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• Against all oddsFeatures | 23 October 2008

  Nigeria promises to be a telecoms powerhouse, but corruption and crime are stifling growth.

• Cash saverFeatures | 6 October 2008

  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.

• Kuwait's bull run turns bearishFeatures | 2 October 2008

  Kuwait rode the emerging market wave for most of this year but now the mood is changing. Soren Billing reports.

• Beacon of changeFeatures | 10 September 2008

  Bahrain is home to one of the region's most liberal telecom sectors, but challenges persist for the country's many operators.

• Emerging telecom markets lure operatorsComment | 13 August 2008

  While regional telecom operators continue to push into new markets in and around the region, there appears to be a growing disparity between the potential of markets in much of Middle East, and those in Africa and other emerging markets.

• Forging aheadFeatures | 1 April 2008

  With a brand new risk assessment procedure, Kuwait's Zain Telecom is working towards an impregnable data stronghold.

• Africa on the lineFeatures | 13 March 2008

  Middle East-based phone companies start their assault on Africa’s booming telecoms sector.

• Ruler of the gameComment | 27 February 2008

  Nominations to NME Innovation Awards 2008 and other factors clearly show that end-users have the power to drive the IT market in the Middle East

• Architects of expansionInterviews | 5 February 2008

  After signing a landmark contract with Zain to roll out a mobile network in Saudi Arabia, Nokia Siemens Networks outlines its blueprint for expansion in the MENA region and beyond.

• MENA telcos take on the rest of the worldComment | 12 December 2007

  While Western firms target the region's telco sector, local players are looking to expand their horizons beyond the MENA region.

• Embracing competitionComment | 1 November 2007

  There is seldom a quiet week in the MENA region's comms sector. In the past couple of weeks alone there have been some major announcements from regional telecom companies, mainly about foreign expansion, with some key deals announced.

• Fighting to talkFeatures | 26 October 2007

  Two of Middle East's heavyweight telcos are facing off in the battle to secure Qatar's second mobile licence.

• GSM sector comes of ageFeatures | 8 October 2007

  The recent GSM-3G Middle East and Gulf convention staged in Dubai proved a strong draw for a host of multinational companies keen to tap the regional telecommunications market. CommsMEA caught up with some of the key players in attendance.

• Man of the yearFeatures | 3 October 2007

  Recent CommsMEA lifetime achievement winner Zain CEO Dr Saad Al Barrak on the firm's regional aspirations.

• Talking your way to the topInterviews | 13 September 2007

  Christina Corbett catches up with Etisalat CEO Mohammad Al Qamzi, and asks how the company plans to stay ahead of the competition.

• Winning touchComment | 11 September 2007

  At the beginning of this month CommsMEA hosted its second annual awards night, which was aimed at acknowledging the significant progress that continues to be made in the telecoms space across the Middle East and Africa.

• Regional firms are going globalComment | 9 September 2007

  While the world's big telcos talk about emerging market opportunities, operators from ME are going global.

• Profile: Saad Al BarrakFeatures | 3 September 2007

  A distinguished engineer, Dr Saad Al Barrak has headed up MTC, one of the region's most powerful telecom companies, since 2002.

• Permanent licensing in Iraq afootComment | 8 August 2007

  There have been a series of false dawns with respect to the permanent licensing of mobile operators in Iraq, though it appears that at last concrete moves are being made in this direction.

• His moveFeatures | 8 August 2007

  Marwan Alahmadi is MTC Group's former chief strategy officer, who three months ago was appointed to head the company's foray into the rapidly evolving and fiercely competitive Saudi Arabian telecoms market. He will be required to balance his understanding of the strategic importance of the investment with the challenges present on the ground in Saudi Arabia, and it will be no easy task to make the huge upfront investment a success.

• Time to deliver Comment | 25 July 2007

  I recently had the opportunity to spend time with Marwan Al Ahmadi, the mild-mannered CEO of MTC's nascent operation in Saudi Arabia.

• Talking with telco giantsFeatures | 21 July 2007

  The region's telecoms market belongs to a handful of key players, each of which is hungry and hunting the next big prize.

• Coming to AfricaFeatures | 3 June 2007

  The African telecoms market has been identified as a potential battleground for the next wave of market liberalisation in the wider region, incorporating the Middle East. A study by market analysts Booz Allen Hamilton examines the prospects.

• Lighting the wayFeatures | 1 May 2007

  With the rise of equality in the region an increasing number of women executives are finding their way to the forefront of their fields.

• Best laid plansFeatures | 1 May 2007

  How Middle Eastern businesses are preparing their defences and securing company data against rising threats in the region.