Saudi Telecom STC Selected Best Wholesale Provider in the Middle East at the annual Telecommunications Awards

STC has been named "Best Wholesaler of the Year in the Middle East at the annual Telecommunications Awards.

The World Communications Awards are recognized as the most prestigious awards for telecoms operators in the region.
The Best Wholesale Carrier category was open to wholesale telecoms providers in wireline, fixed wireless, mobile or converged markets.

The judges were looking an innovative business model, successful partnering strategy and new technology deployment and were examining areas such as cost, quality, connectivity, geographical reach and customer care approach. It recognizes market players, who through applying effective techniques and strategies to their wholesale businesses have established themselves at the forefront of the wholesale telecoms industry.
 
The Award was presented on November 19th, 2008 at the Telecom in Dubai at the city Europe 2008 conference in Amsterdam.

"We're very pleased that STC has been recognized as the leading wholesale carrier in the Middle East," said Sa'ad Ahmed Demyati, STC's Vice President for Wholesale Business Unit.

"This award represents a clear acknowledgement by our Customers, of STC’s continuous efforts to offer high-quality Wholesale services. We shall continue to work hard and delight our Customers by exceeding their expectation".

"STC operates one of the region's most advanced telecommunications networks. The network spans more than 145,000 Kilometer of terrestrial fiber network connecting all corners of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and extended to all neighboutring countries (UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan and Yemen), in addition to Submarine fiber systems that connects 35 countries across North America, Europe, North Africa, Middle East   and South East Asia.

STC offers a broad portfolio of wholesale services including voice over IP, Internet access, IP data services, broadband transport, and many value added services. Customers include PTTs and other carriers, wireless service providers, ISPs, content providers and other enterprises.

About STC
STC is the leading national provider of telecommunication services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in the last few years, STC has gone beyond its local borders to the international markets, forming a network of businesses and investments in a number of GCC countries, Asia & Africa. The company has now foot print in Kuwait, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and South Africa which has enabled STC to serve a greater number of its customers which the company seeks to increase internationally through studying and evaluation of potential investment opportunities in the future in line with its FORWARD Strategy.
 
The Company has recently achieved several successes and accomplishments, of which the most significant are:
Won King Abdul Aziz Quality Award  for the year 2008,  granted by Saudi Arabian Standards & Specifications Organization (SASO)
Won “Transparency Award for Saudi Stock Companies” for the year 2008- granted by BMG Financial Consultations Firm
Won “The Best Telecommunications Company Award “ for year  the year 2008”,  granted by Arabian Business Magazine

14/12/2008