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		<title>Future of Telecom Operators: Global M&amp;A</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend (and external contributor in Consultantvalueadded) Pareekh Jain, has recently conducted a study of how the Telecom Operator landscape will shape in future. He found two different main trends which might unfold and we wanted to share with the whole of you his thoughts and insights. Already local, regional and Global M&#38;A is under [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1237&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is STC loosing fuel in Saudi Arabia?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following to my last post related to STC&#8217;s situation in 2009, I wanted to publish some interesting insights of the Saudi telecom industry coming from Al Rajhi Capital. In their opinion, the Saudi telecoms market is still booming and they expect 3.5G data to help drive mobile penetration towards 220% within five years. According to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1205&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How can operators win the international roaming battle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[international calls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The international roaming service is bringing greater profits for mobile operators, and currently comprises 10% &#8211; 18% of European mobile operators&#8217; business revenue. Nevertheless, as the demand for lower tariffs for international roaming becomes more pervasive, major mobile operators are beginning to research methods globally for providing the lowest international roaming tariffs, while delivering services [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1007&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STC’s international expansion performance – Our opinion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benchmarks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saud bin Majed Al Daweesh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we’ve got our multientry visa for KSA, and considering the heavy telecom movements that are taking place in the country, it’s time to start publishing country specific articles related to the Saudi’s telecom environment. Following up the ArabBusiness Newsletters of 2007, I recovered a post where Saudi Telecom Company (STC) stated that was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=910&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging markets: Telecom market review &#8211; Ghana 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glo Mobile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just read an interesting market review for Ghana coming from Informa. As you may probably know, Vodafone has recently arrived there as the growth opportunities are significant. My assessment on the oportunity for Vodafone was clearly stated in my previous post &#8220;Valuation is an art, not a science&#8221;. This post  reveals the current status [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=305&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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