STC has made extensive preparations for the Hajj season 1440 AD with 44 retail stores at the holy sites (Mona - Arafa - Muzdalifah).
Retails stores at airports, land, air and sea ports:
- 10- Pilgrims Terminals
- 1- South Terminal
- 1- North Terminal 1
- 1 - Port 1 - Airport 1 - Halat Ammar Port 1 - New Arar 1
- Al Wadiah.
Retails stores in the central area of Al Haram Al Makki and AlNabawi (kiosks + offices)
- Makkah al-Mukarramah, 2 retail offices - 80 mobile stands
- Al Madinah Al Munawarah, 1 retail office - 30 mobile stands - 7 kiosks
Number of employees in retail and mobile stores (salesmen- volunteers)
- 884 salesmen, 35% women
Promotional gifts for pilgrims:
- Umbrellas
- Publications and pamphlets in several languages for «Hajj Rituals» and some services of interest to pilgrims and Visitors
- Brochure of Hajj Rituals in several languages counting up to 400,000 copies.
- Brochure of international contacts counting up to 400,000 copies
- Instructions brochure for recharging Sawa line in several languages, counting up to 400,000 copies
- Sawa brochure in several languages, counting up to 400,000 copies
- Stickers for mobile shops in Al-Haramain, counting up to 5000 stickers.
Pilgrims Services Provided:
- Sawa Ziyara sim card (worth 30 riyals VAT included, 60 minutes of daily free calls between Ziyara customers and 100 MB as a free data)
- Ziyara 40 package, contains 20 minutes of free local calls, 1 GB data and 5 SAR credit for international calls.
- Ziyara 70 package, contains 45 minutes free local calls, 3 GB data and 10 SAR credit for international calls.
- International calls starts from SAR 0.55 / min
- Sawa Flex Package (90 SAR, 200 minutes of international and local calls with 8 GB data)
Source: STC Press Release