STC honors its social responsibility and support for national initiatives

Building on its achievements in the field of social responsibility and its wide support for various community sectors, STC is sponsoring the Eastern Region Summer Festival under the title “Think of Saudi Arabia, Destination Eastern Region” for the second year consecutively which was officially launched with the presence of HH Prince Jalawi Bin Abdulaziz Bin Musaed Deputy Governor, of the Eastern Region.

On the occasion, Eng. Saud bin Majid Al Daweesh, STC Group CEO explained in a press statement, that the sponsorship and support of the Group for this Festival comes as an affirmation of its commitment to social responsibility programs, and a continuation to take part in all national events and support activities that contribute to development of the local economy, based on the Kingdom’s development plans. Al Daweesh also expressed his pride vis a vis the development and prosperity that the Eastern Province is witnessing under the continuous care and guidance of HRH Prince Mohammed bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Eastern Region.

On STC’s role in community service, Al-Daweesh said "We did not stop investing in infrastructure and the unique telecommunications and information services we offer our clients everywhere, but we also commit to serving members of our community where the Group took the initiative to roll out and adopt several programs and activities especially for this to this noble objective. Launched under Al Wafa program as an expression of our appreciation and acknowledgement to the country where the Group was established, grown and developed. These programs covered many fields including health, culture, education, religion, community, and tourism programs launched as part of its strategic plans to take care of the citizens and residents alike in addition to contributing to their wellbeing and prosperity at a time when other companies do not fulfilled their role towards its communities and contributions to participate in the development of the nation.

Al Daweesh also highlighted STC's contributions in the Eastern Region which reached 42 key initiatives in health, education, training, recruitment and charitable works. This included the establishment of two primary care centers launched and operated under Al Wafa Program in Al Tuwaither Healthcare Center in Al Ahsa and Al Theebiyah Healthcare Center in Hafr Al Batin.

Concluding his speech Al Daweesh said that STC has built a highly advanced telecommunications infrastructure for a developed telecommunication network considered the most advanced in the world. Today, STC is introducing integrated telecommunications services and broadband services at high speeds for all types of users including governmental or commercial sectors, individual and homes services. The Company was the first to introduce the 3G quick services and the fiber optic services.   

He concluded by saying that "We are the only company that offers comprehensive packages of voice, internet and digital TV services and we will continue to extend the FTTH network to residential areas and homes and will soon introduce the 4G LTE services. These achievements come at a time when the Group is winning key international awards and accolades placing it as one of the top 20 telecommunications companies in the world with operations in more than in 10 countries, with more than 140 million customers and increasing its revenues from SR 32 billion in 2006 reaching SR 51 billion by the end of 2010.