Kuwait Telecommunications Company (stc) is a Kuwaiti shareholding company incorporated pursuant to Amiri Decree No. 187 on 22 July, 2008, to operate and manage the third GSM mobile network in Kuwait as per Law No. 2 of 2007. Accordingly, stc launched its operations in December 2008 and was listed on Boursa Kuwait in December 2014. It is a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers and enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, and is a subsidiary of stc Group. stc has rapidly reached a leader stance in the market through its customer and employee centric strategy. In 2019, stc has acquired 100% of the share capital of solutions by stc (formerly Qualitynet General Trading and Contracting Company) - the leading Internet Service Provider in Kuwait- with the aim to capitalize on the new opportunities in the Kuwait Telecom Market.
stc has always aimed to support the vision of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for Kuwait 2035, in positioning Kuwait as a major financial and commercial hub in the region. Throughout a decade of excellence in service, transparency and proactivity, and as the fastest-growing and most advanced telecom operator with the largest 5G network in Kuwait, stc's customer base stood at 1.9 million.