STC HAS IMPLEMENTED A LARGE CORE AND ACCESS FIXED NETWORK COVERING THE ENTIRE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

STC Fiber Network:

Network Coverage & Capacity

175 Switches
Over 5,000 Mobile Base Stations
120,000 Km Copper Cable Length
6.3 Million Access Lines
80,000 Km Fiber Across the Kingdom
9 Self Healing Rings
49 Virtual Rings

IP/MPLS Backbone with over 40 Routers

STC BORDER-CROSSING TERRESTRIAL FIBER OPTIC NETWORK IS EXTENDED TO ALMOST ALL NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, (WITH DIVERSITY ROUTINGS).

• KSA is connected via terrestrial border crossing links to six countries:
  
• Bahrain       2LINKS
• Qatar          2LINKS
• Kuwait        2LINKS 
• UAE           2LINKS 
• Yemen       2LINKS (1 Under Imp.)
• Jordan       3LINKS
• Oman        1LINK (Planned for 2009)
• Iraq   1LINK (Planned for 2009)

• STC also operates 3 International Transmission Management Centers (ITMC), located in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam, that manage STC’s international network traffic.

STC Submarine Cable Investment

• SEA ME WE 3
• I ME WE
• SEA ME WE 4
• EIG
• SAS-1
• FLAG & MENA
  

SEA ME WE 3:

South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 3 (SMW3)
 

• Operational since 2000 .
• Longest system in the world (39,000Km) .
• Current capacity of 505Gbps .
• SMW 3 lands in 39 points in 33 countries .
  
  

SEA ME WE 4 :

South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SMW4)

• Spans 20,000Km across the world .

• Design capacity 1.2 Tbps .

• SMW4 connects 14 countries and will permit an alternative route to SMW 3 for major destinations.

• The system is amongst the most economical  and most advanced cable systems in the region

  SingTel, TM, CAT, BTTB, SLT, Bhartai, TATA, PTCL, Eitsalat, STC, TE, TIS, FT, TT, AT .

SAS-1:

SAS-1:

• Operational since 2003 .
• Point-to-point, 333Km long repeater-less cable system linking Jeddah with Sudan .
• 1.28Tbps capacity .
  
  

I ME WE:

India Middle East Western Europe (“I ME WE”):

• RFSD 4Q 2009 .

• System length of (≈ 10,500Km) .

• Designed capacity of 3.84 Tbit .

• IMEWE lands in 10 points comprising 8 countries .

• TATA, Bharti, PTCL, Eitsalat, STC, TE, OGERO, TIS and FT .

EIG:

EIG:

• Expected RFSD Q2 2010 .
• System length of (≈ 12000Km) .
• Designed capacity of about 3 Tbps .
• EIG lands in 14 points among 12 countries .

EASSY:

EASSY:

• RFSD 2009 .
• System length of (≈ 10,500Km) .
• Design capacity of 2.56 Tbps .
• Essay covering east African countries from Sudan to South Africa .
• Essay lands in 8 points throughout 8 countries .

MENA:

Privet submarine system MENA:

• RFSD Q1 2009 .
• System length of (≈ 8000Km) .
• Designed capacity of 5.76Tbps .
• MENA lands in 6 points among 4 countries .
• Owner: Orascom .
  
  

STC COMPLEMENTED ITS INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY WITH TWO SATELLITE EARTH STATION COMPLEXES BASED IN JEDDAH AND RIYADH

Jeddah King Fahd Satellite City:

• Jeddah’s King Fahd Satellite City is composed of seven ground stations .
• Three ground stations, Jed-4, Jed-5 and Jed-11 are operated with Intelsat .
• Two ground stations, Jed-8 and Jed-9, are operated with Arabsat .
  

Riyadh Dirab Complex:

• Riyadh’s Dirab Complex is composed of seven ground stations .
• Five ground stations are operated with Intelsat .
• Riy-3 and Riy-6 in Ku-band .
• Riy-7, Riy-8 and Riy-9 in C-band .
• Two ground stations, Riy-2 and Riy-5, are operated with ARABSAT in C-band .
  

STC INTERNATIONAL DATA NETWORK HAS AN EXTENSIVE GLOBAL REACH WITH SIGNIFICANT RESILIENCE

STC International Wholesale Internet:

• Total Internet connected capacity more than 35 G .
• Locally Distributed between Jeddah & Riyadh .
• Using different International Facilities  ( SMW4, SMW3, FLAG, etc…..) .
• The capacities are divided  in the West & East for diversity .
• Connecting with main IP providers AT &T, Level 3,MCI, Sprint, TIS, TATA, Global Crossing, Dutch Telecom, BT and C&W .
• Type of Interfaces STM-4, STM-16 & STM-64 level .