Two million Saudi pilgrims offered two million gigabytes of Internet access
Efforts have been made to provide the best communication services to pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

Two million Saudi pilgrims offered two million gigabytes of Internet access

Saudi Arabia’s Hadiyah Association has provided a total of two million gigabytes for two million pilgrims during this year’s Hajj season, the Islamic major pilgrimage.

The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Communications and Information Technology Commission worked in partnership with mobile operators Saudi Telecom, Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Zain), Virgin Mobile and Etihad Jawraa (Lebara).

An official statement said that the initiative was in accordance with the directives of the custodians of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and His Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, ‘to do everything possible to make it easy for pilgrims to perform the rituals of Hajj.’

Each subscriber to packages provided by the kingdom’s mobile operators had access to one gigabyte of data for 48 hours.

The initiative allowed pilgrims to communicate with their families and enabled them to access the digital services available in the Smart Hajj initiative in order to enhance their experience and allow them to take advantage of enhanced communication services.

“This initiative is just one of the efforts of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Communications and Information Technology Commission and all mobile service providers in the kingdom to provide the best communication services to pilgrims during this pilgrimage season,” the statement said.

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