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• 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.

• 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.

• When less is moreComment | 2 July 2008

  A glut of Middle Eastern ICT events recently is leading to conference fatigue among the region's telecom professionals.

• Breaking the barriersFeatures | 18 June 2008

  Africa is a continent of unrivalled opportunity for the telecoms sector.

• Trade connectionsFeatures | 1 June 2008

  Middle East telecom operators are eyeing opportunities in the world's second most populated country.

• Mobilising moneyFeatures | 21 May 2008

  Mobile banking gives the vital access to money services for the unbanked population in developing countries.

• Finding talentComment | 19 May 2008

  The telecoms industry is undergoing a massive shift in technologies, but this is straining many organisations' human resources.

• Africa on the lineFeatures | 13 March 2008

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

• When the gloves are offInterviews | 11 February 2008

  With competition becoming an integral part of the Middle East telecom market, Delta Partners' Victor Font assesses the level of competition and how regional Telcos are squaring up for the fight.

• When two become oneInterviews | 6 February 2008

  Ever since shareholders gave the necessary approval for an US$11 billion mega-merger 18 months ago, Alcatel-Lucent has been working hard to shore up its channel strategy and build a partner network that fits its vision of how to address the market.

• Egyptian expansionFeatures | 3 February 2008

  Egypt's dynamic mobile phone market offers great potential for telecom operators and service providers.

• Building the brandFeatures | 28 January 2008

  DFC's Etisalat store has a ‘new age' concept, courtesy of Imagination. By Charlotte Butterfield.

• Digital detoxFeatures | 6 January 2008

  Can our editor survive a gadget-free week?

• Cheaper, faster, greenerFeatures | 30 December 2007

  Mark Sutton takes a look forward into 2008 to see how the pace of change in the information and communications technology will pick up, and how it will affect businesses, and consumers, across the region.

• Reaching out to billionsFeatures | 10 December 2007

  Telco heavyweights discussed changing market conditions at Telecoms World Middle East in Dubai. CommsMEA reports.

• A tough callInterviews | 9 December 2007

  Introducing a second telco to the UAE market was never going to be easy, but du CEO Osman Sultan reassures Andrew White that the company is ahead of target.

• Connecting an emerging cityFeatures | 19 November 2007

  With Dubai expected to have a population of about 2.5 million by 2010, as well as attracting up to 15 million tourists a year by the same time, there is likely to be growing pressure on the emirate's infrastructure, including its mobile phone networks.

• Walk the lineFeatures | 5 November 2007

  Just a few years ago, power lines were touted as a potential means of delivering information fast and at little cost. But despite significant barriers stalling progress and competition from rival technologies, the concept maintains a staunch following with tests ongoing.

• 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.