229 collaborative platforms at every level of the organisation . “ Going through this transformation has actually opened doors for us to have better strategic dialogue with our partners and to explore new technologies and solutions with them ,” he says . “ For all new or emerging technologies and services , such as 5G , telco-cloud , virtualisation or network transformations , we adopt a collaborative development ecosystem in which we work together as partners to identify and deliver optimal , agile , robust and high-quality solutions to our customers . For more mature technologies and services , we prefer an ‘ off the shelf ’ approach that is efficient , cost-effective and allows for faster delivery of products through their lifecycle .”
STC works with many of the largest tech and telco brands , including Accenture , for digital telco transformation , Ericsson , Huawei and Nokai for 5G development and IoT , Redhat for cloud technology developments , and Teradata and SAS for Big Data analytics . Accordingly , says Alfaraj , STC
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