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			<description><![CDATA[Rising mobile penetration and a forward-thinking regulator are just two of the reasons why Middle East operators are keen to expand into Morocco. CommsMEA looks at the issues affecting the country's telecom sector.]]></description>
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			<title>Etisalat goes with Alcatel-Lucent IP phones</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The United Arab Emirates’ biggest telecoms provider has chosen Alcatel-Lucent to provide IP telephony in its office locations]]></description>
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			<title>Ministry receives IP overhaul treatment from Alcatel-Lucent</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent has recently been involved in a comprehensive IP overhaul of the Ministry of Culture and Information in Saudi Arabia]]></description>
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			<title>Viva launches BlackBerry service in Kuwait</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Operator to sell BlackBerry handsets and services to customers in Kuwait]]></description>
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			<title>Path to quad play</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bundled services could help operators revive ARPU and reduce churn, according to delegates at the recent Quad Play conference in Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Alcatel-Lucent addresses Middle East partners</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent has updated partners on its enterprise strategy at a channel conference in Dubai]]></description>
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			<title>Alcatel-Lucent seals deal to deploy WACS cable</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WACS consortium and Alcatel-Lucent to deploy new 14,000 km submarine cable network to link Africa and Europe]]></description>
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			<title>Game plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the first LTE deployments expected in the US within the next 12 months, CommsMEA assesses the merits of fourth generation technologies and how operators stand to benefit.]]></description>
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			<title>Alcatel-Lucent implements contact centre solution for RAKBANK </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Solution will streamline business applications and integrate back office applications]]></description>
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			<title>The path to LTE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite a continued gloomy economic outlook in most parts of the world, last month’s Mobile World Congress was a remarkably upbeat event]]></description>
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			<title>Healing power</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cutting edge communications technology is being used to help save patients lives and make healthcare professionals’ jobs easier in two very different settings, with vendors reaping the rewards of the growing sector. ]]></description>
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			<title>Upbeat about the downturn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With telecom vendors including Motorola and Ericsson shedding thousands of jobs, Alcatel-Lucent continuing to make a loss from its mobile network making division, and Nortel filing for bankruptcy, the telecoms sector is clearly feeling the effects of the global economic crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Opportunity knocks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The quality of the terrestrial network infrastructure in the Middle East has been long neglected. BT Media and Broadcast Harry Formosa tells Digital Broadcast about the company's plans to link its Global Media Network through Dubai assesses the prospects of future regional infrastructure investment.]]></description>
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			<title>Alcatel-Lucent to cut 6,000 jobs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Strategic restructure to increase focus on key technologies as company looks to save one billions euros.]]></description>
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			<title>New horizons</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The impact of telecommunications technologies on traditional broadcast mediums is revolutionising the industry and providing telco operators with unrivalled commercial opportunities in the sector.]]></description>
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			<title>WiMAX takes lead role in 4G network rollouts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Intel and Alcatel Lucent expect new high speed services based on WiMAX by end of 2009.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Bell research expert offers view of future</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The president of Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, the research and development arm of the French network vendor, makes his first ever visit to the UAE this week for the start of GULFCOMMS.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodacom signs $30m deal with Alcatel-Lucent</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[French vendor to upgrade operator's 3G network]]></description>
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			<title>Broadband can help fix financial woes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Broadband played a part in creating current economic turbulence, but it can also help rejuvenate the global economy, says Alcatel Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen]]></description>
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			<title>Alcatel-Lucent partners for managed security</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The recent agreement with Securicom will enable the network provider to offer managed firewall services to its partner network in Africa.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi integrator lands vendor award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al-Falak Electronics Equipment and Supplies gets outstanding regional business partner award from Alcatel-Lucent]]></description>
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			<title>Alcatel-Lucent offers enterprise training in Egypt</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent University to offer enterprise training for customers and partners in Egypt]]></description>
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			<title>Huawei overtakes Alcatel-Lucent in IP DSLAM</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[China-based vendor moves into the first place on the IP DSLAM market, even as the overall market slows]]></description>
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			<title>Companies team up to plug WiMAX via Open Patent Alliance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Intel and others to stimulate WiMAX industry  ]]></description>
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			<title>Alcatel-Lucent targets mid-size enterprises</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Launch of integrated solution for mid-sized enterprises signals increasing focus on smaller firms  ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Alcatel-Lucent to deploy Euro 21.6 million intelligent control-plane based optical network for Türk Telekom AŞ]]></description>
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			<title>Globacom extends infrastructure deal with Alcatel-Lucent</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Vendor to expand mobile and fixed network capacity]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT) WiMAX service due to launch in September for business and residential users  ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom equipment maker applies for information needed to bid in auction, newspaper reports.]]></description>
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