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GCEO - stc Speaks to SAMENA Council

Partnership and Progress – The Key to Driving Digital Transformation for
the Benefit of Future Generations

Since its inception, the telecommunications industry has
always witnessed rapid change and growth.

Its advent and development have been major factors in the
economic development and growth of countries around the
world. It brought people closer together and has acted as an
accelerant to business for decades.

It also has a long history of working closely with the
government and the public sector in the delivery of these
advancements.

We are at a moment in history when we
witness economies pulling ahead of
others are rising fastest to this digital

transformation challenge enabled
by the clearest and most ambitious
governmental digital strategy and
regulations.

The advent of the digital world has seen this scope, scale
and pace accelerate even more. It has also led to the
blending and merging of other previous unrelated sectors
coming together and vying for the digital consumer.

Business, government, communication, leisure and
entertainment, to name a few are now increasingly
dependent on digital solutions for their continued success
and progression.

As we all know the digital consumer is very demanding
and discerning, so there is an ever-increasing pressure to
deliver more and better services more cost effectively than Eng. Olayan M. Alwetaid
ever before. We also need to be able to deliver this in a way Group CEO
which is mindful of the world’s need to conserve our natural
resources and deliver growth and progress in a sustainable stc
way for future generations.

The key factors for success are how and how quickly this
transformation occurs, which will determine the long-term
winners and losers in this race. For this to happen it requires
closer co-operation and partnership between governments
and the private sector than ever before.

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