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			<title>GPS software firm turns to CompuMe founder for advice </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A GPS location software provider that is bidding to crack the Middle East market has called on CompuMe founder Dikran Tchablakian for guidance.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Saudi Arabia-based i2 has grown into the region's largest mobile phone provider with 1,300 employees and 350 stores across multiple countries, while its acquisition of CompuME UAE earlier this year has aided its foray into the traditional IT retail market. Abdul Hameed Al Sunaid, CEO at i2, outlines where the Nokia-focused outfit's loyalties rest going forward and gives his response to would-be suitors that might have their eye on the company.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  When the Neo 808i first landed on my desk I was intrigued - it is after all the world's smallest phone.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Retail brands i2 and CompuMe combine on Shopper stand with promos for visitors.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Embracing a converged ICT and CE market place</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Hold on tight and prepare to compete in a unified market place! Market dynamics in this region are changing at a phenomenal pace and the effects of true ICT convergence are now being widely seen in the Middle East channel.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Retail channel consolidates as mobile phone distributor swallows CompuMe</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[i2 Group and CompuMe reveal dramatic plans to spend US$35m on opening new retail stores in the Middle East and Africa following conclusion of share swap deal.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi technology group acquires computer retail empire</title>
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			<title>i2 picks up PCs with CompuMe</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Saudi Arabian mobile phone retailer i2 has stepped up its expansion plans with the acquisition of computer store chain CompuMe, it said this week.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi mobile phone giant snaps up CompuME</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  i2 Group acquires chain of computer shops and announces plans to open an additional 150 stores.  ]]></description>
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			<title>The year in review</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Whichever way you look at it, 2006 was a memorable year for the Middle East IT channel. From credit conflicts and audit disputes to management changes and soaring growth, the market was never short of incident. Channel Middle East reflects on the key moments of the past 12 months and gazes into its crystal ball to predict what channel life will be like in 2007.  ]]></description>
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