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		<title>Highlights from the LTE World Summit 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The curtain has come down on another successful LTE World Summit event, which took place this week, in Barcelona, Spain. More than 3,000 delegates attended the event, representing more than 130 countries from around the world, indicating LTE’s impact the world over. There were over 70 exhibitors and also a series of masterclasses for the more technically minded to enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Telecoms.com LTE Awards 2012 round-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telecoms.com LTE Awards 2012 were held this week to celebrate and give recognition to the achievements made by those in the LTE industry. Now in its third year, the show took place at LTE World Summit 2012 in the El Xalet, Montjuic, Barcelona, this week. The Telecoms.com LTE Awards have now become a symbol of recognition to the industry as a mark of leadership, quality and innovation.]]></description>
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		<title>Full disclosure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Informer spent a few days in Barcelona this week, sniffing around the LTE World Summit. The default setting in the LTE sector is positive and forward- looking but a frank, challenging opening keynote from Orange Spain CTO Eduardo Duato at the event this week spat rather effectively in that soup.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s ­Mobilink has bank accounts frozen by authorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[­Pakistani operator Mobilink has had all of its bank accounts frozen by the country's Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), as the operator allegedly owes Rs8.6bn ($93m) in taxes to the authority.]]></description>
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		<title>Bharti acquires 49 per cent share of Qualcomm&#8217;s India unit at cut-price</title>
		<description><![CDATA[India’s Bharti Airtel has signed an agreement with chipmaker Qualcomm to acquire 49 per cent of its Indian BWA entities. Qualcomm acquired the wireless broadband service permits in India for four states in the country in 2010 for $1bn. The purchase was made in a deliberate bid to block the progress of WiMAX as an alternative 4G technology in the country, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said at the time. Now, it has sold the 49 per cent stake to Bharti for a mere $165m.]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino operator PLDT passes 3mil broadband subs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) reached the milestone of 3mn broadband subscribers during the first quarter of this year, giving it almost 65 per cent of the country's broadband market.]]></description>
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		<title>Everything Everywhere trials mobile ticketing service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Network operator Everything Everywhere is deploying a mobile contactless transport ticketing service in the UK, which could lead to a nationwide roll out across select bus and rail services in 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>Will London 2012 be the first data roaming mega event?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the recent Roaming World Congress hosted by IIR an animated panel session highlighted a number of challenges and opportunities imminent in the forthcoming London Olympics. These Olympics have been heralded as a major opportunity for medals to be won and sport to be celebrated but there are also a number of reasons to celebrate the games as a major driver for mobile roaming.]]></description>
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		<title>Wifi to remain dominant home networking tech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By 2014, global shipments of core home networking equipment and network-enabled media devices will exceed one billion units, according to ABI Research. But wifi is expected to remain the most common technology used to connect these media devices.]]></description>
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		<title>Operators and the cars of the future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Connected cars are fast becoming the topic that has the telecoms industry's tongues wagging excitedly. This year, Ford’s chairman gave a keynote presentation at Mobile World Congress, RIM showcased a connected Porsche at its BlackBerry World 2012 event, and Google secured the first ever self-driving car licence in the US. And as the connected car market continues to evolve, mobile operators are finding that they have a key part to play in the ecosystem, and are having to invest time and resources to ensure they are not overlooked as the connected car market matures.

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