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stc Leads MENA Region in Launching Innovative End-to-

end Commercial 5G SA Infrastructure

Deployment of the widest scale of 5G coverage on sub-3GHz besides
implementing advanced Business Support System

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital
leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers,
enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the successful
commercialization step of implementing 5G Stand Alone (5G SA).
The milestone is considered to be the second and most disruptive
development of the comprehensive 3GPP 5th generation compliant
network. stc also successfully accomplished the widest scale of 5G
deployment coverage on Sub-3GHz and 2.1GHz amongst other mobile
service providers in the MENA region. Besides these two achievements,
the Company enhanced its infrastructure with the deployment of the
most advanced automated Business Support System.

5G SA technology will enable stc’s subscribers
to enjoy higher uplink bandwidth, especially

catering to specialized use scenarios, such as
enterprise applications where uplink throughput
is equally important as downlink. Additionally,
the technology will lower user-traffic latency
to address key issues related to interruptions
in gaming experience, while kicking off market
interest in new rich forms of gaming technology
like Virtual Reality (VR).
Fahad Al Ali
Chief Technology Officer In a statement released by the Company, stc indicated that it has
stc Kuwait been progressing with major 5G SA developments to advance its 5G
network architecture, enabling the radical transformation of the telecom
industry into an as-a-Service model in line with Kuwait’s 2035 vision.
5G SA technology will enable stc’s subscribers to enjoy higher uplink
bandwidth, especially catering to specialized use scenarios, such as
enterprise applications where uplink throughput is equally important as
downlink. Additionally, the technology will lower user-traffic latency to
address key issues related to interruptions in gaming experience, while
kicking off market interest in new rich forms of gaming technology like
Virtual Reality (VR). 5G SA will also feature higher levels of security that
utilize the best industry know-how to provide robustness to telecom
networks.

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