STC deploys first Ericsson Radio Dot System in the Middle East
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* Saudi Telecom Company STC is the first operator in the region to deploy
Ericsson's state-of-the-art Radio Dot System
* Smart and creative solution provides a fast and flexible way to deliver
high-quality access to mobile broadband and voice services indoors
* STC customers will enjoy better network performance and improved coverage
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Saudi Telecom Company (STC) have teamed up to deploy
Ericsson's state-of-the-art Radio Dot System solution. It is the first
deployment of its kind in the Middle East.
The Ericsson Indoor Radio Dot System fully integrates with the outdoor WCDMA and
LTE networks. It provides seamless coverage for STC's consumer and enterprise
customers in the broadest range of in-building deployment scenarios, ensuring
consistent delivery of high performance voice and data services.
The deployment will also support scalable capacity for a variety of commercial
buildings, including underserved medium-to-large buildings and venues.
Abdullah Alzmame, Network VP at STC; "We are pleased to be working with Ericsson
to inaugurate its Radio Dot System. At STC, we have long placed customer
satisfaction at the core of our operational ethos. This partnership will help us
in providing our business customers with the highest standards of
telecommunications services. In practice, it will ensure that they have access
to fast and reliable indoor mobile connectivity and enjoy the best possible
network experience."
Ali Eid, President Ericsson Saudi Arabia: added: "Ericsson's Radio Dot System
has been deployed to offer business customers in KSA a seamless user experience
and a cost-effective, convenient solution to indoor coverage challenges. With
our Radio Dot System, STC users will benefit from high performance voice, data
coverage and capacity."
Over the past 14 years, STC and Ericsson have built a successful relationship
underpinned by numerous milestones. The collaboration, which includes cutting-
edge products, network enhancement initiatives, and innovative customer service
offerings, have left a clear mark on Saudi Arabia's telecommunications
industry.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
STC is the leading national provider of telecommunication services in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The company is working continuously to fulfill and
satisfy the market requirements, keeping pace with the emerging technologies in
the telecommunications sector and satisfying its customer's needs. STC has put
in its consideration that, this is the way to reinforce its position and
identity, in view of a changing world, where the role and usage of
telecommunications became more significant.
Believing in the importance of its customers and fulfillment of their needs, STC
has adopted a new Broadband Strategy that aims to support and re-enforce its
leading competitive position. Based on this strategy, STC strives to continue to
enhance customer- centric culture in all its business aspects. This culture has
been reflected in the organizational design of the company that focused on the
Key STC Customer Categories.
In the last few years, STC has gone beyond its local borders to the
international markets, forming a network of businesses and investments in a
number of Gulf Cooperation Countries, Asia & Africa, which enabled STC to serve
a greater number of global customers.
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Ericsson is the driving force behind the Networked Society - a world leader in
communications technology and services. Our long-term relationships with every
major telecom operator in the world allow people, business and society to
fulfill their potential and create a more sustainable future.
Our services, software and infrastructure - especially in mobility, broadband
and the cloud - are enabling the telecom industry and other sectors to do better
business, increase efficiency, improve the user experience and capture new
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With approximately 115,000 professionals and customers in 180 countries, we
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networks that connect more than 2.5 billion subscribers. Forty percent of the
world's mobile traffic is carried over Ericsson networks. And our investments in
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front.
Founded in 1876, Ericsson has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Net sales
in 2014 were SEK 228.0 billion (USD 33.1 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ
OMX stock exchange in Stockholm and the NASDAQ in New York.
About Ericsson's Radio Dot System
With its Radio Dot System, Ericsson is redefining the concept of indoor small
cells with the industry's most cost-effective and modular high performance
indoor radio system, enabling operators to address a wide range of in-building
environments with a common solution. This has clear operational benefits for the
operator but is also important to CIOs, IT Managers and building owners and
managers who may be responsible for multi-location businesses and campuses where
individual buildings can vary greatly in size and user traffic.
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