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			<title>Orascom won't bid for fourth French 3G licence</title>
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			<title>Egypt rejects France Telecom appeal over Mobinil bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Regulator's rejection of telco's offer to buy outstanding Mobinil shares upheld.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom ends court case against France Telecom </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian and largest mobile phone operator in ME looking to avoid unecessary court costs.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt's OT says Mobinil row not hurting ops</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Orascom chairman claims France Telecom in the 'business of value destruction', however.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom says no France Telecom reply to talks offer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Orascom chief urges Egypt's regulator to release details of FT offer.]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom unit in offer for Egypt's Mobinil</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egypt's regulator says it is studying an obligatory tender offer to buy all of Mobinil's shares.]]></description>
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			<title>Egyptian mobile phone growth to slow - analyst</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Growth in subscriber numbers to be hit this year as market approaches saturation.]]></description>
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			<title>Fresh doubts emerge over Orascom deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shares in Egyptian mobile firm fall after report that Mobinil stake sale to France Telecom may not go through.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt Mobinil Q1 net profit down, misses most forecasts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian mobile telco misses targets as interest charges drive down profitability.]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom ups its stake in Sonatel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[French incumbent plans to ramp up commercial ties with Senegalese operator]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom tender offer for ECMS rejected</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egypt’s regulator gives thumbs down, claiming offer unfair to minority shareholders.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom ordered to offload shares</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Court tells mobile phone operator to sell shares in its Egyptian unit to France Telecom.]]></description>
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			<title>MidEast internet disruption to continue to Jan 4</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[France Telecom says further disruption caused on Dec. 26 by earthquake.]]></description>
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			<title>Cable damage hits India, Qatar and UAE hardest</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: UAE and Qatari telecom operators say measures being taken to limit disruption.]]></description>
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			<title>Cut cables disrupt net, phone services across Mideast, Asia</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Three undersea cables linking more than 47 countries damaged in Mediterranean.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt's Mobinil says Q3 net income up 15%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quarterly profits rise to $97mn, above forecast, as wrangle with regulator continues.]]></description>
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			<title>Etisalat and France Telecom to develop digital services and content</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MOU includes co-operation on network capacity, digital content delivery and film production]]></description>
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			<title>Orange brings iPhone to Jordan and Egypt</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Orange signs deal with Apple to sell iPhone in Egypt and Jordan  ]]></description>
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			<title>Ericsson eyes Egypt fixed-line licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom equipment maker applies for information needed to bid in auction, newspaper reports.]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom in mix for Egypt telecom licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[European telco joins five Arab companies eyeing second fixed-line licence.]]></description>
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			<title>German police raid 50 more CeBIT exhibitors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Further patent raids seize phones, screens, GPS units]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom wins Niger licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Consortium led by France Telecom wins lucrative mobile licence for Niger.  ]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom wins Niger licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Consortium led by France Telecom wins lucrative mobile licence for Niger.  ]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom set for Kenyan acquisition</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Consortium led by France Telecom wins bid to acquire Telkom Kenya stake.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Orange Business Services scores new deals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[France Telecom subsidiary scores two regional firsts in flood of IP-based projects.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Real estate turns Orange</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Orange Business Services, the services division of France Telecom, is focusing on Solutions for Operators at GULFCOMMS 2007.]]></description>
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			<title>Vizada debuts at show </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[GULFCOMMS 2007 will offer France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) one of its first opportunities to present it new brand - Vizada.]]></description>
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			<title>Talking with telco giants</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The region's telecoms market belongs to a handful of key players, each of which is hungry and hunting the next big prize.]]></description>
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			<title>Strike at Jordan Telecom prevails</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jordan Telecom has bowed to workers' demands after up to 3,000 staff took part in strike action this week over salary levels and working conditions.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  France Telecom-backed telecoms group shores up Bahraini presence.   ]]></description>
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