stc Group, Saudi Arabia’s main digital enabler, introduced that it has signed an settlement to implement the Silklink undertaking within the Syrian Arab Republic.
This signing comes after the Group profitable a aggressive course of for the undertaking, which was attended by most regional telecommunications firms.
With an funding of greater than SR3 billion, Silklink goals to reinforce telecommunications infrastructure and join Syria regionally and internationally through a fibre-optic community extending over 4,500 kilometers, alongside the institution of information facilities and worldwide submarine cable touchdown stations.
The undertaking supplies excessive knowledge switch capacities and higher reliability, enabling telecom operators in Syria and the area to supply superior communication providers, and help digital purposes, cloud providers and the Web of Issues, along with enhancing web high quality and elevating the effectivity of the digital infrastructure inside Syria.
The Silklink undertaking is an extension of stc Group’s technique to increase its investments in cross-border digital infrastructure, and to construct a regional connectivity system linking Arab, Asian and European markets, which reinforces the Group’s place as a number one digital enabler within the area and helps its plans for sustainable development within the telecommunications and digital providers sector.




