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			<title>Vodafone Qatar aims for up to 60% market share</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New telecoms player in Gulf state sets ambitious 10-year plan for expansion.]]></description>
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			<title>Open for competition</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the arrival of Vodafone, the last telecom monopoly in the Gulf has opened its doors to competition. The CEOs of both of Qatar's operators told CommsMEA about their plans for developing the sector.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar stock surges on Doha debut</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 4: Stock climbs 24% to 12.4 rials, Saudi ends down.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar to join Qatar Exchange</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The company will list its remaining shares on the exchange on July 22, just weeks after launching service.]]></description>
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			<title>A tale of two operators</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This week two of the Middle East’s telecom operators, the UAE’s Etisalat and Vodafone Qatar, demonstrated completely different approaches to customer service]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar offers refund to unhappy customers </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[PR battle between Vodafone and Qtel intensifies with web-based war of words]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar set to open first retail store</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New telecom operator to ramp up its push to win customers ahead of Sept services roll out.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar eyes deal for two property projects</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom co may be fixed-line services provider for Qatar's leading projects.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar unveils mobile tariffs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar’s second mobile operator officially opens for business]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar launches services, reveals tariffs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Battle for mobile customers intensifies as firm launches website.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar set to unveil call tariffs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's second mobile operator to announce flexible calling options to compete with Qtel.]]></description>
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			<title>Ringing in the changes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A long-awaited gold rush in commercial internet services could prove to be the telecoms industry's saviour.]]></description>
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			<title>Change makers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Grahame Maher, CEO of Vodafone Qatar tells CommMEA about the company's progress towards a full launch and possible models for a fixed-line operation.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar expects 10,000 users by July - paper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vodafone Group could expand elsewhere in the Gulf region in the future, CEO says.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar set for commercial launch in June</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Company CEO also says company is eyeing other opportunities for expansion in Mideast.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar rolls out Oracle Communications solutions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's second mobile operator, Vodafone, has deployed a stack of Oracle solutions to support new services]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar's strength key to Vodafone IPO success - CEO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New telecom operator in Gulf state sees 82,000 individuals buy up 65% of company shares.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar $929m IPO fully subscribed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Huge interest makes Vodafone Qatar second-largest IPO ever in country.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar upbeat about IPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CFO expects sale of 40% stake in unit, intended to raise 3.38bn riyals, to be fully subscribed.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar CEO says IPO progress &quot;comfortable&quot;</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vodafone Qatar plans $929.1m in IPO; aims to list on the Doha bourse by June.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar rebuffs criticism from Qtel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar’s second operator defends reasons cited for using temporary sites and delays to network roll out]]></description>
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			<title>Qtel denies delaying rival’s network rollout</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lack of planning and vendor change caused delay, according to statement from Qtel]]></description>
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			<title>Tower sharing could save telcos $8bn </title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=552531&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based advisory firm Delta Partners makes claim in new study of MEA (Middle East & Africa) region.]]></description>
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			<title>ME telecom firms could save $8bn with tower-share deals</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=552346&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Operators in region spend up to 20% of revenue on developing own networks. ]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar launches IPO for local investors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IPO will see company sell of 40% stake in authorised capital at QR10 per share.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone set new deadlines for Qatar services</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecoms regulator says Vodafone delays caused by 'unforseen circumstances'.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar plans to replicate business model worldwide </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vodafone-Qatar venture worth 45%; gov't holds 15% & 40% will float mid-April.      ]]></description>
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			<title>Qtel, Vodafone link goes live in Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Customers of both telecoms companies can now contact each other after interconnection is switched on.]]></description>
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			<title>Qtel, Vodafone signs deals for Qatar services</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecoms companies to share mobile phone towers, allow customers to talk to each other.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar to commence IPO on April 12</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: The telecoms company is looking to sell a 40% stake in the IPO. ]]></description>
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