RIYADH, 12 January 2005 — An agreement between the Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) and Ettihad Etisalat was reached here on Monday. The agreement between the two companies reflected upon the healthy and long term ties that they are looking forward to develop in the years to come. According to the agreement, the STC will provide services to Etisalat for a period of three years.
One of the major provisions of infrastructure made available by the STC will be its transmission links that will allow interlinking between Etisalat locations.
Another important provision the STC will make available to Etisalat is the unhindered flow of traffic both through the linking of Etisalat’s and the STC’s switchboxes.
The STC will offer to the Etisalat subscribers national roaming capabilities which will allow the subscribers network access in areas that at present are not covered by Etisalat’s network and this will be made available till Etisalat’s network is up and running across the Kingdom’s various cities.
In order to speed up Etisalat’s ground stations, the STC has also agreed upon providing its mobile telephone towers.
Etisalat’s Managing Director Khalid Al-Kaf said that the accord would allow for the rapid linking up of the two companies networks, thus speeding up our ability to offer Etisalat’s services in the Kingdom. On the other hand STC President Khalid ibn Abdullah Al-Mulhem said that STC welcomed Etisalat as one of its main customers and users of its network, which will have a positive impact on the utilization of its network that is spread across the Kingdom.