STC inks 25 cooperation agreements for Saudi digital transformation at GITEX 2019

Saudi Telecom Co. (STC) Group signed more than 25 agreements at GITEX 2019 with a number of major international information technology (IT) firms as well as government programs and local companies.

The agreements, signed with Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia, will enhance STC’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 its DARE Strategy targets to reinvent the customer experience.

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.

Furthermore, an agreement was concluded with the Badir Technology Incubators and Accelerators Program - allowing STC Business to provide its services to the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector, as well as with Cisco to manage customer service operations.

In this context, STC signed another contract with the Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company (Khatib & Alami) to develop the engineering design of the King Abdulaziz Telecommunications Complex in Riyadh.

An agreement with the Saudi Digital Payments Company was also signed, in addition to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the ABANA Enterprises Group Co., thus allowing integration between the Saudi Digital Payments Company and ABANA’s cash management services provided.

Within the same framework, STC entered into another agreement with Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services Co., aimed at improving security and comfort during electronic payment transactions carried out at gas stations.

In order to provide STC customers with the opportunity to use the STC Pay platform in pharmacies and markets, and to book flights and receive car rental services, STC signed four agreements with each of Al Nahdi Medical Company, Al-Sadhan-SPAR, Flynas and iDrive, in addition to another, similar one with Saco.

The telecom giant also entered into an agreement with MATRIXX Software, Inc. to lead the continued growth of its brand, and concluded a MoU, thus allowing the use of Mrsool on its online STC Pay platform and accepting the payments of customers using this application to deliver their orders.