This year’s hajj season saw a spike in qualitative technologies, as the number of 5G network sites increased by 132 percent DUBAI: Saudi Arabia announced that the volume of data traffic transferred via the STC network in the Arafat area increased by 40 percent in comparison to the 2019 hajj seasons. This was the highest number to be recorded, with 5G and 4G networks accounting for 96 percent of the total traffic, SPA reported. This year’s hajj season saw a spike in qualitative technologies, as the number of 5G network sites increased by 132 percent. Special high-speed departments were established to help connect several international airports in the Kingdom in order to ensure "the seamless arrival of pilgrims from their countries of origin," the report said. The Mission Critical Communications Solution (TETRA), provided by STC to the government and private agencies participating in hajj, facilitated services that provided through encrypted platforms that connected people to teams across 138 sites, covering all hajj areas.