TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COVERS WIDE AREAS OF SAUDI ARABIA

RIYADH, SEPT 20, SPA -- DESPITE THE KINGDOM'S VAST AREA AND DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY, ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COVERS WIDE AREAS OF ITS LAND.

A REPORT BY SAUDI TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY SAID THE NUMBER OF FIXED TELEPHONE WORKING LINES WAS 3 MILLION LINES BY THE END OF SHABAN LAST YEAR.

THE COMPANY'S MOBILE PHONE SERVICE COVERED ABOUT 2,289,000 SUBSCRIBERS, PAGER SERVICE ABOUT 603,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND TELEX 3, 501, THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC PHONE LINES WAS 51, 752 LINES WHILE THE NUMBER OF LEASED CIRCUITS REACHED 34, 609 LINES AND WORKING INTERNATIONAL CIRCUITS REACHED 16, 990 LINES.

THE NUMBER OF SAUDI TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEES WAS 23,748 EMPLOYEES AND THE TRAINEES 17,436

Source: SPA©

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