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services. Accordingly, the group signed a agreement also aimed at reducing carbon digital transformation. Over the four days of
five-year collaboration with Cisco to create emissions through the application of best MWC, stc recorded a remarkable presence
a unified software-centric cloud services sustainability practices. stc explored among the largest telecommunications
package to ensure enhanced hardware the world’s experiences on providing companies in the world and presented
infrastructure, automation, virtual better broadband services to a larger its digital infrastructure achievements,
simulation services, and coordination number of beneficiaries and at a faster the uses of fifth generation technologies,
tools. Moreover, stc signed an agreement speed, as well as the group showcased most notably cooperation with robots,
with Nokia, which included four areas, its capabilities at levels of automation, linking ports to the fifth generation
characterized by the digitization’s including its specialized technologies in network, applying virtual stadiums,
development, future of work, climate, and data centers and solutions designed in the financial technologies and sustainability
society. The agreement was made to raise telecommunications cloud. Furthermore, experiences, as well as discussed
the quality of the commercial deployment stc exchanged its experiences with technological changes, trends, drivers and
of 1 terabyte channel, which will allow stc the world on how safety, productivity the potential opportunities for societies
Group, through Nokia’s PSI-M technology, and efficiency affect the operational and economies, while addressing the
to continue expanding the range of performance of companies and highlighted global challenges such as sustainability,
network capacity as well as support new critical communication network solutions cybersecurity and digitalization.
services related to high bandwidth. The and technologies which are the basis of

stc and Virgin Mobile KSA Agreement to Extend Mobile Virtual Network
Services

mobile network that covers wider areas
through advanced technologies for the
upcoming years. This partnership will also
contribute to expand Virgin Mobile KSA’s
reach and the spread of its technology
services throughout KSA, as well as
enabling all society segments to benefit
from the high-quality services made
available at competitive prices. “stc is keen
to build such successful partnerships with
strategic associates. We are pleased to
collaborate and extend our provisioning,
as stc constantly seeks to be the preferred
partner to such huge corporations locally,
regionally and internationally. We are
also pleased to serve the industry in KSA
through our capabilities all the while
supporting Virgin Mobile’s vision. With
this partnership, the two ends will expose
stc and Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium changes and dynamics of the digital era. their mutual competences to contribute
LLC “Virgin Mobile KSA” signed a long- The new terms provide Virgin Mobile KSA to KSA Vision 2030”, said Mohammed
term agreement to continue their strategic with more strength and capabilities to Abdullah Alabbadi, Chief Wholesales
relationship. Both companies were answer the local market demand now Officer, stc. Adding from his side, Yaarob
represented by Mohammed Alabbadi, and in the future. This agreement comes Al-Sayegh, CEO of Virgin Mobile KSA said,
Chief Wholesale Officer of stc and Yaroob as a continuation and confirmation of the “Extending the agreement with stc will
Al-Sayegh, CEO of Virgin Mobile KSA. This successful strategic partnership between provide powerful growth opportunities and
agreement comes as an amendment to the two parties that started in 2014, when development tools, as well as the capacity
extend the Mobile Virtual Network Operator Virgin Mobile launched its services as a to expand our services and products.
Agreement, which was established virtual network operator in the Kingdom We plan to move into new technology
in 2014. Under this extension stc will of Saudi Arabia, while using stc’s network. fields in the local market, with the aim of
continue to provide Mobile Virtual Network Under this appendix, Virgin Mobile KSA will doubling our existing customer base and
services to Virgin Mobile KSA, along with continue to provide telecommunication enhancing our consumers’ experience.”
some new terms in line with the market services to its customers through stc’s

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