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		<title>MTN-Orascom: What exactly is for sale?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wirelessfederation is detailing today what the MTN-Orascom deal means in terms of markets involved in the deal and business contribution per market. If you found our previous post related to Orascom&#8217;s internacionalization strategy interesting, you&#8217;ll appreciate this update. A lot of activity and news has been generated around the MTN-Orascom deal which is said to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1281&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Broadband Revolution 2010. Tanzania Case Study.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emerging markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the most switched on countries such as Sweden to the poorest nations in Africa, there is a gap between those with access to technology and those without.The gap between countries on the African continent is getting Smaller. Developments in broadband connectivity, triggered by various submarine systems due to go live in 2010, will heavily impact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1277&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Zain Africa worth US$12Bln? YES, it seems.</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2010/03/31/is-zain-africa-worth-us12bln-yes-it-seems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Due Diligence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bharti]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading this week&#8217;s literature regarding the Bharti &#8211; Zain deal, I have to finally answer to the question raised in this blog some months ago. While we were convinced that a US$12 Bln valuation would be too much for just Zain Africa (regardless the fact that we also believe that Africa is the next telecom opportunity), the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1256&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010: Predictions for the year ahead</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/12/23/2010-predictions-for-the-year-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just received an interesting report from Informa. It shows their prediction of how the TMT industry will outlook in 2010. In their view, the telecoms industry is beginning to see signs of economic recovery and can look forward to sustained, slow revenue growth in 2010. However, the dominance of the internet and the transition [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1170&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Share and share alike &#8211; Update on network sharing</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/12/16/share-and-share-alike-update-on-network-sharing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[network]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tower sharing has been one of the telecom industry’s global hot topics for close to a decade. The first wave was seen in the US and Europe, while recently, India has taken center stage with several multi-billion dollar asset carve-outs. Reading Informa&#8217;s latest report on network sharing, we read that leading operators in Western Europe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1147&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile innovations in the developing world</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/09/25/mobile-innovations-in-the-developing-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teja Rangi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cost reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebitda improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bharti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ericsson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managed capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia Siemens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterdays article in the economist describes how mobile operators in developing countries cope with the inherently low ARPU&#8217;s of their customer base through creative cost cutting measures, achieving operating margins similar to leading Western operators. A special report on telecoms in emerging markets. The mother of invention. Network operators in the poor world are cutting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1031&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will dynamic discount tariffs succeed in Africa?</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/09/19/will-dynamic-discount-tariffs-succeed-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/09/19/will-dynamic-discount-tariffs-succeed-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dynamic discount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dynamic tariff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Joseph]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading today that Safaricom has launched a tariff that is expected to renew price wars in Kenya (something more than often and common in the industry), I would like to share our experience in value propositions definition around dynamic discount tariffing. As explained before in our previous post related to what operators are doing with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=1017&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Company analysis: Qtel Group</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/07/04/company-analysis-qtel-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the company analysis series recently published (Zain, Orascom and Etisalat, now is the turn of another telecom giant: Qtel Group. Based in Qatar, The Qtel Group is a diversified telecommunications group with three business lines including consumer telephony, consumer broadband and corporate managed services. It is committed to expansion in line with its strategic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=898&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Company analysis: Etisalat</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/07/02/company-analysis-etisalat/</link>
		<comments>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/07/02/company-analysis-etisalat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emerging markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atlantique telecom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PTCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zanzibar Telecom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following our previous posts related to company profiles (previously published were Zain and Orascom), I wanted to share the profile of one of the telecom giants of the Middle East: Etisalat. Etisalat is a UAE-based telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 17 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The telecom&#8217;s customer base is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=888&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging markets: Mobile market review: Uganda 2009</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/06/16/emerging-markets-mobile-market-review-uganda-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/06/16/emerging-markets-mobile-market-review-uganda-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uganda Telecom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading at Wireless Federation that Zain, one of the leading mobile operator in Middle-East and African countries, have inked an agreement with SCB to launch its mobile money transfer service Zap in Uganda, I wanted to publish a couple of posts: one related to the mobile telecom situation in Uganda, and other related to money-transfer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=852&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Zain Africa worth US$12Bln?</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/06/13/is-zain-africa-worth-us12bln/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vivendi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Vivendi, the French media conglomerate, has reportedly put in an offer to acquire Zain&#8217;s African mobile operations. Zain acquired the businesses in 2005 via the US$3.4 billion acquisition of Celtel. However, the firm is now reportedly looking at selling the networks, which are valued at as much as US$12 billion. For those who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=822&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pricing optimization in Africa: the challenge!</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/06/10/pricing-optimization-in-africa-the-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emerging markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just come from the middle east, visiting different markets where we&#8217;ve seen huge pricing competition battles among operators. One of my clients requested my point of view on pricing and how to fight in such a pricing war. Here it is. Few levers have as much power to influence profitability as pricing does. For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=815&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improving EBITDA through a cost reduction program.</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/06/05/improving-ebitda-through-a-pragmatic-cost-reduction-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cost reduction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently concluded an interesting and challenging assignment: reducing costs in a mobile telecom operator to improve EBITDA levels in more than 5 percentage points in a 6 months period. As said, extremelly challenging. Why? After more than 6 months of crisis, the most obvious operational inefficiencies in telecom operators have already been wrung out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=803&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unique view of the International networks that link the globe</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/05/23/unique-view-of-the-international-networks-that-link-the-globe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 09:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you are often asking me where do we get the data for our analyses. In most of the cases we count on our base and knowledge centre professionals. However, there are some external sources that &#8220;inspire&#8221; and help us with outstanding Telecom data. This is the case of TeleGeography (a division of PriMetrica, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=766&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MobiNil&#8217;s Q1&#8217;09 profit down despite increase in revenue: our opinion</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/05/23/mobinil-1q09-net-profit-down-despite-increase-in-revenue-and-ebitda-our-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 09:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benchmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobinil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q12009]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egyptian mobile operator Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (MobiNil) has reported net profit at EGP424 million (USD75.8 million) for the three months ended 31 March 2009, down 6.1% on the same period a year earlier. Higher interest costs and imputed interest amounts relating to 3G installment payments were cited as major factors in the decline. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=753&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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