STC announced recently a huge discount on its international roaming rates including data, Jawal Net, MMS, Email and Blackberry services by 75 percent for all the international roaming customers starting June 1, 2009. The company said the discount is the lowest of its kind in the region and it comes to answer customers needs and to let them enjoy the lowest prices with the highest quality especially during the coming summer vacation that witnesses rapid travel movements outside the Kingdom. The company said that the unified roaming and data roaming prices is the lowest comparing with its competitors in the region. This was achieved by strategic partnerships with international operators in order to provide the best services with the lowest price for STC customers wherever they may go. The Unified International Roaming service is one of the unique services STC introduces depending on strategic relationships with the telecommunication industry leaders around the world. It provides customers with fixed economic rates for calls and data services with full transparency. The Unified International Roaming network covers 30 countries around the world and divides these countries into groups with unified rate for each group of countries regardless of the change of currency exchange rates or the call time. More information can be found on the company's website www.stc.com.sa. The total number of agreements signed by STC is now more than 1000, covering services that include post-paid, prepaid, Internet, 3G, MMS and international video call roaming, in order to make customers' lives easier.