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		<title>Svein Aaser elected new Chairman of the Board of Telenor (Norway)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/93273-svein-aaser-elected-new-chairman-of-the-board-of-telenor-norway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Management and Administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Svein Aaser has been elected as the new Chairman of the board for mobile operator Telenor. Svein Aaser was CEO of Den norske Bank and DnB NOR from 1998 to 2007. He was previously CEO of Nycomed from 1987 to 1996. He has also been the CEO of Storebrand Skade, Nora Matprodukter and Stabburet Nora. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SingTel plans acquisition in China and US (Singapore)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/93191-singtel-plans-acquisition-in-china-and-us-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 06:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Mergers and Acquisitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singapore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Executive Officer Chua Sock Koong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dividends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silicon Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SingTel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=93191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading telecom operator in Singapore, SingTel has hinted towards acquiring businesses in China or US, to make up or slow growth in its domestic market. As per a statement made by the company, SingTel may raise its stakes in associates in Asia and Africa and make other strategic investments. The company reported a 30 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batelco appoints Marco Regnier as CFO (Bahrain)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/92962-batelco-appoints-marco-regnier-as-cfo-bahrain/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/92962-batelco-appoints-marco-regnier-as-cfo-bahrain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bahrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Management and Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Batelco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[group chief financial officer (CFO)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marco Regnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Africa markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain’s leading telecom operator, Batelco Group, has appointed Marco Regnier as group chief financial officer (CFO) with immediate effect. According to reports, group chief executive Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa said that they are are pleased to welcome Marco to the Group. His experience internationally and with other regional telecommunications companies in our markets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bharti Airtel in talks with Chinese OEMs for ‘mifi’ services (Asia)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/92708-bharti-airtel-in-talks-with-chinese-oems-for-mifi-services-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/92708-bharti-airtel-in-talks-with-chinese-oems-for-mifi-services-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3G]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4G/LTE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['mifi' devices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3G offerings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3G phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3G smartphones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4G connectivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4G Network]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bharti Airtel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese OEMs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fourth generation services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile World Congress 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tablet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[‘mifi’ services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=92708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator, is said to be in talks with OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) from China to bring &#8216;mifi&#8217; devices that will help people in India to access fourth generation services from their 3G smartphones on the move, according to a report by ET. The report reveals that mifi seems to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airtel to launch 4G/LTE services in India (Asia)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/92515-airtel-to-launch-4glte-services-in-india-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/92515-airtel-to-launch-4glte-services-in-india-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4G/LTE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4G Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4G service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airtel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[download speeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launch 4G/LTE services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanjay Kapoor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=92515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[India’s leading mobile operator Bharti Airtel is set to launch 4G services in Kolkata this month, as reported by ET. As per the report, Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Bharti Airtel said that the 4G service will be launched this month in the city of Kolkata. The operator will be the first to launch 4G services in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etisalat launches 3G service in Afghanistan (Asia)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91854-etisalat-launches-3g-service-in-afghanistan-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91854-etisalat-launches-3g-service-in-afghanistan-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3G]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etisalat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launches 3G service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[third-generation (3G) network services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=91854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UAE’s leading mobile operator Etisalat has launched third-generation (3G) network services in Aghanistan, as per a statement made by the company. The operator claims that it is the first operator in the nation to provide 3G services. However, the operator is yet to provide details regarding which areas of Afghanistan will receive 3G services, Currently, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vodafone Australia may be up for sale (Australia)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91797-vodafone-australia-may-be-up-for-sale-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91797-vodafone-australia-may-be-up-for-sale-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Churn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hutchison Whampoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network infrastructure upgrade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network outages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[potential purchasers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=91797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Telecom operator Vodafone Australia may be up for sale, with an information memorandum sent out to potential purchasers in Europe and Asia, as reported by The Australian. The report reveals that an information memorandum has been sent to telecom operators and sovereign wealth funds in Asia and the Middle East, amongst others, in an attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China to become the largest smartphone market in 2012 (Asia)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91791-china-to-become-the-largest-smartphone-market-in-2012-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91791-china-to-become-the-largest-smartphone-market-in-2012-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smartphones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[largest smartphone market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-cost devices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-cost smartphones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile data plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile World Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly data plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worldwide smartphone market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=91791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Smartphone shipments to emerging markets will drive growth in the worldwide smartphone market in the years ahead. According to a report by the IDC, China will become the leading country-level market for smartphone shipments in 2012, moving ahead of the current leader, the United States. Looking ahead to 2016, two additional emerging markets, India and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange Uganda signs network management partnership with Eaton Towers (Uganda)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91724-orange-uganda-signs-network-management-partnership-with-eaton-towers-uganda/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91724-orange-uganda-signs-network-management-partnership-with-eaton-towers-uganda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Network Outsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Harper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eaton Towers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expand network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marc Rennard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network management partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network Outsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new multimedia services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philippe Luxcey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tower management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orange Uganda has entered into a definitive agreement with Eaton Towers for the sale and management of its passive network infrastructure and assets. According to company reports, the fifteen-year deal is focused on both the outsourcing of the operation and maintenance of existing sites and providing build-to-suit for new sites with a view to reducing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tele2 looks for acquisition opportunities in Central Asia to compete with TeliaSonera (Europe)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/90814-tele2-looks-for-acquisition-opportunities-in-central-asia-to-compete-with-teliasonera-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/90814-tele2-looks-for-acquisition-opportunities-in-central-asia-to-compete-with-teliasonera-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kazakhstan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moldova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sweden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tajikistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tele2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telenor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uzbekistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sweden based telecom firm, Tele2 is reportedly looking for acquisition opportunities in Central Asia, in an attempt to better compete with rival operator TeliaSonera. According to reports, Tele2 had acquired a majority stake in Kazakhstan&#8217;s wireless operator NEO, in March 2010. As per sources, Lars Nilsson, CFO, Tele2 has said that countries in the vicinity [...]]]></description>
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