resolution photos. The (SPA ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Telegraph, Post and Telephone - at that time - installed an integrated network of direct telegram lines with access to its internal and external offices, and a large number of Arab and foreign News Agencies, in order to accommodate the movement of the news from and to the Kingdom with the best technical means available. In 1978, the SPA applies the permanent direct transmission within network of distributing of news services to be broadcast in three main directions covering 50 countries in the Middle East, North and Eastern Africa and Central, southern Europe and West Asia. On 23 Safar, 1403 AH, the SPA started using the latest means of communication by linking its subscribers with direct cable lines, operating via satellite and microwave. On 18/08/1418 AH corresponding to 12/20/1997 AD, the Saudi Press Agency introduced the " computer service" so its editorial work turned into an automatic connected system, including its exchanges with its internal and external offices, as part of a computer network linked to its headquarters in Riyadh. In the same year, the SPA added a new service for its automatic services on its Website, as follows: text messaging service SMS, as well as SMS. --More 13:37 LOCAL TIME 10:37 GMT تغريد
