VOL. XLIII

No. 18

1-May-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Telecommunications Company Cuts Cost Of Phone Calls And Goes Digital

Saudi Arabias national telecoms provider, the Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC), announced on 19 April, that it would cut the cost of international and local telephone calls from 1 May by between 20% and 50% and would reduce the subscription charge for mobile phones. Khalid al-Qusaibi, Acting Minister for Post and Telecommunications and Head of STC, was quoted by AFP as saying...