Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 55 | Page 22

NEWS Stc supports Tawakkalna movement permits online The Stc Group has actively lent its support to the Tawakkalna platform by dedicating a call centre of 600 employees through the group’s Contact Centre Company (CCC). The centre answers an average of 20,000 calls and 12,000 transactions every day. Customer satisfaction co of its service has reache In addition to answering transactions received thr app, the call centre offers National Information Ce emails, chats and enquiri Saudi technology commis session for World Telecom The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has celebrated World Telecommunication and Information Society Day with the participation of the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC). The event was held to raise awareness about the impact of telecommunications and IT on societies as well as their economies. CITC held a dialogue session that discussed the best ways to harness technology to achieve sustainable development goals at local and international levels to show the effective use of telecommunications and IT for the Kingdom. This was held under the slogan ‘ICTs for Sustainable Development Goals’ and the virtual session was held with the participation of leading Saudi figures. Several themes were covered, including the role of the private sector in promoting sustainable development goals. Norah Al-Zaid, Director General of the Secretariat of the National Digital Transformation Committee, discussed the importance of an enabling environment to help government bodies and encourage partnership with the private sector to achieve these goals. 12 INTELLIGENTCIO