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    <title>Zain expands On Network platform</title>
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        Zain has announced the expansion of its 'One Network' platform to Egypt in a strategic partnership with MobiNil. Zain's customers in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Sudan can now benefit from 'One Network' services when visiting Egypt, the company said in a statement.
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        Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Egypt-based Orascom Telecom Holding SAE, the biggest mobile-phone company in the Middle East, has said that the firm may merge with a competitor by 2011, Bloomberg has reported. 'We're looking for same-sized companies,' Sawiris told a media conference in Cairo. 'There are six or seven suitors and we expect to talk to all of them. I will not join a company where I won't have a majority say. I won't sell off.'
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        Etisalat is launching an international voice SMS service for UAE customers. Initially the service will only allow customers to send and receive international voice SMS' to and from the UAE to customers of Etisalat in Egypt. But it will then be extended to cover over 26 countries, although no date was given for when this would happen. 
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        Egypt-based Raya Technology and Communication has reported a net profit of EGP25.2m ($4.6m) in the first nine months of the year, Reuters has reported. The firm, which sells telephone handsets and runs call centres, had earned EGP41.1m in the same period a year earlier.
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        German IT house Software AG has signed a five-year maintenance and support services deal with Saudi Telecom (STC) for its web Methods product suite. An extension of their partnership of six years, Software AG will provide maintenance and support services focusing on the telco's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and billing systems. Billing systems are a critical component within a telco and the software will be used for developing applications and improving business processes.
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