Presented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology at the Digital Technology Forum, hosted by CST
We are proud to have received the Technical Excellence Award, a recognition of stc’s impactful role in fostering local content and driving innovation within the technology sector. This achievement reflects our continued commitment to building a digitally empowered society and contributing to the realization of Saudi Vision 2030.
Presented by the Saudi Authority for Local Content and Government Procurement
We are honored to have received first place in the Excellence Award in Local Content Preference for state-owned companies.This prestigious recognition highlights our commitment to developing and prioritizing local content, supporting Saudi businesses, and contributing to the Kingdom’s economic growth and sustainability.
stc has been recognized with the prestigious GSMA T-ISAC Contributors Award at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. This is a monumental occasion for stc as it marks the first time GSMA T-ISAC has presented awards in the field of Cyber Security and we're honored to be the only operator outside Europe to receive this distinction.
stc's selection from over 150 mobile operators worldwide is a testament to stc's significant contributions and leadership in the field of telecom cyber security, made possible through our exceptional work with GSMA T-ISAC (Telecommunication Information Sharing and Analysis Center) throughout 2022/23. We're proud to have manifested our capabilities on an international level, showcasing our commitment to protecting the mobile ecosystem from cyber threats. This recognition is a public acknowledgment of stc's efforts to stay ahead of emerging security challenges in the industry.
stc group has been honored with the ICT Leadership Award 2023. This prestigious recognition is a testament to stc’s exceptional leadership and commitment to advancing the Kingdom's digital transformation initiatives.
This achievement underscores stc Group's dedication to driving innovation and excellence in cyber security and its vital role in shaping the nation's evolving digital landscape.
stc has been awarded the prestigious Threat Intelligence Champion in Middle East by VirtuPort and Anomali at the MENA Information Security Conference 2022. As a leading player in the region's cybersecurity landscape, this award acknowledges stc's commitment to staying ahead of emerging threats and its dedication to promoting best practices in threat intelligence.
stc group has achieved CREST accreditation in Cyber Security Incident Response. This prestigious certification recognizes our organization's commitment to delivering high-quality incident response services that meet the highest international standards. As part of this accreditation, stc group demonstrates its expertise in responding to complex cyber security incidents and has shown exceptional proficiency in managing these events.
stc has secured the first position in a recent cybersecurity resilience assessment conducted by CST. This prestigious achievement recognizes stc's exceptional ability to respond effectively to cyber attacks and its commitment to maintaining the highest level of cybersecurity.
In this rigorous simulation exercise, stc Cybersecurity demonstrated outstanding skills in managing cyber threats, responding to incidents, and implementing business continuity plans. The assessment evaluated stc's strategic approach to cybersecurity, managerial skills, technical expertise, and overall resilience against cyber attacks. This remarkable achievement sets a new standard for the telecom sector, showcasing stc's leadership in cybersecurity excellence.
stc group has achieved CREST accreditation in Security Operations Centers (SOC). This prestigious certification recognizes our organization's expertise in designing, implementing, and managing SOC solutions that provide robust security monitoring. With this CREST accreditation, stc group demonstrates its commitment to delivering high-quality cybersecurity services that meet the highest international standards.
The Global Connectivity Awards set the benchmark for excellence in the telecommunications industry. Being recognized as the Best Middle Eastern Connectivity Provider reflects stc Group’s leadership in delivering reliable, high-quality connectivity solutions across the world.
This award underscores our commitment to innovation and our continuous efforts to enhance global connectivity, empowering businesses and communities with seamless digital infrastructure.
The Global Connectivity Awards are renowned for recognizing excellence and innovation across the international telecom industry. Winning the Best Sales Team award highlights stc Group’s ability to build meaningful partnerships, deliver innovative solutions, and consistently meet market demands.
This award is a testament to the dedication and expertise of our sales team, showcasing our commitment to driving business growth and fostering strong relationships with partners and customers worldwide.
The Excellence in Talent Management and Development Award by SHRM MENA recognizes organizations or individuals who have demonstrated exceptional practices and achievements in talent management and development within the Middle East and North Africa region. This award signifies excellence in fostering a conducive environment for talent growth and development, contributing to organizational success and sustainability.
This award is annually granted to training programs that excel in empowering and developing students and graduates, paving the way for their successful integration into the job market. Competitive programs are evaluated based on several criteria including the quality of training content, the effectiveness of the program in developing skills and knowledge, guidance and support provided to participants, as well as the employment integration rate after program completion. This recognition aims to encourage efforts to develop outstanding training programs that contribute to improving youth employment opportunities and building a promising future for them in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
The Future Workplace Awards are the leading regional standards for remarkable achievements of individuals, teams, departments, and institutions contributing innovatively to the growth and development of the human resources industry in the Middle East region. Winning the award is a significant achievement, reflecting stc's commitment to leveraging data-driven insights to enhance human resources practices.
The Future Workplace Awards are the leading regional standards for remarkable achievements of individuals, teams, departments, and institutions contributing innovatively to the growth and development of the human resources industry in the Middle East region. Winning the award is a significant achievement, reflecting stc's commitment to leveraging data-driven insights to enhance human resources practices.
The Future Workplace Awards are the leading regional standards for remarkable achievements of individuals, teams, departments, and institutions contributing innovatively to the growth and development of the human resources industry in the Middle East region. Winning the award is a significant achievement, reflecting stc's commitment to leveraging data-driven insights to enhance human resources practices.
This section of the awards aims to honor companies or consultants who have made significant contributions in providing outstanding consulting services in the field of human resources management. These services include consulting in skills and capabilities development within organizations, designing and implementing human resources development programs, managing organizational change, developing corporate culture, and improving team performance.
This award is bestowed upon the program that demonstrates excellence in developing and empowering leaders in the field of human resources. This can be achieved through delivering exceptional educational content, utilizing innovative and effective training methods, or providing opportunities for personal and professional development for participants. Judges in these awards evaluate nominated programs based on specific criteria such as quality, innovation, and positive impact on leaders and the organization as a whole.
This award is considered one of the prestigious categories presented at the annual awards ceremony held in the Middle East region. The aim of this award is to honor and distinguish companies and employers who are renowned as preferred employers and outstanding leaders in implementing human resource management practices.
This award stands out for highlighting the best practices and policies that promote diversity and equity in the workplace, contributing to building an inclusive and diverse community. Winning the Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award signifies a company's commitment to the values of justice and equality, serving as an incentive for further innovation and development in this field.
stc has been awarded the "Technical Excellence Award" presented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in recognition of its exceptional performance over the past years and its effective contribution to the development of the local economy in various areas, including human capacity development, research and innovation support, exportation, localization, and support and development of local content.
stc group received the Excellence Award in Local Content from the Local Content and Government Procurement Authority. stc ranked in first place among government-owned companies. The award for boosting local content across Saudi Arabia’s telecom and ICT sectors.
Reinforcing its position as a regional leader in the telecommunications industry, stc has been honored with the prestigious "Best Wholesale Company in the Middle East" award during the 17th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit. This recognition serves as a testament to stc's commitment to innovation and influential contributions within the industry, and positioning stc as the top performer in the wholesale category in MENA.
stc group won the Software Innovation Track Award from MEA Business in coordination with SAMENA Telecom Council. The award recognizes the Group’s efforts of developing a culture of digital innovation.
stc group received the E-Commerce Innovation Track Award from MEA Business in coordination with SAMENA Telecom Council. It recognizes the Group's contributions to enabling e-commerce in innovative ways.
stc group received the Innovation Path Award in Primary Sector Technologies from MEA Business in coordination with SAMENA Telecom Council. This testifies excellence in primary sectors’ digital empowerment.
stc won the “Best Social Media Campaign” award at the Global Carrier Awards ceremony, held during the Capacity Europe event in London (17-19 October 2023) in recognition for the campaign of launching stc’s subsidiary “center3”. This award reflects stc’s commitment to connect effectively with its audience, and deliver the solutions that align with their business needs and aspirations.
stc won the “Project of the Year - Terrestrial” award at the Global Carrier Awards ceremony, held during the Capacity Europe event in London (17-19 October 2023), which reinforces stc’s firm dedication to innovation and leadership in the industry.
stc has been awarded a certification in anti-fraud standards compliance from the Global Leaders' Forum (GLF) Code of Conduct, which demonstrates our commitment to combatting fraud in the international carrier industry.
stc group, an engine of digital transformation, has been awarded the Forbes Middle East Sustainability Leaders Award in the Middle East. This recognition acknowledges the exemplary sustainability efforts made by the group in reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainable practices in four areas related to climate, society, digitalization, and the future of work. The award was presented at the Forbes Middle East Sustainability Leaders Summit 2023, held in Abu Dhabi.
stc group, an engine of digital transformation, won the “Best ICT Infrastructure Development’ Award during the SAMENA Lead 2023 Awards, held in Dubai, mid-October 2023. This achievement is an appreciation for the Group’s uniqueness in providing a supportive ICT environment.
stc group, an engine of digital transformation, won the “Best 5G Experience” Award during the SAMENA Lead 2023 Awards, held in Dubai, mid-October 2023. This award reflects an appreciation to the Group’s efforts in enhancing its 5G network, launched back in 2019.
The Future Workplace Awards are the regional benchmark for outstanding achievements of individuals, teams, departments and organizations that have innovatively contributed to the growth and development of the Middle East HR industry. Winning such an award is a significant achievement and reflects stc commitment to utilizing data-driven insights to enhance its human resources practices.
stc has won the World Finance Best Corporate Governance Award 2022 for Saudi Arabia, presented by the British World Finance magazine to distinguish institutions and entities in the fields of governance and compliance around the world. stc continues to attract high praise internationally with this recognition, which reflects the group’s ongoing efforts to become a master of best practices in the Corporate Governance framework.
The London-based Ethical Boardroom magazine has named stc the Best Corporate Governance Award 2022, recognizing it among leading companies in the region that have elevated corporate governance standards globally. stc won the award for the Middle East in the telecommunication category, operating according to the highest global standards of corporate governance, and this recognition is a testament to these efforts.
Telecom Review’s Excellence Awards ceremony recognizes companies and industry leaders for what they have accomplished during the year. The outstanding achievement of stc as the “Best 5g User Growth” further strengthens its position as the largest provider of 5G networks and 5G services across all the Kingdom’s regions.
The prestigious awards program honours outstanding companies in the region that have made exceptional contributions in the pursuit of technological innovation in their respective industries. In this matter, stc Cloud networking Data Center Automation system has proven to be a revolution in the network engineering and operations processes.
Winning a Glotel Award in The Private Networks Perfection/Nonpublic Mobile Networks/Private Campus category, shows stc’s capabilities in creating and implementing private networks, which are used to provide dedicated connectivity for businesses and organizations.
stc has received Speedtest® award for the fastest 5G and mobile network in Saudi Arabia for the first and second quarter in 2020. stc achieved a Speed Score™ of 58.52 with average speeds of 72.77 Mbps for download and 21.45 Mbps for upload.
stc has received the Speedtest® award for the best mobile coverage in Saudi Arabia for the first and second quarter in 2020 stc achieved a Coverage Score of 807.
stc group has awarded as the 1st Saudi national company to be CREST accredited and certified for Cybersecurity penetration test services. The accreditation was from international organization (CREST) that assess the cybersecurity services for customer information protection
stc has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. It demonstrates our commitment and significance for managing cyber security risks with an internationally recognized management system and practices.
Competing with the world’s largest telecom companies, stc won the Customer Experience Management Award 2020 as the best operator at the world conference on customer experience, in London.
stc has received the Speedtest® award for the best mobile coverage for the Third and fourth quarter in 2019. stc achieved a Coverage Score of 782.
stc has received the Speedtest® award for its mobile network for the Third and fourth quarter in 2019. stc achieved a Speed Score™ of 45.41 with average speeds of 50.41 Mbps for download and 20.03 Mbps for upload.
The award is presented by The Corporate Governance Center in Al-Faisal University that measure the level of application of all governance components and the level of transparency within the companies listed in Saudi Capital Market - Tadawul (170+ companies) in order to support Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Effie Grand Prix for the Roaming Puppet. 3 Gold Awards in the Sustained Success category for “LaYwagif”, in the Brand Experience category for mystc App and in Youth Marketing for Tuby, 2 Silver Awards in the Sustained Success category for “LaYwagif” and in the Shopper Marketing category for mystc App
Grand Prix, Category A10 on Advertising Campaigns for Akhou Nora Campaign. Grand Prix, Category A10 on Film Craft for TUBY Campaign. Gold Award on Public Relations for Akhou Nora Campaign. Three Bronze Awards on Media and Film Craft for The Big Shutdown, Sarah The Game Changer and Qitaf Campaigns.
stc ranked the 2nd place as the best advertising campaign in 2018. In the track of (Store of the year) in the third edition of the Pioneer Marketing Award. The Digital Day campaign was highly echoed when it was launched on 19 December 2018. The company closed more than 220 branches around the Kingdom. In order to raise awareness about its digital channels: mystc, Self-service machines stc Shop and interactive messages through 900. More than 151 businesses with different sectors from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries have participated.
stc won the Golden Award for mystc Campaign for the Effective Integration of the Channels, and won the Silver Award for the "UnveilSaudi" campaign for the Effective Use of Partnerships at the WARC Media Awards.
stc has received the Speedtest® award for its mobile network for the third and fourth quarter in 2018. stc achieved a Speed Score™ of 29.99, with average speeds of 32.95 Mbps for download and 16.25 Mbps for upload. This is the 3rd consecutive year for stc to win the Speedtest® award.
Alfaisal University honored stc for the Excellence Award in Corporate Governance at the 2nd Annual Corporate Governance Conference. According to the index of the Corporate Governance Center at Alfaisal university which is listed in “Tadawl, stc is one of the top five corporate governance companies in the Kingdom. Majed A. Alshabana, Legal GM, received the honorary shield from His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Ali Al-Hiaza, Rector of Alfaisal University.
stc won Makkah excellence award for its strategic partnership.
stc has received a total of 7 awards (1 Grand Prix, 2 silver, 4 bronze) during the 2017 Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity. stc received these awards based on the creativity portrayed in their advertising campaigns (Unveil Saudi and the mystc application).
In continuation for its role as a leader in the telecommunication industry, stc won four awards in different filed in the same day, Wednesday, November 11th, 2016. The first two awards were provided by Effie Worldwide. Effie Worldwide is a nonprofit organization and provide awards to honor the most effective marketing communications ideas. Begin with a special award for the platform “ laywagif” as a gate and source for media and entertainment content and another award to mystc app for the marketing campaign “The campaign that never saw the light“ . Cenk Serdar, Consumer SVP and Ahmed A. Alsahhaf , Marketing Communication GM attended the celebration in Dubai. Morover, the company won the “Customer service provider of the year” award During the celebration of CommsMEA Awards 2016 (The leading awards event for the region's telecoms sector) in Dubai. The award was received by Abdullah A. Aljeraiwi, VP Human Capital and Corporate Services at Integral. Finally, stc acquired King Khalid Development Partners Award for supporting “The Clinicians” App. This award is an annual award that aims to honor the achievements of inspiring individuals or groups in corporate Social responsibilities (CSR).
stc received the gold medal for “contact center” award and the silver medal for “Best use of Social Media in the Contact Center” award during Contact Center World Summit 2016. Mohammad A. Almositeer, Technical Centers Director, received the awards on behalf of stc.
stc’s Qitaf-Tamayouz Loyalty Program was recognized as the leading loyalty program within the telecom industry at the Loyalty Magazine’s annual Loyalty Awards held in London On the 21st of June. The award coincides with the 10 year anniversary of the loyalty program and recognizes the amazing effort of the stc team to convert Qitaf-Tamayouz from a single operator points program into the multi-partner ecosystem as it is today. Qitaf-Tamayouz now provides our 11 million active members a wide range of customized offerings to meet their needs and preferences.
At the latest installment of the annual CMO Awards for Excellence in Branding & Marketing, stc’s Qitaf-Tamayouz loyalty program was awarded the prestigious title of Best Loyalty Program. This award recognizes as the best program from across industries that best rewards and delights customers. The award coincides with the 10 year anniversary of the Qitaf-Tamayouz program and recognizes the hard work by the entire team to evolve Qitaf-Tamayouz into a leader in the loyalty space. Serving more than 11 million members, Qitaf-Tamayouz offers an unrivaled range of products and services to reward customers for their loyalty to stc.
“Lorez” is considered a non-profit organization established in 1978A.D., when its activities were geographically limited to Johannesburg in South Africa. The organization later realized the importance of innovative excellence through its contact with consumers from other regions and expanded its scope to cover new areas in the world.
stc received the “Mega contact centers” and “social media services” awards during the contact center world completion in the presence of 32 specialized companies in the customer service.
stc received a staggering number of 6 awards (1 Gold, 3 Silver, and 2 Bronze) at the Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity of 2016. stc was recognized for its outstanding work on the Rayi7 Rayi7, Dawri Plus, and Laywagif campaigns.
stc has successfully secured 4 Mena Cristal awards for its print and outdoor Roaming campaigns during the 2014 Mena Cristal event. stc was awarded 2 Sapphire and 2 Emerald awards.
In continuation of the ongoing success of the stc Procurement over the previous period, the Procurement Sector celebrated the winning of the EIPM Peter Kraljic Award, which is considered one of the leading international awards specializing in procurement systems and process. The Procurement sector in stc has witnessed a radical transformation over the past three years in terms of work process, systems, and the development of relations with suppliers measures.
stc has globally occupied the first place in quick response to its customers. CUSTOMER CARE account on Twitter (@stcCare) achieved the first place as the fastest responding company among all global telecom companies all over the world on Twitter and Facebook.
As part of the activities of the Telecoms World Middle East 2015 that was held in Dubai, stc wins the twin awards for best wholesale operator for data and voice services in the MENA region. This award is considered one of the global awards for wholesale services for the MENA region. The award is bestowed through the process of nomination and differentiation between distinguished operators during the year.
stc has successfully achieved the world-renowned ISO Certification for effectively handling customer complaints in its call centers. Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), independent nonprofit organization, granted the ISO 10002:2004 certificate to the Call Center Technologies Department of the Data Centers Services and IT Operations General Management at stc. LRQA had thoroughly reviewed the policies and procedures of the department, inspected its premises, and conducted interviews with key employees to ensure that work processes comply with international standards.
stc has been awarded for its effectiveness by the Effie awards and for its creativity by the Okaz awards, meaning stc made its mark both globally and locally respectively. stc won a Bronze Effie and 2 Gold Okaz awards.
stc Security Operation Center (SOC) has been awarded the International Standards Organization (ISO) global certificate ISO 27001:2005, which acknowledges stc’s continued excellence in information security standards.
stc won MENA performance excellence and telecom service delivery Award for 2013 offered by COMMSMEA magazine specialized in communications and information technology news. The award was received by GM of stc Corporate Communications in an annual ceremony organized by the magazine the day before yesterday evening in Dubai where operators and individuals who had a leading role in the development of the region’s telecom sector were honored.
This accomplishment is a continuation of stc concern for raising the level of all services and management and organizational processes by adherence to the world metrics and standards based on meeting and delivering services that feature quick and satisfactory response to customer needs. Furthermore, the world quality recognition of stc reflects its commitment to adopting the best quality standards at all operational levels wherever it is present.
stc has been honored with the Customer Services Excellence Award by Global Telecom Business. The award was received by GM of stc Network Solutions in the ceremony held in London. The award had been granted to stc for its delivery of complete and inno
stc won the best BlackBerry application for “Abyat” application it offers to its customers via INTGRAL – its digital arm. The award was granted to stc by The Mobile Show held in Dubai emirate as an emphasis to its distinct role in the region an
stc received the Distinction Award for Information Security Control and Operating Project for the entire region due to its efforts intended for raising security levels for SOC that is managed by stc
stc wins the “Award for The Best Provider of Telecom Services to Airports in Emerging Markets in 2012” during the Third Award Ceremony held on Jan 30th, 2013 in Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai, UAE. The ceremony was organized by Arabian Reach Co.
stc has won the Awards of the Middle East Institute for Excellence in the management of institutional communications and media reach-out, of the Datamatix International, in Dubai, the Emirates, in recognition of its role in promoting institutional co
stc has won the title, “Best Mobile Service Provider”, in the fourth annual poll, conducted by Mobile Trend, a telecommunications and information technology magazine. A large segment of citizens and residents from all part
stc has been appointed to the PMI® Global Executive Council and by that joining an elite international group of industry-leading companies that are committed to advancing their organization’s project, program and portfolio management capabilities
Mobile Operator of the Year.
stc has won the award for the best iPhone app, in recognition of its support for the development of mobile applications, and its active contribution in providing technical solutions, as well as its leadership role in the communications and internet s
Distinctive award – Employment Nationalization.
stc wins the International Award for Development, Experience Transfer, and Innovation at TMT Conference Middle East.
stc wins the best operator of mobile phone services at TMT Conference.
stc wins the Leadership Award for pioneer Role in Telecom Industry.
stc wins the Most Innovative Data Center Project of the year from Cisco International.
stc wins the Customer Care Excellence Award granted by Middle East Excellence Awards Institute during a prize giving ceremony as part of the activities for the 9th GCC Government and Business Global Competitiveness Customer Care.
Granted by BMG Financial Consultations Firm.
Operational Excellence Award at the Global Forum for Communications TM Forum Management World 2010 held in Nice in France and focused on aspects of the management and implementation of a new generation of surveillance systems and operating NGOSS.
American Board of Project Management PMP Approved stc & became the first telecommunications company in the Middle East are adopting this global assessment.
(Dubai Linux) to the advertiser Excellence in the Middle East and North Africa this year.
Granted by Saudi Arabian Standards & Specifications Organization (SASO).
Granted by The Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.
Best Wholesale Carrier in Middle East.
From the International institute fo Social Responsibility in Dubai.
Granted by BMG Financial Consultations Firm.
Granted by Arabian Business Magazine.
Telecom Companies ranking for the Region in 2008.
stc is the first telecom company in the region to attain this strong rating, and one of the top five rated telecom companies in the world.
