Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to upgrade its nationwide GSM and 3G networks and expand its commercial 4G TD-LTE network. According to company, Nokia Siemens Networks is now responsible for building one-third of STC’s nationwide 4G network.

Kuwait Telecommunication Company VIVA, a STC Group company, has launched commercial 4G LTE service in Kuwait.

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has added 200 new locations for the 4G LTE in five new cities across the Kingdom.

Saudi Arabian telcos Mobily and STC have launched LTE services in the country.

LTE penetration rate of Middle East LTE pioneers Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE is expected to reach 11.8 percent, more than the projected Western European average of 7.7 percent by 2014, according

Speed test of 4G service of Saudi Telecom LTEⁱ at GITEX 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, speed sometimes reaching about 100 MB

April 21, 2010 - Huawei today announced that it has been appointed by Saudi Telecom Company (STC) to deploy the Middle East' s largest pre-commercial LTE network in Saudi Arabia.

March 22, 2010 - Alcatel-Lucent today announced that it has been selected by STC (Saudi Telecom Company), the main telecommunications carrier in Saudi Arabia, to conduct an end-to-end Long Term Evo

February 17, 2010 - In cooperation with Ericsson, STC the leading national provider of telecom services in Saudi Arabia announced its deployment of LTE network that offers its customers the benefit