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STC Group Concludes 25 Cooperation Agreements to Enable Digital
Transformation and 5G Services at GITEX 2019

STC Group concluded its participation in
GITEX 2019, in Dubai, with the signature of
more than 25 agreements with a number of
major, international IT companies – such
as Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia -,
as well as other government programs,
institutions and local companies so as
to enhance the Group’s commitment
to play a pivotal role in enabling digital
transformation in both the public and
private sectors in line with the Saudi
Vision 2030, as well as in achieving STC’s
DARE Strategy targets to reinvent the
customer experience and be dedicated to
providing the best services in this respect.
In this respect, the agreements included
cooperation with each of Al Bawani and
SBM to establish four data centers in
Mecca, Jeddah, Al Qassim and Dammam, in
addition to Cisco so as to regulate customer
service operations, as well as Huawei to
manage the mobile customer experience. thus allowing integration between the similar one with Saco, thus allowing STC
Furthermore, an agreement was concluded Saudi Digital Payments Company and customers to pay and benefit from special
with the Badir Technology Incubators ABANA’s cash management services discounts upon usage of such a payment
and Accelerators Program - allowing provided. Within the same framework, method. And, with a view to improve the
STC Business to provide its services to STC entered into another agreement with quality of services provided and meet the
the SME sector, as well as with Cisco to Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services growing expectations of STC customers,
manage customer service operations. In Company, aimed at improving security including the Saudi youth, STC has entered
this context, STC signed another contract and comfort during electronic payment into an agreement with MATRIXX Software,
with the Saudi Consolidated Engineering transactions carried out at gas stations. Inc. to lead the continued growth of its
Company (Khatib & Alami) to develop the In order to provide STC customers with the brand, and concluded a Memorandum
engineering design of the King Abdulaziz opportunity to use the STC Pay platform of Understanding, thus allowing the use
Telecommunications Complex in Riyadh, in pharmacies and markets, and to book of Mrsool on its online STC Pay platform
and concluded an agreement with the Saudi flights and receive car rental services, STC and accepting the payments of customers
Digital Payments Company, in addition signed four agreements with each of Al using this application to deliver orders.
to a Memorandum of Understanding Nahdi Medical Company, Al-Sadhan-SPAR,
with the ABANA Enterprises Group Co., Flynas and iDrive, in addition to another,

STC Business and Badir Program Sign an agreement to Support Startups
with Innovative Solutions

STC’s stand in GITEX witnessed the Chairman of STC, and STC Group CEO computing, Cybersecurity solutions,
signing of a cooperation agreement Nasser Al-Nasser. The agreement aims sales management, and the Internet of
with Badir Technology Incubators and at supporting startups in the technology Things (IoT). In this context, Al Hakbani
Accelerators Program which aims at field through innovative solutions that emphasized the importance of small and
supporting the establishment and growth contribute to raising the added value of medium enterprises. He said that this
of entrepreneurial and startup projects. the project. STC Business offers many sector is the backbone of the economy in
The agreement was signed by Mohammed services to SMEs from the establishment most countries of the world, as it accounts
Al Hakbani, Vice President of Enterprise of an enterprise’s infrastructure to the for more than 90% of the total number of
Sales at STC and Nawaf Al Sahhaf, the day-to-day provision of technical services enterprises worldwide and contributes to
CEO of Badir Program, in presence of HRH including phone, internet connection, 50% of GDP. He added that STC seeks to
Mohammed bin Khaled Abdulla Al-Faisal, and advanced services such as cloud support this sector given that it is a great

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