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		<title>New Chorus executive team announced in the event of demerger (New Zealand)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/87667-new-chorus-executive-team-announced-in-the-event-of-demerger-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chorus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demerger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Ratcliffe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chorus, New Zealand&#8217;s largest telecommunications utility provider announced its new executive team in the event that the shareholders approve of its demerger from Telecom Corp. of New Zealand. The demerger follows the deal made by the New Zealand government with Telecom to build the majority of the new nationwide US $2.5 billion fiber network. Chorus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecom to credit landline calls to Japan</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/37634-telecom-to-credit-landline-calls-to-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Gourdie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landline calls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residential customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom Retail CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tsunami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Search and Rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Telecom has today announced it will credit all residential customers&#8217; landline calls to Japan. This includes calls made from landline to landline and landline to Japanese mobile phones. The credit will apply to calls made from midday Friday 11 March, to midnight Sunday 13 March, and will be applied to customers&#8217; accounts in their next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calls restricted in New Zealand quake zone</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36306-calls-restricted-in-new-zealand-quake-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36306-calls-restricted-in-new-zealand-quake-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6.3 earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Â­Vodafone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Text Messages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voicemail message]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Telecommunications companies have repeated their call for people to continue to use text messages instead of calling on mobile phones when contacting people in Christchurch. Telecom, ­Vodafone and 2degrees are working to repair their networks following yesterday&#8217;s devastating magnitude 6.3 earthquake. Ongoing power problems remained the main problem disrupting Christchurch&#8217;s cell phone network and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecom supply official txt-to-donate service for Red Cross</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36335-telecom-supply-official-txt-to-donate-service-for-red-cross/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36335-telecom-supply-official-txt-to-donate-service-for-red-cross/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Red Cross 2011 Earthquake Appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[txt-to-donate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Telecom has partnered with the New Zealand Red Cross to supply the official txt-to-donate fundraising service for the New Zealand Red Cross 2011 Earthquake Appeal. Users of all New Zealand mobile networks can text 4419 to make an automatic $3 donation to the Appeal. New Zealanders can also include a message of support for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecom and Vodafone Reject Rural New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36108-telecom-and-vodafone-reject-rural-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36108-telecom-and-vodafone-reject-rural-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Aubrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federated Farmers Telecommunications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Economic Development (MED)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Broadband Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vodafone and Telecom, preferred bidders for the $300 million Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), were late withdrawals from today&#8217;s Federated Farmers rural broadband solutions meeting. This is despite the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) giving both companies not only the green light, but encouragement to attend. While Telecom and Vodafone may cite negotiations with the MED,â€ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecom NZ, Vodafone to provide rural broadband service</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/35122-telecom-nz-vodafone-to-provide-rural-broadband-service/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/35122-telecom-nz-vodafone-to-provide-rural-broadband-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communications and Information Technology Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast internet services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand government has announced that New Zealand&#8217;s top two telecommunications companies have been chosen for negotiation with the New Zealand government to provide fast internet services to rural areas. Telecom and Vodafone proposed in November a joint venture to build a new, open access network for broadband in rural areas. According to Communications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aegis and Saudi Telecom Form Joint Venture to Transform Customer Care in the Region</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/34696-aegis-and-saudi-telecom-form-joint-venture-to-transform-customer-care-in-the-region/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/34696-aegis-and-saudi-telecom-form-joint-venture-to-transform-customer-care-in-the-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aegis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Call Centre Company (CCC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essar Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global outsourcing services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kuwait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saud Al Daweesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Telecom Co. (STC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel & Hospitality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saudi Telecom Co. (STC), Saudi Arabia&#8217;s largest telecom operator and Aegis, a global outsourcing services company and part of the $15 billion Essar Group, today announced a landmark strategic partnership, which would see Aegis managing STC&#8217;s entire customer care operations including billing, directory enquiry, collection, verification. Aegis, a leader in total customer lifecycle management, serves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecom to hire 300 IT staff (New Zealand)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/34193-telecom-to-hire-300-it-staff-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/34193-telecom-to-hire-300-it-staff-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett Packard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Telecom is expected to hire 300 information technology workers as it firmed up plans to bring work previously outsourced to computer company Hewlett-Packard back in-house. Many of the jobs are expected to go to Hewlett-Packard staff that has been contracting to Telecom. Telecom has held &#8220;open days&#8221; in Wellington and Auckland in the past two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NZ regulator claims mobile termination rates too high</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/32469-nz-regulator-claims-mobile-termination-rates-too-high/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/32469-nz-regulator-claims-mobile-termination-rates-too-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Termination Rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Commerce Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NZ regulator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vodafone group plc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand Commerce Commission has announced that the wholesale prices a mobile network operator charges for providing services to customers from other network operators should be significantly reduced. The commission stated that wholesale prices for voice calls to a mobile network should be set at a cost-based benchmark, starting at a rate of 4.6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3G, MNP to describe telecom future in 2011 (India)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/32331-3g-mnp-to-describe-telecom-future-in-2011-india/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/32331-3g-mnp-to-describe-telecom-future-in-2011-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2G scam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3G]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARPU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BWA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[director general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajan Mathews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Projections have suggested that India will achieve 893 million wireless subscribers by 2012 &#38; 1,243 million wireless subscribers by 2015. This growth comes with economies of scale. India possesses the lowest tariffs in the world leading to lowest ARPU&#8217;s of $3 per subscriber per month, combined with the highest minutes of usage. According to the [...]]]></description>
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