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enterprises and startups. Moreover, Company deeply rooted in our community, empowering the youth aligns perfectly
the Company’s active participation in stc is dedicated to creating positive change with our vision for creating a thriving and
numerous job fairs in collaboration with and fostering the talents of the next dynamic future for Kuwait. Together, we
various Kuwaiti universities demonstrates generation.” AlJasem added, “We firmly aim to nurture a generation of confident,
its unwavering commitment to attracting believe that businesses and institutions skilled, and socially responsible leaders.
young Kuwaiti talent. Commenting on the have a responsibility to give back to the AlAnsari added, “Our mission is to empower
sponsorship, Danah AlJasem, General community they serve. In this regard, and uplift the youth of Kuwait, enabling
Manager of Corporate Communications and on behalf of stc, I would like to thank them to thrive in every aspect of life. We
at stc, said, "At stc, we firmly believe in the Youth Public Authority and all those are dedicated to creating opportunities,
the potential of the youth to shape a who played a role in bringing this unique fostering talents, and supporting the
better future for Kuwait. We believe that program to light. stc strives to become an aspirations of our young generation.
it is essential to hold programs that can active agent of positive change in Kuwait, Through strategic partnerships and
enhance the qualifications of members empowering the youth and supporting impactful programs, we strive to shape a
within our community and bread future their ambitions for a brighter future.” brighter future by developing and nurturing
leaders. By sponsoring the ‘Future Leaders Waleed Al-Ansari, Director of the Volunteer a generation of youth leaders who are the
Program’, we are providing young minds Work Department at the Kuwait Youth backbone of the economy. Together, we
with the necessary tools and guidance to Public Authority, said, “We are delighted to are building a dynamic community that
unlock their potential and drive change have stc as a key sponsor for the 'Future embraces the potential of our youth and
in their lives and the community. As a Leaders Program.' Their commitment to invests in their success.

stc Bahrain Hits 10Gbps Speeds During First Live 5.5G Trials

stc Bahrain has announced the successful the initial phase of testing. Commenting wireless access (FWA) services in selected
completion of 5G-Advanced (5.5G) trials in on the development, stc Bahrain CEO areas in June 2019 and introduced
the MENA region. The live demonstration Nezar Banabeela said: ‘We are excited with mobile data plans for post-paid and pre-
was showcased during the 31st Arab what we have witnessed so far and the paid customers the following month,
Spectrum Management Group (ASMG), potential it has to complement existing 5G supporting speeds of up to 1Gbps. The
utilizing the upper 6GHz frequency range networks with new data transfer speeds, network’s footprint was extended to 50%
(400MHz bandwidth) for 5G-Advanced, low latency, and network reliability. This is of Bahrain’s territory by January 2020, with
made available through the Telecom just an initial breakthrough as we continue maximum data transfer speeds increased
Regulatory Authority’s (TRA’s) innovation to research and test similar technologies to 1.2Gbps, and now covers around 100%
license. The operator claims a data transfer and set new industry benchmarks.’ stc of the Kingdom.
speed of over 10Gbps was achieved during Bahrain launched 5G broadband fixed

Tech Mahindra Launches Generative AI Powered Ops
amplifAIer, a Digital Assistant for IT support Engineers

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, amplify the productivity of support engineers by providing a
consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, single pane integrated view with all the contextual information
announced the launch of ‘Ops amplifAIer’ solution under TechM and tools to resolve issues. It will also enable team collaboration
amplifAler-suit of AI offerings and solutions. The solution will and generative AI assistance capabilities and make the processes

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