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Saudi Telecommunications Company also called STC recently signed an agreement with a Russian company, Kaspersky Labs which develops solutions for secure content management so as to provide security to all users of smartphones in the kingdom.
Being the first telecom company in the middle-east to do so, STC has succeeded in providing security to almost 4 million smartphone owning subscribers against proliferating mobile phone malware. The service costs about SR12.
Abdullah Al-Kanhal, the SDD of STC, said in a statement that STC has made proper services for subscribers and security its priority. This came because of the development in the field of services for subscribers and the increasing popularity of mobile phone internet. He also stated that data services have become a necessity amongst subscribers. He stated this just after the conclusion of the signing ceremony also mentioning that mobile phone protection is one of the most necessary features for proper communication.
Al-Kanhal noted that the Kaspersky KMS solution is custom made for STC and will be a high quality product. He mentioned that STC had selected Kaspersky for the deal as Kaspersky’s solution was very user friendly and could be installed easily. It also has an antivirus database that can update automatically. He mentioned that the world has witnessed an exponential increase in mobile phone attacks over the past 2 years.
The vice president of Kaspersky Labs, Sergey Nevstruev, flew from Moscow to sign the deal. He mentioned that the solution has a number of anti theft features that would prove very useful when a subscriber loses his/ her smartphone. This included a feature by which one could track the location of the smartphone by simply sending an SMS to the number. The smartphone would send an e-mail to the owner displaying its current location and would automatically erase all the significant data that is stored in the phone. Also, if the thief replaces the existing SIM card, the new phone number will automatically be sent to the owner via e-mail.
