Barcelona, June 28, 2021, SPA -- Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission, Dr. Mohammed bin Saud Al-Tamimi visited today STC Group’s pavilion in the Mobile World Congress MWC 2021 in Barcelona, in the presence of Group CEO Eng. Olayan bin Mohammed Al-Wetaid. In remarks to highlight the event, Dr. Al-Tamimi said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is widely appreciated by all international bodies, companies, experts and specialists in major global technical forums. During his visit to STC pavilion at one of the world's renowned events in the field of communications, he also admired STC for bringing to the conference specialized Saudi talents, who were able to share with the world a quality set of success stories of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the area of communications and digital technologies. He also touted the advanced programs achieved in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s transformation into a digital society and the upgrade of ICT services across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which enhanced its competitiveness at the regional and global levels. This contributed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s success in using technology to develop a set of advanced technological solutions to manage the social and economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s experience is widely recognized and admired by the international community. According to the international indices monitored by the National Center for Performance Measurement (ADAA), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia edged to the top in confrontation of the COVID-19 crisis. While STC offered comprehensive solutions in the ICT and digital empowerment, leading the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to receive the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2021 Award, granted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr. Al-Tamimi indicated the advanced ranking of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the "Digital Maturity Index" for telecom regulators around the world "Level 5". This ranking came to culminate Saudi Arabia's success in building a sustainable and homogeneous regulatory framework and the shift towards cooperative regulation, to rank 1st in the Middle East and Africa, and 9th among G20 companies, according to the ITU. STC is an active member of the Board of Directors of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA), which organizes the events of the (MWC) conference, the first Saudi company to represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the largest organization for mobile telecommunication operators and manufacturers in the world side by side with the largest and most important 25 telecom companies in the world. --SPA 19:53 LOCAL TIME 16:53 GMT 0032 www.spa.gov.sa/w1578004