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			<description><![CDATA[All Saudi mobile subscribers required to prove their identity in drive to cut down 'anonymous' mobiles]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily wins approval for $400mn Bayanat buy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi regulator gives green light to telecom to purchase internet service provider.]]></description>
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			<title>Kingdom of change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CommsMEA examines how Saudi Arabia's telecoms market is likely to develop in the coming years.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  With the current wave of market liberalisation paving the way for the first MENA mobile virtual network operation, CommsMEA examines the business case for the model and the possible consequences for the regional telco space.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Saudi Arabia's telecoms regulator CITC recently issued a warning regarding unsolicited spam messaging. Graeme Baker, VP & GM of Dublin-based mobile security provider AdaptiveMobile's Middle East operations, explains some of the risks spam presents for network operators.]]></description>
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			<title>Blogging blossoms in Saudi Arabia</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Young Saudis are increasingly using the internet to air their views on their country, report says.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[CITC is threatening to impose fines of up to $1.3 million for companies that persist in sending unwanted SMS messages.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Expanding its reach</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The recent announcement of three new fixed-line players in the Saudi Arabian telecoms market gave Bahrain's Batelco another chance to drive forward its growth plans under CEO Peter Kaliaropoulos. He speaks to Ronan Shields about the moves the firm is making.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Three consortia confirm Saudi fixed line success</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A consortium led by Bahraini telco Batelco has confirmed its place as one of the three successful applicants to operate a fixed-line network in Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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			<title>KSA grants three fixed licences</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Three consortia have won licences to provide fixed-line services in Saudi Arabia, bringing an end to the monopoly of Saudi Telecom Company (STC).]]></description>
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			<title>Three VIE for KSA licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Batelco will be competing with two consortia for the fixed-line telecom licence on offer in Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom and MTNL lose their way in Saudi licence bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has short-listed seven bidders for the next stage of the kingdom's process to award a third GSM licence.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mobily's tenure as the new entrant in Saudi Arabia is set to draw to a close in less than as a year, as an MTC Group-backed cellular operator enters the market. Mobily's pragmatic CEO Khaled Al Kaf discusses with CommsMEA how he believes the Saudi market is large enough for all the players to operate successfully, and how investment in convergence is expected to bear fruit for the Etisalat-backed operator.  ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's telco regulator is striving to boost broadband internet penetration levels.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom and MTNL lose their way in Saudi licence bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has short-listed seven bidders to the next stage of the kingdom's process to award a third GSM licence.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi announces fixed licence bids</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s second mobile operator Mobily is among the telcos vying to secure the fixed-line licence currently up for grabs in the Kingdom.]]></description>
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			<title>Ten bid for KSA phone licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Verizon Comms is among the consortia bidding for Saudi's second fixed line licence.]]></description>
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