The Saudi Telecom Company iPhone App has disappeared from the App Store after less than one day. Since the App is still a "beta" we expect that there are problems in it that caused it to be removed from the store. We expect it to be returned to the App Store in the near future. Did you try the STC Services App? What do you think of it? Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac Arabic Edition. Please follow Sa ...

Weeks after the release of the Mobily App,The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has released their own Services Directory App for iOS devices. The app provide information about STC's services, allows you to send commands using SMS and access the STC services website. From the STC App page: This application allows STC (Saudi Telecom Company) customers to manage, control, discover and use its wide range of services ...

SALE is a "closed Joint Stock Company founded to lead distribution services for Saudi Telecom Company (STC). Aiming to refine distribution of Al Jawal Services (Recharge, Electronic Recharge and SIM Cards) and gain from economies of scale, the consortium of Interkey, Zajoul, ATC (Salam), Vodatel, i2, Horizon Orbit, Nasco, Al Shaikh and Network Lines officially came to exist as a single entity". SALE has ann ...

Here are steps to make so that you can enable Internet tethering on an iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS with STC Jawalnet. STEPS: 1- Update your iPhone to OS 3.1.3, by connecting to iTunes and clicking "Check for Updates" 2- (Optional Step) After that get a Mobily SIM card and pop it in then click on "Check for Update" to get the new Carrier 5.1 on your iPhone. You can use the free one you got with your iPhone from Mob ...

A friend of mine sent me a link to the Saudi telecom STC new services site, which should offer a free application that can be installed on you mobile phone with a comprehensive directory of all the services. Unfortunately the service doesn't support the iPhone. But what is truly interesting is that we are living in 2010. You just don't know it. ;) NOTE: Although STC doesn't offer iPhones in the Saudi Market ...

UPDATE: We just added a guide on how to enable tethering on iPhone 3G with Mobily (and even STC). iPhone 3.0 software was finally released yesterday and one of the new features is "Internet Tethering". Enabling tethering with Mobily is not possible according to this image: I contacted Mobily's support and the employee told me to install "pdanet"! PDAnet is a jailbroken application for the iPhone! Let me say ...

For tethering: How To: iPhone tethering with STC Jawalnet. As we have established before, the iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS sold in Saudi Arabia by Mobily is unlocked no matter what Mobily employees claim. So you can use an STC SIM card if you really want to. As for the 3G data settings on the iPhone 3G, here's what you need to do: Go to Settings, General, Network and finally Cellular Data Network. In the APN (acces ...

I have tested my brand new Mobily iPhone 3G with an STC SIM card and it worked. AhmadT tested it, too and in the UAE Shufflegazine tested the Etisalat iPhone 3G and it's unlocked as well. So you can simply buy the iPhone 3G and switch the SIM card to the carrier of your choice. You will still be paying for a 12 month plan however you can put that SIM card in another phone if you want. This will have an inte ...

View Larger Map The 3G iPhone will be available in more than 70 countries. 22 will get it on July 11th 2008. You can see the full country list here. What is missing are most of the GCC except Qatar who will get the iPhone from Vodafone. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are one the biggest mobile communication consumers in the region and it is strange that this market is being ignore. Did Apple only ...

Only less than 2 days until the WWDC 2008 Keynote and none of the Saudi Arabia mobile operators (STC, Mobily and the new Zain) announced any deal with Apple regarding the release of the iPhone in Saudi Arabia. If this is the case then Apple is either: 1) Already in talks with one of those and nothing was announced until now. 2) Have no interest to officially release the iPhone in Saudi Arabia. 3) Going to r ...