Four firms building Saudi Arabia’s 5G infrastructure: report

10/07/2019 Argaam

 

Four international companies are deploying the 5G network across Saudi Arabia, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources close to the matter.

 

Those firms are China’s telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, Finland’s Nokia, the US-based CISCO Systems and Swedish telecom equipment anufacturer Ericsson.

 

Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) in May completed one of the first 5G calls in the region on its network, Argaam reported.

 

Read: Zain Saudi makes first 5G call

 

Last month, Saudi Telecom Co. (STC) also officially deployed commercial 5G services for the first time in the Kingdom.

 

Read: STC rolls out commercial 5G services in Saudi Arabia

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