CITC Announces the Success of the Operational Plan for the Ramadan Season in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah

The Communications and Information Technology Commission today announced the success of the operational plan for the telecom and information technology sector for the 1439H Ramadan season in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah, noting that this year witnessed a high increase in the use of telecom and information technology services by visitors to the Two Holy Mosques, and that the preparations and plans were implemented as planned in cooperation with telecom companies and relevant government and private entities.

The Commission affirmed that this success would not have been achieved without the support and guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense, may God protect them, in harnessing all capabilities to provide the best telecom services with high quality to visitors of the Two Holy Mosques, enabling them to communicate with their families with ease, under the follow-up and supervision of His Excellency Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Chairman of the Commission's Board of Directors, and His Excellency Dr. Abdulaziz bin Salem Al-Ruwais, Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission.

Eng. Majed bin Mohammed Al-Muzaid, Vice Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission for Technology and Infrastructure, revealed that network performance recorded, praise be to God, high levels in the cities of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah, explaining that the average number of subscribers reached about (5.8 million) subscribers daily, and the volume of voice calls during the last ten days exceeded (14 million) hours, while data consumption during the last ten days exceeded (20 thousand) terabytes, an increase of 46% compared to last year.

In a related context, the results of applying the mobile internet average download speed measurement showed (26 Mbps) in both Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah, with the improvement rate in mobile internet speeds more than doubling compared to last year.

It is noted that one of the Commission's main tasks in serving visitors of the Two Holy Mosques is to harness all capabilities through supervising and following up on telecom and information technology services in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah and the air, sea, and land ports of entry, and coordinating between the government entities concerned with serving visitors to the Sacred House of God and the Prophet's Mosque and telecom and information technology service providers, to provide the best services to visitors wherever they are throughout their stay.

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