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										<title><![CDATA[Etisalat says Nigeria unit inks $1.2bn loan deal]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[African unit will use medium term syndicated loan from 13 banks to refinance debt]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Batelco Group's CEO quits]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Peter Kaliaropoulos to run Bahrain telco as COO while new chief is sought]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Yahoo board approves Tumblr deal: reports]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Former Web powerhouse to shell out $1.1bn for blogging business]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[UAE team bags second prize in developer contest]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, Nokia announce winners of student tech challenge]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[OTH board rejects Baskindale offer]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Board of directors recommends shareholders to reject the offer]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Mobily selects Ericsson for LTE upgrade]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Vendor will upgrade Mobily's network in the western region]]></description>
										<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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										<title><![CDATA[Yahoo! poised to announce Tumblr acquisition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Board set to vote on $1.1 billion transaction]]></description>
										<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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										<title><![CDATA[Orascom Telecom's net income plummets]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Telco posts loss amid currency fluctuations and instability in key markets]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[GSMA opens African office in Nairobi]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[New office will serve Africa with aim of strengthening the benefits of mobile]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Saudi's Mobily denies plan to spy on customers]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[KSA telco hits back at claims by hacker that it asked for surveillance tools]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Major vendors ink OSS initiative]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Vendors agree to boost interoperability between their OSS systems]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic to transform satellite comms]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Space tourism venture will also reduce cost of launching satellites]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Batelco expands with new PoPs]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Bahraini telco invests in new points of presence in Europe]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[Zain Kuwait invests in customer service systems]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Telco hires vendor NSN to deploy wide-reaching CEM system]]></description>
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										<title><![CDATA[MTN plugs its credentials in Myanmar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[South African telco launches campaign to support its bid to enter the country]]></description>
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