countries, with five million clients and coverage in all of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. In February 2018, Afghan Wireless announced that its mobile payment service could be used on electricity bills. The following month, the company signed a new license agreement with the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA) for installation and operation of a fiber optic network. By April 2018, Afghan Wireless remained the only mobile communications company in the country providing 4G LTE HD and, that month, increased pay assistance to its employees attending Kardan University and Rana University. In August 2018, AWCC launched Khazana, an SMS-based news and media subscription service. In October 2018, Afghan Wireless launched 4.75G+ service in Kandahar City, upgrading subscribers from 4G to its higher-speed service. As of December 2018, the AWCC My Money app was noted as the largest mobile payment service in Afghanistan. In January 2019, in cooperation with World Bank Group member, the International Finance Corporation (IFC)'s Lighting Afghanistan program; AWCC launched its pay-as-you-go (PAYG) electrical service, reported to be Afghanistan's first off-grid solar powered electrical service. FIFA sponsorship AWCC was a sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia, which was then broadcast in Afghanistan for the first time by the Ariana Television Network. See also List of companies of Afghanistan Communications in Afghanistan List of telephone operating companies References External links Telecommunications companies of Afghanistan Joint ventures Mobile phone companies of Afghanistan