STC Group to take center stage as the platinum networking's sponsor of Mobile World Congress

Press release

Published February 29th, 2012 - 10:45 GMT

Al Bawaba

As part of its unswerving commitment to active presence in the global telecom forums, STC Group announced today its participation in the World Mobile Congress (GSMA), as the platinum networking's sponsor.

GSMA meetings will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on 27th February until 1st March, are by the far the most prestigious gathering of ministers, heads of regulatory bodies as well as global telecom operators' executives where high-level meetings are held and vital key agendas of the industry, are similarly, discussed.

STC Group has long been active in these high-profile meetings to set the pace for path-finding ideas, new solutions, different industry perspectives and cutting-edge know-how.

As technology is ever rapidly changing, sponsoring the Mobile World Congress allows STC Group, as the leading telecom company in the Middle East, an opportunity to keep abreast with the state-of-the-art products, services and prospects in the telecom evolving frontier and emerging markets, alike.

Background Information

Viva

Kuwait Telecommunications Company (VIVA) is Kuwaiti Shareholding Company incorporated pursuant to Amiri Decree No. 187 on 22 July 2008 to operate and manage the third GSM mobile network in Kuwait as per Law no. 2 of 2007. Accordingly, VIVA was launched in December 2008 and was listed on Kuwait Stock Exchange during December 2014.

VIVA is the newest, most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider in the country. VIVA has rapidly established itself in the market through its customer and employee-centric approach.