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Broadband is becoming more prevalent and is now available in most Middle
East countries. Broadband is Israel is set to go mainstream with the bundling of voice
and video services by the cable companies that have recently launched Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services and eventually by incumbent Bezeq which
is currently prevented from bundling its services for competitive reasons.

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Research and Markets: More Competition Among Telecom Market in Middle Eastern Countries

com/reports/c18848) has announced the addition
of 2005 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in the Middle East to their offering.researchandmarkets.

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com/reports/c18855) has announced the addition
of 2005 Middle Eastern - Broadband and Internet Markets to their offering
(Logo: http://www. Broadband was introduced into a number of Arab
countries last year and growth has or is set to take off in a few others,
namely Bahrain, Iran, Jordan and Turkey, attributed to tariff reductions and
recent government initiatives

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Push-to-Talk takes (PTT) off -- There will be a total of seven operators
providing PTT services by mid-2005.

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researchandmarkets.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
This annual report provides an insight into the developing Broadband and
Internet markets of the Middle East.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh /20040820/RESEARCH )
Middle Eastern countries are beginning to move towards less government
involvement and greater competition in their telecoms markets, often
encouraged by World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership requirements.

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Recent tariff reductions will further increase penetration
rates, which although low, have shown significant rates of growth.

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Celtel provides services to
6 million subscribers in 13 countries. Topics detailed in the report include the
following:

- Regional Internet and broadband market developments and analysis
- xDSL, Cable Modems, Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH ), WiFi
- Growth in regional broadband penetration and availability (Trends,
Growth Patterns, Prospects)
- Major Broadband Service Providers
- Internet Access Locations and ISPs
- Censorship of the Internet in Middle East countries

Countries covered: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Extract:
Approximately half of Israel's households are subscribers to broadband but
research has shown that the majority of connections are in the sub-1Mb/s
range .

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Research and Markets: Approximately half of Israel's households are subscribers to broadband but majority of connections are in the sub-1Mb/s range.

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New providers include Israel's three GSM
operators, Turkcell and two new iDEN operators in Jordan and Saudi Arabia;
This report on the "Middle East" provides information on Bahrain , Iran,
Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria,
Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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UAE's Etisalat entered into a strategic
partnership with West African mobile operator Atlantique Telecom and acquired
a 50% stake in the group in April 2005. DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www.

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Includes all weather-related sites for the Middle East region.

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www.
(Logo: http://www.com/reports/c18855

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.

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The
increase in competition, demand for broadband content such as Video-on-Demand
(VoD), and maturing market will result in increased demand for higher
bandwidth connections.

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Each country is represented by its own
chapter, comprehensively covering the key areas of interest including:

-- Key trends
-- Market overview
-- Regulatory environment
-- Major fixed network operators
-- Telecommunications infrastructure
-- Public data communications services
-- Internet
-- Broadband networks and services
-- Content and e-Services
-- Wireless communications
- - Broadcasting

For more information visit
http://www.com/reports/c18848

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.

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Changes that are taking place include:
Two mobile operators, MTC-Vodafone and Etisalat have made significant
moves in expanding outside of Middle East markets.researchandmarkets.

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MTC-Vodafone acquired
pan-African mobile operator Celtel in March 2005.