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stc Expanded Its 5G Network by 130% at G20
Summit

stc Group successfully collaborated with systems in the G20 digital solutions, and Mathad Faisal Alajmi, VP and General
the G20 Saudi Secretariat as a digital enhanced them with extensions exceeding Counsel of Legal Affairs, was the B20
enabler for the Saudi G20 presidency. 100% and with protection systems that Integrity and Compliance Taskforce
The Saudi-based company provided include over 90 security standards as part Chair; and Nasser Al-Jareed, Director
critical telecommunications and digital of stc's precautionary measures to protect of the Workers' Committees Support
services for all meetings of the G20 the telecommunications infrastructure Program in stc and Chairman of the
summit, expanding its 5G network by from any hacking or disruption attempts, Saudi National Committee of Workers
130% to accommodate the increase in thus enabling the network to transfer the Committees (SNCWC), acted as the Head
digital services during the G20 summit. required traffic with a smoothness that of the L20 Workers' Communication
It also provided its infrastructure for the suits such a historic event. On a related Group. The G20 International Media Center
largest optic fiber network in the region, its note, many stc leaders took part in G20 also provided the "This is Saudi Arabia"
facilities for big data centers around the committees and the preparation of the platform, which was mainly focused on
Kingdom, and its international gateways G20 agenda. They also contributed to the rediscovering Saudi Arabia through a
by expanding them by more than 50% to preparation of the recommendations that new perspective, highlighting tourist sites
exceed 8 terabit/s through three stations were submitted to the G20 by the B20 and national heritage in an innovative
for global continental submarine cables, group. For instance, Nasser Sulaiman technical manner, and enabling media
connected to more than four submarine Al Nasser, stc Group CEO, was the B20 professionals covering the summit to
cables using the GeoMesh technology Digitalization Taskforce Chair; while learn more about key Saudi tourist sites.
– which is the latest protection and
distribution system in the world. This
system is used for the first time in the
region to secure stc's services system
in general, as well as data and audio
solutions during the G20 virtual summit
in particular. Additionally, stc mobilized
engineering and technical manpower
around the clock in the correspondence
control centers in Riyadh and in the field
to work on stc's facilities and together with
the company's public and private partners.
stc also designed, implemented, expanded,
and protected data circuits and related

stc Upgrades Location-Based Services with Comtech

Saudi Telecom Company has selected worldwide,” said Fred Kornberg, Chairman of precise device location, mapping and
Comtech’s Location Technologies group of the Board and Chief Executive Officer messaging solutions for public safety,
to upgrade its location-based services. of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. mobile network operators, and enterprise
The five-year agreement will provide “We are proud to advance the safety of our solutions. Its platforms are designed to
both active and passive location services customer’s citizens on a global scope and locate, map, track and message, and the
supporting 2G, 3G and 4G networks. The this agreement demonstrates our strong firm counts mobile network operators,
multi-million-dollar upgrade contract commitment to public safety through our government agencies and enterprises
will begin in the first quarter of fiscal advanced location technologies.” The among its customers.
2021 “Location technologies are vital Location Technologies group of Comtech
components in public safety efforts Telecommunications Corp. is a provider

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