Saudi Telecom Company (STC) intends to offer new cuts in service charges as of this Saturday in order to lure customers before the arrival of the second mobile operator, UAE telecom giant Etisalat, Arab News reported Thursday.
STC said it was canceling the annual fee of SR100 for international roaming and the SR100 charge for upgrading pre-paid SAWA service to ordinary mobile. It will also reduce by half the charge for changing or reissuing Aljawal chips as well as mobile installation from SR100 to SR50.
Additionally, Saudi Telecom will cut the monthly subscription charge for WAP and DATA services from SR20 to only SR4. Both services allow clients to follow up local and international news as well as financial market developments through mobiles. The number of STC's mobile subscribers has crossed a record 9 million.
Referring to the Easynet service, which will enable STC clients to gain access to the Internet without having any user name or password, the company conveyed the service would be available by the middle of this month at the rate of SR3 per hour.
Last month the company reduced charges for local and international calls through land-line phones. Call charges to some countries were brought down by as much as 44 percent.
