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02 Jul 2008 at 13:06 |
 Analysis, Case studies, CISCO, Enterprise Networks, Russia: Smena Trading is a leading Russian exporter of wood materials and timber to South-East Asia and Europe with operations extending across the Khabarovsk Region of Russia. As the company's operations have grown in recent years the need for reliable and cost effective communications has become greater...
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24 Jun 2008 at 12:56 |
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 Analysis, Local Connectivity, Digital Divide, Malaysia: Despite significant advances to drive down capital costs for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), several key challenges still remain before the digital divide is able to be fully bridged. Transmission costs stand out as the No.1 barrier...
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24 Jun 2008 at 12:46 |
 Analysis, Markets, Arab Advisors, UAE, Saudi Arabia: The Arab Advisors Group publishes a yearly update on the rates of connectivity within the various Arab countries. this year broadband and fixed services have played their part alongside mobile in fueling substantial improvements in connectivity rates...
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01 Jun 2008 at 00:00 |
 Analysis, Markets, Pricing competition, Fibre optic submarine cable, Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal: A study examining the impact the SAT-3 fibre-optic submarine cable has had on telecommunications in four African countries has found that the potential of this major cable has not been properly exploited. Instead, ownership of the cable by telecoms incumbents in the countries researched has reinforced their market positions...
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01 Jun 2008 at 00:00 |
 Analysis, Viewpoint, Digital Divide, Emerging markets, Fixed Link, Global: The digital age has most definitely arrived in many emerging markets, with mobile phones, fixed line and internet access now being central to many business and consumer interactions, writes Amos Sivan...
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20 May 2008 at 14:37 |
 Analysis, ICTs, WSIS, North Africa: As ITU Telecom Africa wraps up in Egypt, the ITU segues seamlessly through World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) on 17 May into 10 days of WSIS events, taking place in Geneva. This will be the third time WSIS representatives have gathered post Tunis. We ask if anything has been achieved through the WSIS process which has really made a difference to ICT service levels in emerging markets...
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17 May 2008 at 00:00 |
 News, Universal Access, Disability, ITU, Global: Telecom Africa focussed on disability this year, in the run up to World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) on 17 May. ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré used the occasion to announce three ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Awards during the event...
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07 May 2008 at 11:23 |
 Telephony, Markets, Bolivia, CLA: Living up to this reputation as a radical leader, Bolivian president Evo Morales has used the opportunity of May Day to announce that he will be nationalising Entel, his country's main telco. He also declared that he would take over four foreign-owned gas companies. Key to the decision is the fact that 50% of Entel's ownership is in the hands of Telecom Italia SpA. Negotiations whereby Entel would purchase Telecom Italia's share go back several months and have been complicated...
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06 May 2008 at 09:55 |
 Analysis, Telephony, Fixed-line, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, CEE: Delegates at the Russia & CIS Com congress in Moscow on 3-4 June 2008 will enjoy an opportunity to learn more about a sector undergoing major changes. For the Ukraine and Russia are currently a battleground for growing GSM and CDMA mobile operators...
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Date: 9 - 11 July 2008