Daweesh, chief executive officer of the STC Group, said Bahrain is the 10th country in which STC is presently operating, joining Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Kuwait, Turkey, South Africa, Lebanon and Jordan. He added that the company serves over 100 million people across the world. Al-Daweesh said STC's customer base in the Kingdom has increased to 21 million and that the company will extend operations to new countries. He added that the company was rated for the first time by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Moody's Investor's Services.