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<description><![CDATA[Mobile telecom operator Orange has signed a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to parts of the Middle East later this year. The deal covers Egypt and Jordan. Vodafone already has a contract to sell the iPhone in Egypt from later this year. Apple hopes such non-exclusive deals will help it sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008 around the world.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Software piracy runs at 57% in Bahrain, costing computer companies $27m last year, according to the annual Global Software Piracy Study. The losses hit both international companies and local distributors and retailers, the report said. Published by Business Software Alliance and Interactive Data Corporation, it said piracy in Bahrain was up from $23m in 2006. Other Gulf States were above the global average for piracy, it said. It reported piracy levels of 51% in Saudi Arabia, 54% in Qatar and 62% in Kuwait. Piracy levels in the UAE remained flat, at 35%.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Gulf&#039;s notebook market is growing 60% year-on-year, according to Santosh Varghese, regional general manager for Toshiba&#039;s Computer Systems Division growth. He said Toshiba owns 18% of the local market and expects to sell more than 500,000 notebooks in the Gulf this year compared to 400,000 units last year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MegaFon, Russia&#039;s third-largest mobile phone operator, is seeking to invest about $4.64bn to build a GSM network in Iran, reported Bloomberg. The auction of a third GSM licence in Iran is expected this year but the tender has not been announced yet. There are currently two mobile service providers in Iran - state-controlled Iran Telecommunication Company and MTN Group, sub-Saharan Africa&#039;s biggest cellphone operator.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications Company) plans to invest $1bn in the Saudi market as part of a strategy to raise revenue by boosting its overseas operations, reported Arab News. The company is also seeking permission for an IPO and intends to list 25% of its shares on the Saudi bourse, Peter Kaliaropoulos, CEO of Batelco, said during the company&#039;s quarterly media briefing.]]></description>
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