Dr. Khalid AL Bayari, AL Bayari, acting STC CEO met this week with the CEO and Chairman of CISCO – Siemens Mr. John Chambers. The meeting focused on aspects of cooperation between the two organizations and the ways to enhance the communications and information technology industry in Saudi Arabia. The meeting held at Riyadh Four Seasons Hotel was attended by a group of influential communications and IT leaders from both government and private sectors.
The discussion highlighted opportunities availed by the internet to individuals and businesses in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East and the major changes in the technology sector. These include video, cloud computing structure, travel and security that influences commercial transactions worldwide including those performed in the kingdom.
STC seeks to, through such activities; meet with professionals, experts, technicians and representatives of world manufacturers and providers of services, applications, wireless solutions, mobile data devices and smart phones. This in turn impacts STC customers by provision of the latest smart technologies of smart digital systems and devices, cable and wireless network equipment and remote data transmission and exchange applications and solutions.
It is worth mentioning that STC plays a leading role in the telecom industry being the first and major operator in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It provides telecom services to over 172 million customers worldwide. It is the number one internet provider in the Middle East where it provides the highest speed broadband. STC also plays an active role as an integrated service provider with the best world performance benchmarks in addition to its wide experience in inter-continental network connection.
Source: http://www.stc.com.sa