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			<title>Saudi's Mobily posts 49.7% rise in Q3 profits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Telecom firm sees profits hit $215.2m in Q3 with rise in subscribers.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Mobily refinances SR1.5bn Islamic loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mobile operator originally used loan to finance purchase of Bayanat Al Oula.]]></description>
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			<title>Morgan Stanley raises targets on EEMEA telcos</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment house favours Saudi's Mobily among MENA region's top telco picks.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily expands Saudi WiMax broadband coverage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom company adds new parts of kingdom as wireless broadband demand surges.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Mobily teams-up with Qualcomm</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi firm and US giant agree to boost cooperation in several projects in wireless telco sector.]]></description>
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			<title>Playing with fire</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A 150-member crew descended on the Hatta mountains last month to produce a TVC for Saudi telecoms operator, Mobily, with dangerous stunts such as jumping from cliffs, running through fire jets and playing football with fire-lit balls all part of the game. Vijaya Cherian reports.]]></description>
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			<title>Broadband behind Mobily's 50% Q2 profit boost</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi's second-largest mobile phone company says second quarter net profit hit $180m.]]></description>
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			<title>WiMAX gains momentum</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The recent WiMAX Forum MENA event in Dubai demonstrated that attitudes to the 4G technology have matured from the overly simplistic “LTE versus WiMAX” debate that had previously characterised the technology.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobile broadband take-up growing at 126% - Mobily</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Company CEO says mobile data services will soon overtake fixed line subscription.]]></description>
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			<title>Calling the shots</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mobily CEO Khalid Al Kaf tells Arabian Business why moving first and moving fast is the key to the firm’s success.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily, Samsung sign $100m Saudi broadband deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agreement will see WiMAX services extended to 20 cities in the kingdom.]]></description>
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			<title>Data push</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Mobily CEO Khalid Al-Kaf spoke to CommsMEA at last month's MECOM conference in the UAE about the KSA operator's plans to capitalise on the high demand for mobile broadband.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobile internet access to replace fixed lines - Mobily </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CEO predicts multiple mobile internet access per household, not one fixed line. ]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily forced to halt mobile number portability</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mobily complains to regulator after technical problems at STC hinder mobile number portability]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily unit launches new WiFi-enabled WIMAX router</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bayanat Al Oula rolls out router for Broadband@Home service in Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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			<title>Etihad Etisalat's Q1 net profit rises 47%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Saudi's 2nd largest mobile phone firm adds more broadband clients & cashes in revenues from other operators.]]></description>
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			<title>ME telecom firms could save $8bn with tower-share deals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Operators in region spend up to 20% of revenue on developing own networks. ]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily expands Saudi network in $116m deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mobile phone operator aims to increase subscriber numbers after Motorola deal.]]></description>
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			<title>Etisalat to unveil prepaid plans for iPhone - UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The telecom company claims it's 'difficult' to directly compare prices in Saudi and UAE.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily racks up 300,000 HSPA broadband subscribers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[GSM Association states Saudi mobile operator has busiest data network in the world]]></description>
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			<title>25,000 Saudi iPhone subscribers within hours of launch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mobily reveals big uptake of Apple's three-in-one phone throughout kingdom.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily extends campaign to identify pre-paid users</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Campaign to update personal data on pre-paid mobile users to run until end of 2009]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Mobily's Q4 profit up 51%, beats estimates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arab state's second largest mobile phone operator beats analysts' Q4 forecasts.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily buys $21mn stake in internet provider</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's second-largest telecom operator takes 94% stake in Zajil.]]></description>
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			<title>Morgan Stanley to manage Etihad Etisalat share sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE's Etisalat's Saudi affiliate plans to raise capital by selling 200mn shares for $530mn.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobily posts 73% increase in Q3 profit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[GITEX: Saudi's second mobile phone company beats analysts' forecasts with net income of $143mn.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Arabia launches campaign to identify mobile subscribers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[All Saudi mobile subscribers required to prove their identity in drive to cut down 'anonymous' mobiles]]></description>
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			<title>Cash saver</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With ARPUs falling and competition growing, operators are increasingly looking at retaining existing customers, as well as winning rivals’ subscribers, as a means of growing their business.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Approval given for Etisalat affiliate to raise $533.3m in 200m share rights issue]]></description>
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