The Saudi Telecom Company (STC), represented by its enterprise focused business unit, STC Business, and Tech Mahindra have announced a strategic alliance aimed at enabling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in its Vision 2030 through innovations in digitalisation targeting a broad spectrum of sectors.
The alliance will leverage STC’s cloud and IoT platforms, its expansive national backbone, and the reach and penetration of its fixed and mobile networks, matched to the experience of Tech Mahindra’s across digital transformation backed by its deep expertise in newer technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data & Analytics, Machine Learning and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) among others.
As a part of the Vision 2030, the KSA is looking at making the kingdom a global model of excellence on all fronts by diversifying its economy and developing public sectors such as health, education, infrastructure, recreation, and tourism. An aspiring ICT leader with robust technology infrastructure and strong footprint in the region, STC is a key implementation partner for Vision 2030.
Through the alliance, the two companies will build and rollout cutting-edge digitalisation solutions, built around the Cloud, IoT and delivered across a variety of interfaces, and covering a broad spectrum of future Smart City and industry specific needs in the public and private sector covering sectors such as Health, Oil & Gas and Transportation among others.
“Digitisation is key to the success of Vision 2030’s transformation objectives, which is why we are partnering with Tech Mahindra to innovate around the cloud and IoT, and encourage innovation across the eco-system with the solutions and usage cases we develop together,” said STC Senior Vice President of Enterprise, Dr. Tarig M. Enaya.
