Zain Saudi to extend fiber optic network to households, companies

20/12/2018 Argaam

Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia (Zain Saudi) has signed two agreements with Dawiyat Integrated Telecommunications & Information Technology Co. to extend high-speed fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband services to households.

Under the agreement, both companies will also deploy telecommunication services in enterprise sector companies, Saudi Press Agency reported.

“Both companies will provide telecommunication services to the enterprise sector companies in addition to the FTTH broadband services,” Ahmed Sindi, Dawiyat chief executive officer, said.

The new services will be extended to more than 100,000 households in Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah and Al Madinah.

“The company will also deploy the fiber optic network in 744,500 households by 2020,” Sindi added.

Dawiyat is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Electricity Company (SEC).


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