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			<title>UAE mobile phone network choice to launch in Nov</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Customers set to see price, service benefits as competition hots up in telco sector.]]></description>
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			<title>TRA set to launch Arabic domain name for UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regulator says .emarat web address will be available for Arabic web users in Q2 2010.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE set to unblock Skype for mobile service</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Watchdog's chief says it is working on deal to introduce likes of Skype.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[.aeDA announces it will start reviewing registrations that violate their policies and infringe on intellectual property rights]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[International consultant appointed to drive initial phase of TV industry initiative.]]></description>
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			<title>Legal Download 2.0 - Certification Service Providers: A new UAE licensing framework</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the UAE recently introduced a licensing framework applicable to certification service providers operating in the UAE. But what does this mean and to whom does it apply?]]></description>
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			<title>TRA streamlines complaints procedure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Service centre to provide “proper communication” between public and TRA]]></description>
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			<title>TRA gives subscribers power to fight spam</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Residents complain of increasing number of unwanted messages sent to their mobile phone]]></description>
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			<title>UAE mobile phone users continue to rise - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regulator figures show 193% penetration, compared to 117% in Oman.]]></description>
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			<title>Regulator refutes Etisalat claim on iPhone prices</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: The UAE's TRA says it is not responsible for high cost of owning new phone.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE introduces Arabic domain names</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Part of TRA strategy to strengthen national identity and increase traffic to Arabic sites]]></description>
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			<title>Give the crunch some credit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Officials reveal plan to to introduce system to measure TV audiences in UAE.]]></description>
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			<title>TRA closes submissions for UAE mobile TV licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New service will be delivered through technology that doesn’t involve 3G streaming]]></description>
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			<title>Telecom regulator extends registration deadline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain mobile phone users now have until March 31 to give personal details to operators.]]></description>
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			<title>Life in the slow lane</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are lies, more lies, and statistics. Look at the figures. Today, the Middle East and Africa is the fastest growing region on Earth with regards to the number of internet users.]]></description>
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			<title>TRA: Middle East ranks low in global cyber attacks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Director general speaks out on regional internet security at MEITSEC 2008]]></description>
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			<title>UAE regulator to decide on Skype, internet calls by Dec.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Winner of mobile TV licence bids limited to UAE and Gulf firms also by year-end.]]></description>
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			<title>TRA assists it startups</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has signed an MoU with Khalifa Fund to support and develop small and medium ICT enterprises]]></description>
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			<title>The ringmaster</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Will mobile TV in the Gulf threaten cultural and religious norms as it moves towards prime time? ]]></description>
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			<title>UAE telcos are VoIP ready</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Etisalat and du react to claims that TRA will legalize the technology]]></description>
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			<title>Skype access could be returning to UAE soon</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Telecoms regulator is developing framework for VoIP operators in the region.]]></description>
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			<title>Etisalat unblocks banned websites</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Access restored to popular websites in line with TRA directive.]]></description>
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			<title>1,000 'offensive' websites to be unblocked</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Du and Etisalat poised to be told to allow access to websites in new TRA internet policy.]]></description>
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			<title>Confusion over new '056' mobile prefix number</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Customers complain that they don't understand new initiative from Etisalat]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Content sharing network StumbleUpon is the latest casualty of the UAE's web blocking lottery.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE phone bills to drop next year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom regulator says changes to phone network will increase competition, benefit consumers.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE telecom bans internet phone service, latest in string of web restrictions.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Osman Sultan says new restrictions will not impact social networking sites or business activities.]]></description>
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