stc Records 211% Increase in Use of 5G Services in Mina

stc Group has provided various digital solutions and innovative services to serve pilgrims during their time in the Kingdom. SPA
stc Group has provided various digital solutions and innovative services to serve pilgrims during their time in the Kingdom. SPA
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stc Records 211% Increase in Use of 5G Services in Mina

stc Group has provided various digital solutions and innovative services to serve pilgrims during their time in the Kingdom. SPA
stc Group has provided various digital solutions and innovative services to serve pilgrims during their time in the Kingdom. SPA

stc Group has seen a 211% increase in the use of 5G services in Mina during Eid Al-Adha, and an 11% increase in the international communication traffic on the stc network in Makkah and the holy sites compared to 2022.

stc Group has provided various digital solutions and innovative services to serve pilgrims during their time in the Kingdom.

stc also recorded unprecedented growth in the international users of its network by reporting a 39% growth compared to the numbers registered in 2022. The increase is attributed to the rise in the number of pilgrims utilizing the service and their return to their regular figures, given that the number of pilgrims for this year reached 1,845,045, of whom 1,660,915 from outside the Kingdom.

The growth achieved by stc also comes as a result of developing its services by providing communication technologies of international standards and a seamless digital experience that meets the growing and expected demand for digital services and communication services from pilgrims, including the conversion of international traffic on Internet Protocols (IP) by 100%, with a capacity for international exchanges that allows 150,000 physical calls to pass through simultaneously.



OpenAI's Weekly Active Users Surpass 400 Million

OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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OpenAI's Weekly Active Users Surpass 400 Million

OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

ChatGPT developer OpenAI's weekly active users surged past 400 million in February, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, highlighting rapid growth in the adoption of artificial intelligence tools.

The Microsoft-backed startup had 300 million weekly active users in December. Its paying business users also crossed 2 million in February, more than doubling from its last update in September.

The upbeat numbers come weeks after China's DeepSeek launched an AI model it said could match or even outperform Western rivals at a fraction of the cost, stirring doubts about US dominance in the generative AI space, Reuters reported.

But a surge in demand for DeepSeek since then has caused outages at the small startup.

There have also been questions around how DeepSeek was able to obtain Nvidia's H800 chips, used to train AI models, even though Washington had banned their exports to China.

OpenAI reported a twofold increase in developer traffic for its reasoning models over the last six months and a fivefold surge for its o3 model since its launch in late January.

The news about OpenAI's weekly users was first reported by CNBC earlier in the day.