended our very popular Location Based Services Calling Plan to our clients in Badghis Province.

AWCC’s Location Based Services Plan allows AWCC customers to make in-network voice calls to any other AWCC number, for one flat, affordable rate. Now, AWCC’s Badghis based business and consumer clients can make in-network calls for 40 Pols per minute, with a daily rental fee of 3AFN. Clients residing in Badghis, Farah, Herat and Nimroz Provinces can enroll in the Location Based Services Plan by sending the following subscription code from their Afghan Wireless Device:

The expansion of Location Based Services to Badghis Province is the latest example of AWCC’s determination to provide you with the most innovative and effective communications services.

Everyone here at Afghan Wireless hopes you’ll enjoy our Quiz Portal—and calling your family and friends in Badghis—as much as we enjoy creating new products, new services and new ways of connecting you to the world.

Until next time,

Ehsan

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Founder and CEO, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)

Founder and CEO, Ariana Television and Radio (ATN)

Founder, Bayat Foundation

Kabul’s Tahia Maskan Orphanage provides shelter, safety, food, education—and a measure of hope for a better life—to 500 Afghan children, who are as young as four to as old as eighteen years of age. The living conditions at Tahia Maskan are down-to-earth and the children who live there represent a tiny fraction of the 2,000,000 orphans throughout Afghanistan who are the most vulnerable of our citizens—and desperately in need of all the help we can give to them.

Last week, The Bayat Foundation completed the renovation of a dormitory at the Tahia Maskan Orphanage—a project that will have a big and positive impact on the lives of the children living Tahia Maskan now, and in the days to come.

Our renovation project began with the strong partnership we established with the Executive Staff of Tahia Maskan, and also, with the leadership of the Enabled Children’s Initiative (ECI) (www.enabledchildren.org), an Afghan based organization serving special needs children. Several children with special needs live at Tahia Maskan, and the renovated dormitory will provide them with the housing and treatment they need not just to live, but also, to thrive.

The scope of repairs the dormitory needed was big, but I’m happy to say that our hearts and our determination to help the children in every way possible, was even bigger. Some of the renovations our Foundation provided to the dormitory included, the complete removal of the building’s interior structure and the installation of new flooring, interior walls, sleeping quarters, laundry and bathroom facilities, the provision of new furniture and air conditioning. Now that the renovations to the building are completed, the dormitory will welcome its first residents this summer.

The Bayat Foundation’s work to renovate Tahia Maskan’s dormitory is the latest example of our long-term commitment to help the children of Tahia Maskan. In 2013, The Bayat Foundation installed a computer lab at the orphanage and donated supplies of children’s winter clothing. And we’ll continue to provide assistance to the children of Tahia Maskan—and to children throughout Afghanistan—for the reasons stated so powerfully by my wife, Mrs. Fatema Bayat: “These orphans deserve hope, our help—and above all, they deserve our love.”

Until next time,

Ehsan

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Founder and CEO, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)

Founder and CEO, Ariana Television and Radio (ATN)

Founder, Bayat Foundation

The World’s Most Popular Mobile Game Is Now Available Free Of Charge To AWCC Clients

Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2016—Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications sector, and a leading provider of communications, mobile payment and entertainment services to consumers and businesses, announced today that Pokemon Go, currently the world’s most popular mobile game, was now available as a free download to all Afghan Wireless clients.

AWCC clients with smartphones and data plans can download the game from Google Play or the Apple Store and join more than 130 million people from around the globe who have installed Pokemon Go on their mobile devices.

Combining a player’s real-time geographic location, with vivid virtual reality, Pokemon Go challenges players to travel through an area, illustrated as a map on their mobile device’s screen, with the aim of finding Pokemon, who on screen, appear to be sharing the player’s location. AWCC clients can find additional information about Pokemon Go by calling 152, or by visiting AWCC’s Facebook Page.

“Launching Pokemon Go in Afghanistan is the latest example of how Afghan Wireless is the leader in providing our subscribers with world-class Communications, Information and Mobile Entertainment Services,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, AWCC’s Managing Director.

About Afghan Wireless:

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat, Chairman of the Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to more than five million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Interactive, Subscription Based Service Gives AWCC Subscribers Opportunities To Learn English, French And Arabic Languages

Kabul, Afghanistan, August 26, 2016—Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications sector, and a leading provider of communications, mobile payment and entertainment services to consumers and businesses, announced today that the Company has launched the Afghan Wireless Language Center, a voice-based educational service which Afghan Wireless subscribers can use to learn the English, French and Arabic languages.

The Afghan Wireless Language Center is available as a daily, weekly or monthly subscription based service. AWCC clients can access the Afghan Wireless Language Center by dialing 5757, and then, select the language learning plan appropriate to their interest:

Learning English

Learning Arabic

Learning French

“Launching our new Afghan Wireless Language Center gives our subscribers an opportunity to learn a new language, and build up skills and expertise which can help them live better lives,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, AWCC’s Managing Director.

About Afghan Wireless:

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat, Chairman of the Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to more than five million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

August 28th-August 29^th Hearing Care Mission In Afghanistan Fulfills Objective of Providing Afghans From Kabul and Throughout The Country With Vital Hearing Restoration and Hearing Care Services

Kabul, Afghanistan—September 6, 2016—Fulfilling their pledge to enrich the lives of the Afghan people with the three precious gifts of Hearing, Healing and Hope, The Bayat Foundation (www.bayatfoundation.org), Afghanistan’s largest, private, non-profit Health, Education and Social Development Organization, and The Starkey Hearing Foundation (www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org), announced the successful conclusion of their third annual joint Bayat-Starkey Afghanistan Hearing Care Mission.

The Bayat-Starkey Hearing Care Mission, held in Kabul from August 28^th and August 29^th, provided free auditory and hearing restoration care to approximately 1,000 Afghan citizens, who hailed from every region of the country.

Each Bayat-Starkey Hearing Care Team was composed of an international assembly of professional Audiologists who donated their services, working with The Starkey Hearing Foundation’s renown team of hearing care specialists, as well as scores of highly trained and dedicated volunteers from The Bayat Foundation and all divisions of The Bayat Group of Companies, including Afghan Wireless and the Ariana Television Network.

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat and Mrs. Fatema Bayat spearheaded The Bayat Group and The Bayat Foundation’s efforts for the Bayat-Starkey Hearing Care Mission, illustrating their profound and personal commitment to the success of the mission, and their determination to improve the lives of their fellow Afghans. During the mission’s two-day period, the Bayat-Starkey Hearing Care Teams worked intensively, from morning until dusk.

The Bayat-Starkey Hearing Care Teams utilized a meticulous intake process, which helped prepare each patient to receive the most appropriate and effective type of hearing care. The intake process included recording vital statistics of each patient, conducting a thorough examination of the ears and auditory system, and also, cleaning the ear and auditory system. After cleaning the ears and auditory system, each patient was fitted with a set of ear molds—clear, wear-resistant plastic discs used to house the hearing aids that were provided without cost to each patient.

After completing intake, volunteers escorted each patient into the treatment area, where the Bayat-Starkey hearing care team, together with specially trained volunteers, fit each patient with the hearing devices that empowered each patient—many for the first time in their lives—to use the precious, powerful gift of hearing, sound and their voices to connect with their families, their communities and the world.

“In two days, on August 28^th, and August 29^th, our Bayat-Starkey Teams helped restore the hearing of almost 1,000 Afghans—and since 2014, The Bayat Foundation, working together with our amazing partner, The Starkey Hearing Foundation, have provided the gift of hearing to more than 3,000 Afghans,” said Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat, the Co-Chair of The Bayat Foundation. “I know that The Bayat Foundation and The Starkey Hearing Foundation will continue to work together here in Afghanistan, striving to bring the gifts of healing, health and hope to our nation.”

“All of us at The Bayat Foundation and The Starkey Hearing Foundation, have been moved and inspired by this opportunity to help thousands of Afghans hear, many for the very first time in their lives,” said Mrs. Fatema Bayat, the Co-Chair of The Bayat Foundation. “In 2017, we hope to provide hearing care to even more Afghans, and I know that together, The Bayat Foundation and The Starkey Hearing Foundation will keep moving forward, until we reach that moment where every person in Afghanistan affected by hearing loss is healed from it, and every Afghan has an opportunity to live a long, prosperous and healthy life.”

About the Bayat Foundation:

Since 2005, the US-based Bayat Foundation, a 501 c (3) charitable organization, has promoted the well-being of the Afghan people. Founded and directed by Ehsanollah Bayat and Fatema Bayat, the Foundation has contributed to more than 300 projects dedicated to improving the quality of life for the youth, women, poor, and elderly of Afghanistan; including construction of 13 maternity hospitals that have now treated over 1,500,000 mothers and babies.  Projects have included the construction of new facilities and sustainable infrastructure in needy regions, and the promotion of health, education, economic, and cultural programs. In addition to his charitable initiatives, Ehsanollah Bayat founded Afghan Wireless (AWCC) in 2002, which was the first GSM wireless and Internet Service Provider in Afghanistan, and later established Ariana Radio and Television Network (ATN), which includes Ariana Radio (FM 93.5). For more information, please email info@bayatfoundation.org.

About Starkey Hearing Foundation:

Starkey Hearing Foundation uses hearing as a vehicle to reflect caring and change lives around the world. Disabling hearing loss affects more than 360 million people, including 32 million children, worldwide, yet many do not have access to the hearing devices that can help them. Starkey Hearing Foundation fits and gives more than 100,000 hearing aids annually, and as a member of President Clinton’s Global Initiative, it has pledged to fit one million hearing aids this decade. In addition to giving the gift of hearing through worldwide hearing missions, Starkey Hearing Foundation promotes hearing health awareness and education through the Listen Carefully campaign and provides hearing instruments to low-income Americans through the Hear Now program. For more information on Starkey Hearing Foundation, visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org.

Kabul, Afghanistan — September 19, 2016 — Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), the nation’s first mobile communications company, the founder of Afghanistan’s mobile communications market and a leading provider of voice, data, mobile payment and entertainment services to over 5,000,000 consumers and businesses, announced the launch of three new service innovations, which will provide AWCC’s business and consumer clients with faster, affordably priced data communications and entertainment services.

New Data and Service Bundles:

AWCC’s Mini and Mega Daily Data Bundles are bigger, faster and more affordable than ever before. Now AWCC subscribers can purchase a 30MB Daily Data Bundle for 10AFN and the 100MB Daily Data Bundle can be purchased for 25AFN. AWCC subscribers can select the Daily Data Bundle best suited for their communications needs by sending the following subscription codes from their Afghan Wireless device:

AWCC Next Music Portal:

AWCC’s Next Music Portal brings the world’s most popular songs right to your AWCC handset. Available to AWCC’s Prepaid and Postpaid customers, signing up for AWCC’s Next Music Portal is quick and simple—Just dial 6060 & Press 1 or send 555 to 6060 from any Afghan Wireless handset.

Offer details are as follows:

AWCC 10GB Monthly Data Bundle:

AWCC’s 10GB Monthly Data Bundle provides AWCC subscribers with the perfect High-Use, High-Speed data solution. Available for only 1100 AFN per month, the 10GB bundle can be renewed as often as required. AWCC’s 10GB Bundle can be purchased by texting “10GB” to code 151.

“Every day, AWCC is developing new products, new services—and new ways to help our clients connect o the world faster and more affordably than ever,” said Mr. Amin Ramin, AWCC’s Managing Director.

About Afghan Wireless:

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) (www.afghan-wireless.com), is Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company and the founder of Afghanistan’s wireless communications market. Launched in 2002 by Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat, Chairman of the Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), AWCC provides 2.5G, 3G and High-Speed 3.75G+ Voice, Data, Internet and Mobile Payment Services to more than five million Business and Consumer Clients, located in all of Afghanistan’s thirty-four provinces. The Company has global partnerships with 425 wireless carrier networks in 125 countries.

Afghans love their Football—so, I’m very happy to announce that Ariana Television Network (ATN) (www.arianatelevision.com), part of The Bayat Group family and Afghanistan’s premier broadcaster of award-winning television and radio programming to 25,000,000 Afghans, has acquired the excusive broadcast rights, in Afghanistan,  for FIFA’s 2016 World Cup Qualifying Matches.

Together, ATN and FIFA have built an exclusive and much admired partnership. We began working together in 2015, when ATN was selected to be Afghanistan’s sole broadcaster of the Afghan National Team matches in Mashhad, Iran. And in 2016, our partnership continues stronger than ever—beginning with with the telecast of Paraguay vs. Iran on September 24, 2016.

But that’s just the beginning. ATN will be broadcasting the entire roster of competitions, leading up to the Qualifying Final Game, scheduled on October 1, 2016.  ATN’s audience of more than 25,000,000 viewers, will be spectators to some of the world’s most exciting and fiercely competitive football, including:

September 24^th:          Paraguay vs. Iran

Russia vs. Spain

September 25^th:          Argentina vs. Egypt

Azerbaijan vs. Portugal

September 27^th:          Semi Final Match: Iran vs. Russia

Semi Final Match: (TBD)

September 28^th:          Semi Final Match: (TBD)

October 1^st:                 Match For Third Place and FINAL Match

And ATN will be broadcasting additional FIFA matches through the end of 2016. So make certain that your television, laptop and mobile device are all showing and streaming ATN—because that way, you’ll have the best seats in the house for watching—and cheering on—the best football teams on earth.

Until next time,

Ehsan

Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Founder and CEO, Ariana Television and Radio (ATN)

Founder and CEO, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)

Founder, Bayat Foundation