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• Telco trailblazersInterviews | 12 November 2009

  The UAE telecoms industry is in a state of flux. As infrastructure investments begin to pay dividends the region's media owners are armed with an arsenal of new delivery platforms. Digital Broadcast speaks to the three most significant players in the UAE, du, Etisalat and Yahsat.

• Out of AfricaFeatures | 4 August 2009

  As Zain looks for an exit from its short-lived African adventure, CommsMEA looks at Zain’s African operations and asks what other Middle East telcos need to do to make a success of their own African empires.

• Who’s listening?Features | 1 August 2009

  Accused of spying on its BlackBerry subscribers’ emails, Etisalat is facing a rising chorus of disapproval from its customers.

• It’s time for Etisalat to explain spyware fiascoComment | 26 July 2009

  "Reach out. The world's waiting," Etisalat implores visitors to its website. What it doesn't mention is that if you are using a Blackberry to "reach out" - which is lately the bizarre Americanism for communicating - your emails could well be sent on to a third party.

• The question Etisalat has to answerComment | 23 July 2009

  BlackBerry customers still have a lot of questions, says Damian Reilly.

• Who cares if Big Brother is watching?Comment | 22 July 2009

  The Etisalat spy scandal won’t make you give up your BlackBerrys, says Andrew White.

• Ringing in the changesFeatures | 25 June 2009

  A long-awaited gold rush in commercial internet services could prove to be the telecoms industry's saviour.

• Talk of the townInterviews | 31 May 2009

  Etisalat chief sets the record straight on profits, products and price wars.

• Profiting from convergenceComment | 20 May 2009

  Last week’s Quad Play conference, which took place at the Etisalat Academy in Dubai, offered a valuable insight into the opportunities available for telecom operators willing to seize the potential of fixed-mobile convergence and IP technology

• Lost opportunityComment | 13 May 2009

  Etisalat’s failure to secure Iran’s second mobile licence has surely come as a significant blow to the UAE incumbent.

• Optimising acquisitionsFeatures | 12 April 2009

  If the rate of acquisitions by GCC operators slows over the coming months it will allow valuable time for telcos to focus on extracting revenue from completed deals.

• What’s wrong with a text message?Comment | 4 March 2009

  Last month operators in the Middle East issued warning about a series of scams targeting customers via their mobile phones

• Out of credit?Features | 3 March 2009

  New investment opportunities still exist for GCC telecom players - but today financing from banks is challenging.

• Fraud watchFeatures | 3 March 2009

  Warnings from Etisalat and QTel about the growing threat to customers from scams suggest that telecoms related fraud is on the increase.

• From phone to homesFeatures | 12 January 2009

  Everyone in the UAE has heard of Etisalat, though few know of its real estate division. Ahmed Al Jarwan, general manager of e-Real Estate explains how the company has grown since its inception two years ago.

• Etisalat hears the call for growthInterviews | 1 January 2009

  Etisalat is branching out from its core business into the information and communications sector.

• From phones to homesInterviews | 7 December 2008

  Everyone in the UAE has heard of Etisalat, though few know of its real estate division. Ahmed Al Jarwan, general manager of e-Real Estate explains how the company has grown since its inception two years ago.

• SME AwardsFeatures | 16 November 2008

  The inaugural event hosted by YourBusiness took place on the 20th October at the Park Hyatt to a gathering that included companies each with a vested interest in the GCC region, and in the growth of the small business market in particular.

• Gitex diary 2008Features | 9 November 2008

  More than 3,300 companies from 83 countries attended this year's GITEX Technology Week, sparking a wave of new regional partnership and strategy announcements. Channel Middle East was there to capture all the major talking points of the five-day show.

• Tapping potentialInterviews | 7 November 2008

  With plans to deploy fibre-to-the-home across the UAE and ambitions to grow its business in countries including Nigeria and Pakistan, Etisalat is fulfilling its promise to become one of the world's leading telecom operators by 2010.

• Connected voicesFeatures | 28 October 2008

  November sees the return of the Middle East & Africa instalment of the IPTV World Forum to Dubai. Digital Broadcast profiles some of the expected highlights of this year's event.

• Calculated risksComment | 23 September 2008

  Africa’s most populous country Nigeria has great potential for telecom operators looking to expand their business in the region.

• The ringmasterInterviews | 14 September 2008

  Will mobile TV in the Gulf threaten cultural and religious norms as it moves towards prime time?

• Mergers ahead for Middle East telcosFeatures | 6 August 2008

  For many regional telecom operators, making acquisitions or merging could be the key to their survival.

• What's going on with UAE web blocking?Comment | 7 July 2008

  Content sharing network StumbleUpon is the latest casualty of the UAE's web blocking lottery.