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	<title>Boycott Batelco</title>
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	<description>Because we've had enough!</description>
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		<title>Batelco second bidding round underway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mumtalakat, the Bahrain government holding company, has started the sale of its stake in Bahrain Telecommunication Company [Batelco], Mumtalakat’s chief executive officer Talal al-Zain told mergermarket. “We have already invited a few companies to submit initial bids,” he said. Al-Zain declined to immediately comment any further on the transaction. The size of the stake on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2008/08/22/batelco-second-bidding-round-underway/</link>
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		<title>TRA set to offer Batelco connections to operators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain&#8217;s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is making available Batelco&#8217;s connections to homes and business to competing operators.
In telecoms terms this is commonly known as unbundling the local loop.
&#8220;This move is an essential enabler of further competition at the retail level, especially for the provision of high-speed broadband,&#8221; said TRA general director Alan Horne.
&#8220;When implemented, it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2008/08/20/tra-set-to-offer-batelco-connections-to-operators/</link>
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		<title>TRA Aims to Encourage Sharing of Telecom Masts and associated Facilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has issued today for public consultation a draft regulation on Wireless Telecommunications Network Facility Sharing. 
The sharing of telecommunications masts and associated facilities should assist in the development of efficient investment in wireless infrastructure, reduce the cost of operating wireless networks that should in turn be passed on to consumers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2008/08/12/tra-aims-to-encourage-sharing-of-telecom-masts-and-associated-facilities/</link>
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		<title>Arab Advisors Group reveals Bahrain&#8217;s communications connectivity leading the region</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain&#8217;s position as a regional leader in telecommunications was confirmed by the Arab Advisors Group at the 5th Annual Media and Telecoms Convergence Conference.
Using the Total Country Connectivity Measure (TCCM), the Group revealed the groundbreaking progress made by Bahrain which has led to the impressive score of 210.4% connectivity per person - dwarfing the regional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2008/08/06/arab-advisors-group-reveals-bahrains-communications-connectivity-leading-the-region/</link>
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		<title>Bahrain&#8217;s connectivity per person reaches 210%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People in Bahrain are now among the well-connected population in the GCC, as the country’s connectivity per person has reached 210.4 per cent, dwarfing the regional average of 135.37 per cent, according to the Arab Advisors Group.
The group measured Bahrain’s connectivity by adding together the household mainline telephone penetration, cellular penetration and internet users penetration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2008/08/06/bahrains-connectivity-per-person-reaches-210/</link>
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		<title>11 Billion Videos Viewed Online in The U.S. in April 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[18-34 Year Olds Viewed Nearly 5 Hours of Online Video per Person during the Month
RESTON, Va., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released April 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, revealing that U.S. Internet users viewed 11 billion online videos during the month, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2008/06/17/11-billion-videos-viewed-online-in-the-us-in-april-2008/</link>
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		<title>Bahrain considering corruption probe at Batelco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANAMA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Bahrain is considering whether to investigate allegations of graft at Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH and officials discussed the charges with the company on Wednesday, one of the officials told Reuters.
After the meeting, the company, known as Batelco, denied the allegations made by a lawmaker and carried by Bahrain&#8217;s Gulf Daily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2008/01/09/bahrain-considering-corruption-probe-at-batelco/</link>
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		<title>New Bahraini telco launched by Saudi group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new corporate-focused telecoms provider, Rawabi Telecom, has been launched in Bahrain this week by its 95% shareholder, Saudi Arabia’s Rawabi Holding Group. Rawabi Telecom, which is 5% owned by a Bahraini company, has acquired three licences from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority for international telephony, ISP and value added services. ‘The launch of the new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2007/11/08/new-bahraini-telco-launched-by-saudi-group/</link>
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		<title>Batelco cuts broadband tariffs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the business benefit campaign, Batelco, Bahrain’s leading Internet services provider, has announced up to 50 per cent reduction on its business and educational inet broadband packages.
With effect from August 1, 2007, business customers can pay up to 50 per cent less in the rental charges of five value-for-money high speed inet broadband [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2007/08/01/batelco-cuts-broadband-tariffs/</link>
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		<title>Reduce interconnection charges Batelco told</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain&#8217;s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) yesterday announced it has ordered Batelco to reduce some of the prices it charges rival firms to use its network. In a statement, the TRA said despite several debates with Batelco officials on the incumbent operator&#8217;s interconnection charges, the regulator &#8220;was not satisfied that all charges were fair and reasonable&#8221;.
Last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boycottbatelco.com/2007/07/31/reduce-interconnection-charges-batelco-told/</link>
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