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			<title>Qatar kicks off Government Network initiative</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ictQATAR amends mobile license terms as Vodafone experiences ‘unforeseen delays’]]></description>
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			<title>Bill Gates picked as keynote speaker at Qatar conference</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft founder set to address event on global information technologies in Doha in April.]]></description>
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			<title>Grand plans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ictQATAR's measured approach to ICT reform is set to bring boundless benefits.]]></description>
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			<title>ictQATAR opens telecom framework to public opinion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New proposal aims to improve transparency and make it easier for companies to obtain licences in Qatar]]></description>
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			<title>ICT expected to further drive Qatar GDP</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IctQATAR CIO believes results will be evident in the next three to five years]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone to roll out WiMAX in Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ictQatar takes decision to promote healthy competition in market]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar: no laws against VoIP</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, ictQATAR, states there are no rules that prohibit the use of VoIP technology]]></description>
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			<title>Security officials meet in Qatar to discuss Gulf CERT</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Information security officials hold meeting to discuss formation of a GCC Computer Emergency Response Team  ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar sets out vision for knowledge economy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oil-based economy to be left behind as nation focuses on higher education]]></description>
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			<title>Eight vie for Qatar telecom licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Global operators line up to register interest in the Gulf state's second fixed-line licence, regulator says.]]></description>
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			<title>Eight companies register for Qatar's second fixed line licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Eight international operators register interest in competing for Qatar's second fixed line licence, deadline extended for more bids  ]]></description>
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			<title>ictQatar opens new eGovernment portal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hukoomi portal to host a range of government services for businesses and individuals  ]]></description>
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			<title>Expanding horizons</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After delaying an announcement for more than a month, ICT Qatar finally revealed the winning bid for Qatar's second mobile licence last month.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar paves way for second fixed-line operator</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Second fixed-line licence could be awarded as early as April 2008, according to ictQatar  ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar calling</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The decision of ictQATAR to at last liberalise the telecoms market has attracted the interest of prominent network operators. US telco AT&T is one of the more notable suitors to make the regulator's final list of 12 applicants.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar launches fixed-line liberalisation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Country's telecoms watchdog launches the licensing process for the country's second fixed-line operator.]]></description>
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			<title>Greenfield in the Gulf – Kuwait and Qatar’s mobile licensing progress</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Gulf's smaller states are leading the latest wave in the issuance of new mobile operating licenses and the manner in which they are choosing to go about it reflects the sometimes divergent agendas of national regulators and potential investors/operators.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar names mobile shortlist</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE telecoms service provider Etisalat is one of the 12 firms selected by ictQATAR to bid for Qatar's second mobile phone licence.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatari regulatory authority begins consultation on licences</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Council of Information and Communications Technology (ictQATAR) has begun a consultation period on the proposed public fixed and mobile licences in Qatar.]]></description>
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			<title>Curtain closes on Qatar mobile pre-qualification</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pre-qualification for the second mobile licence in Qatar, the last GCC economy to introduce market liberalisation in the telecoms sector closed May 27 with the country's regulator predicting that the proposition poses a lucrative offer.]]></description>
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			<title>Lighting the way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar is investing heavily in its IT infrastructure, with energy and education at the forefront of its redevelopment.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Taking the initiative</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The brief visit of Microsoft's chief executive to the region last week to announce a string of initiatives is yet another sign the Middle  East is growing in importance to the industry's big players. IT Weekly examines the substance behind the software giant's rhetoric.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Middle East has fastest IT growth, says Ballmer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO places region ahead of India and China for growth while signing Qatar ICT sector agreement.  ]]></description>
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