At LEAP 2025, Saudi Telecom Company (stc) Group secured over 75 strategic partnerships with leading tech giants, underscoring its commitment to driving Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation. The event, held over four days and concluding on 12 February, showcased stc’s leadership in connecting the Kingdom to the world through groundbreaking digital solutions.
A highlight of the event was the launch of upsource by solutions, a new business process outsourcing subsidiary aimed at enhancing operational efficiency for businesses across Saudi Arabia. upsource will help companies outsource non-core functions like operations management, finance, human resources, and customer experience solutions.
stc also revealed stc.AI, its bespoke AI platform designed to integrate cutting-edge technology with robust cloud storage and computing capabilities, empowering businesses to operate more efficiently. Additionally, stc formed a partnership with sully.ai to provide autonomous healthcare solutions to citizens in the Kingdom.
Notable agreements were signed with industry giants such as AWS, Nokia, Huawei, Ericsson, Bridge Alliance, Kyndryl, and SambaNova. stc will collaborate with AWS as a System Integrator Premier Partner to accelerate cloud services and AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The partnership with Nokia aims to spearhead 6G development and support Saudi Arabia’s first POC of Software Defined Access Networks (SDAN) over FTTH.
Other significant developments include stc’s commercial deployment of the 50G PON with Huawei and the adoption of Ericsson’s 5G and digital business solutions. stc also partnered with Bridge Alliance to turn telco APIs into digital products, becoming the first MENA operator to commit to API Exchange (BAEx).
As part of its vision for smart, sustainable urban living, stc announced its collaboration with the Mohammad bin Salman Foundation to develop Misk City.
Through these transformative partnerships, stc continues to play a pivotal role in accelerating Saudi Arabia’s digital economy and reinforcing its position as a leader in AI, cloud, 5G, and beyond.
