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Huawei Technologies Annual Report 2006
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STC successfully endures HAJJ traffic
During the Muslim HAJJ ceremony, over 3 million pilgrims, who gathered within 5 square
kilometers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, switched on their handsets at nearly the same time to
make calls or send short messages to their families and friends. The huge traffic surge severely
overloaded the network of STC, the largest mobile operator in Saudi Arabic. STC was in bad need
of an economical and large-capacity solution to construct a high-quality and stable network.
Faced with the extreme traffic flow, many established telecom equipment vendors could not meet
the requirements. Huawei’s experts formulated an economical solution in which Huawei’s reliable
core network utilized resources of the existing network intelligently and balanced network loads
so as to endure peak traffic periods.
In two years, the STC network proved to be 100% reliable during HAJJ. STC successfully
promoted its profitability and gained a better brand image. Out of its trust for Huawei, STC once
again chose Huawei as its partner to deploy its 3G network in economically developed areas of
Saudi Arabia in 2006. Huawei is now a major 3G supplier of STC.