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{t:"|   Is",p:3,x:177,y:85,w:30,h:16},
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{t:"|   3r d Quart",p:3,x:274,y:85,w:96,h:16},
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{t:"Gl   balVision",p:3,x:65,y:94,w:843,h:181},
{t:"Mobile VoiP",p:3,x:693,y:545,w:202,h:66},
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{t:"seaCoM’s Link to  ",p:3,x:86,y:418,w:251,h:37},
{t:"AfricA opens WeALth  ",p:3,x:86,y:449,w:305,h:37},
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{t:"REPORTS",p:6,x:90,y:648,w:126,h:33},
{t:"20  Direct challenge: Mobile VoiP growth steaDy ",p:6,x:90,y:697,w:427,h:18},
{t:"for next DecaDe ",p:6,x:115,y:716,w:148,h:17},
{t:"More than 50 percent of mobile v",p:6,x:115,y:736,w:198,h:16},
{t:"oice traffc will be car",p:6,x:321,y:736,w:125,h:16},
{t:"ried using ",p:6,x:453,y:736,w:63,h:16},
{t:"end-to-end voice over Internet P rotocol (VoIP) within the ne xt 10 ",p:6,x:115,y:754,w:398,h:16},
{t:"years, according to Gartner Inc. Mobile VoIP offered by third-party, ",p:6,x:115,y:772,w:409,h:16},
{t:"application-based providers poses a huge and direct challenge to ",p:6,x:115,y:791,w:401,h:16},
{t:"the $692.6 billion global mobile v",p:6,x:115,y:809,w:194,h:16},
{t:"oice market.",p:6,x:318,y:809,w:75,h:16},
{t:"28  Unlocking a treasUre: seacoM, tyco connect ",p:6,x:90,y:862,w:423,h:18},
{t:"east africa to the worlD ",p:6,x:115,y:881,w:217,h:17},
{t:"The world became a little smaller and a little more connected in ",p:6,x:115,y:901,w:394,h:16},
{t:"late July, when SEACOM Ltd. and its supplier",p:6,x:115,y:919,w:273,h:16},
{t:", Tyco Telecommuni -",p:6,x:394,y:919,w:122,h:16},
{t:"cations, completed the inst",p:6,x:115,y:937,w:160,h:16},
{t:"allation, testing and commissioning of",p:6,x:283,y:937,w:223,h:16},
{t:"Phase 1 of the SEA Cable S",p:6,x:115,y:956,w:163,h:16},
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{t:"34  regUlating as neeDeD ",p:6,x:90,y:1009,w:220,h:18},
{t:"Telecom companies are attempting to achieve cost effciencies ",p:6,x:115,y:1029,w:390,h:16},
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{t:"works to better manage consumer e x-",p:6,x:269,y:1047,w:233,h:16},
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{t:"of unifcation.",p:6,x:115,y:1084,w:80,h:16},
{t:"36  tUrning challenge to oPPortUnity: an insiDe ",p:6,x:90,y:1119,w:419,h:18},
{t:"look at the analog-to-Digital switch in serbia ",p:6,x:112,y:1138,w:407,h:17},
{t:"Serbia’s Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society ",p:6,x:112,y:1157,w:402,h:16},
{t:"Jasna Matic shares the growing pains, trials and tribulations of ",p:6,x:112,y:1176,w:388,h:16},
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{t:"y from analog to digit",p:6,x:352,y:1194,w:125,h:16},
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{t:"CONTENTS",p:6,x:673,y:120,w:139,h:32},
{t:"Volume 1   ",p:6,x:551,y:168,w:81,h:16},
{t:"|   Is",p:6,x:643,y:168,w:30,h:16},
{t:"sue 2   ",p:6,x:679,y:168,w:53,h:16},
{t:"|   3r d Quart",p:6,x:740,y:168,w:96,h:16},
{t:"er 2009",p:6,x:844,y:168,w:60,h:16},
{t:"REGULARS",p:6,x:569,y:647,w:152,h:33},
{t:"letter",p:6,x:569,y:697,w:55,h:17},
{t:"6 It’s Good to be B ack",p:6,x:569,y:714,w:137,h:18},
{t:"eUroPe",p:6,x:569,y:752,w:62,h:17},
{t:"8 UK Proposes Broadband Tax to Push Connectivit y",p:6,x:569,y:769,w:318,h:18},
{t:"asia/Pacific",p:6,x:569,y:807,w:99,h:17},
{t:"12 Asia Looks Recession Proof During Economic Slowdown",p:6,x:569,y:824,w:371,h:18},
{t:"aMericas",p:6,x:569,y:862,w:80,h:17},
{t:"16 The Smart Bet in Latin America",p:6,x:569,y:879,w:213,h:18},
{t:"MiDDle east/africa",p:6,x:569,y:917,w:164,h:17},
{t:"18  Nokia Siemens Answers Boycott Effort after Iranian ",p:6,x:569,y:934,w:342,h:18},
{t:"Election",p:6,x:593,y:955,w:47,h:16},
{t:"eMergent",p:6,x:569,y:990,w:85,h:17},
{t:"40 LTE Speeding b y WiMAX in Race to 4G",p:6,x:569,y:1008,w:261,h:18},
{t:"strategies",p:6,x:569,y:1045,w:92,h:17},
{t:"44 Rethinking the Core",p:6,x:569,y:1063,w:141,h:18},
{t:"42 Regulatory Bodies & Briefs",p:6,x:569,y:1099,w:187,h:18},
{t:"46 Indexes ",p:6,x:569,y:1118,w:76,h:18},
{t:"20",p:6,x:240,y:215,w:38,h:41},
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{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:6,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:6,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"LOCAL SERVICE AREA",p:7,x:153,y:598,w:58,h:7},
{t:"IP NETWORK",p:7,x:153,y:565,w:35,h:7},
{t:"PAETEC POINT OF PRESENCE",p:7,x:153,y:615,w:77,h:7},
{t:"LONG DISTANCE SERVICE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE",p:7,x:153,y:631,w:112,h:6},
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{t:"LETTER",p:8,x:60,y:28,w:70,h:24},
{t:"Getting back into the swing of ",p:8,x:60,y:233,w:209,h:18},
{t:"covering telecommunications ",p:8,x:60,y:253,w:203,h:18},
{t:"issues has been interesting. ",p:8,x:60,y:274,w:194,h:18},
{t:"When I was laid off from a ",p:8,x:60,y:294,w:183,h:18},
{t:"previous job seven years ago as ",p:8,x:60,y:315,w:221,h:18},
{t:"a result of the recession that hit ",p:8,x:60,y:335,w:223,h:18},
{t:"at the beginning of the decade, ",p:8,x:60,y:355,w:218,h:18},
{t:"I couldn’t help but think the ",p:8,x:60,y:376,w:195,h:18},
{t:"organization was a bit short-",p:8,x:60,y:396,w:195,h:18},
{t:"sighted. After all, while the ",p:8,x:60,y:417,w:189,h:18},
{t:"telecommunications industry ",p:8,x:60,y:437,w:202,h:18},
{t:"was hit by that economic slowdown, the ",p:8,x:60,y:457,w:277,h:18},
{t:"need to communicate remained, and the ",p:8,x:60,y:478,w:282,h:18},
{t:"advances in the industry continued.",p:8,x:60,y:498,w:244,h:18},
{t:"Well, now I’m back; and I’ve got a lot of ",p:8,x:82,y:519,w:274,h:18},
{t:"catching up to do. Seriously, while much of ",p:8,x:60,y:539,w:296,h:18},
{t:"it is familiar, so much is unfamiliar.",p:8,x:60,y:560,w:237,h:18},
{t:"It is funny, however, that the more ",p:8,x:82,y:580,w:237,h:18},
{t:"things changed, the more they stayed ",p:8,x:60,y:600,w:262,h:18},
{t:"the same. Assembling this issue I learned ",p:8,x:60,y:621,w:288,h:18},
{t:"that VoIP is continuing to emerge. It’s a ",p:8,x:60,y:641,w:273,h:18},
{t:"lot further along now, but it still has not ",p:8,x:60,y:662,w:277,h:18},
{t:"caught on to be a replacement of fxed line ",p:8,x:60,y:682,w:299,h:18},
{t:"POTs, as was promised back in 2000 by ",p:8,x:60,y:702,w:279,h:18},
{t:"some of its proponents.",p:8,x:60,y:723,w:161,h:18},
{t:"And while VoIP continues to make ",p:8,x:82,y:743,w:237,h:18},
{t:"inroads, I fnd it fascinating that it too ",p:8,x:60,y:764,w:264,h:18},
{t:"faces stiff competition from another favor ",p:8,x:60,y:784,w:292,h:18},
{t:"of the same technology, mobile VoIP. So ",p:8,x:60,y:804,w:277,h:18},
{t:"will mobile VoIP surpass POTs more quickly ",p:8,x:60,y:825,w:300,h:18},
{t:"than fxed-line VoIP? ",p:8,x:60,y:845,w:146,h:18},
{t:"Of course the biggest change I see is ",p:8,x:82,y:866,w:256,h:18},
{t:"the compression of the industry. Much of ",p:8,x:60,y:886,w:285,h:18},
{t:"that had to do with that recession nine ",p:8,x:60,y:907,w:270,h:18},
{t:"years ago, as the powerful, strong compa-",p:8,x:60,y:927,w:287,h:18},
{t:"nies were able to buy up the emerging ",p:8,x:60,y:947,w:267,h:18},
{t:"competitors. So it seems as there are ",p:8,x:60,y:968,w:260,h:18},
{t:"fewer players, but those who are in the ",p:8,x:60,y:988,w:271,h:18},
{t:"game are stronger than ever.",p:8,x:60,y:1009,w:199,h:18},
{t:"From an international view, it’s ",p:8,x:82,y:1029,w:219,h:18},
{t:"refreshing to see how so many nations are ",p:8,x:60,y:1049,w:300,h:18},
{t:"opening up and recognizing the value of ",p:8,x:60,y:1070,w:284,h:18},
{t:"an open, competitive telecommunications ",p:8,x:60,y:1090,w:295,h:18},
{t:"market. The biggest surprise I’ve seen ",p:8,x:60,y:1111,w:271,h:18},
{t:"in the few months I’ve been with BEKA ",p:8,x:60,y:1131,w:275,h:18},
{t:"Publishing is the number of governments ",p:8,x:60,y:1152,w:292,h:18},
{t:"that seem willing to take their hands off ",p:8,x:60,y:1172,w:283,h:18},
{t:"the industry and are encouraging the ",p:8,x:60,y:1192,w:264,h:18},
{t:"privatization of their tradition-",p:8,x:454,y:233,w:212,h:18},
{t:"ally state-run systems.",p:8,x:454,y:253,w:156,h:18},
{t:"And it’s refreshing to ",p:8,x:476,y:274,w:147,h:18},
{t:"recognize the willingness of ",p:8,x:454,y:294,w:191,h:18},
{t:"Third-World countries to work ",p:8,x:454,y:314,w:209,h:18},
{t:"together, or at least talk and ",p:8,x:454,y:335,w:201,h:18},
{t:"explore, the cost-saving possi-",p:8,x:454,y:355,w:206,h:18},
{t:"bilities that exist by working ",p:8,x:454,y:376,w:198,h:18},
{t:"together with unifying agree-",p:8,x:454,y:396,w:197,h:18},
{t:"ments for infrastructure and ",p:8,x:454,y:417,w:197,h:18},
{t:"operational sharing.",p:8,x:454,y:437,w:138,h:18},
{t:"When I left trade magazines in ",p:8,x:436,y:457,w:213,h:18},
{t:"2002, the industry was fnally realizing ",p:8,x:376,y:478,w:272,h:18},
{t:"the long-promised dream of “conver-",p:8,x:376,y:498,w:250,h:18},
{t:"gence.” It’s taken some time to solve some ",p:8,x:376,y:519,w:295,h:18},
{t:"bugs and glitches, but we are now seeing ",p:8,x:376,y:539,w:286,h:18},
{t:"that promise come true as well, and the ",p:8,x:376,y:559,w:277,h:18},
{t:"question now is how long will it take for ",p:8,x:376,y:580,w:274,h:18},
{t:"some nations to be able to pull the plug ",p:8,x:376,y:600,w:278,h:18},
{t:"on analog altogether and join the digital ",p:8,x:376,y:621,w:280,h:18},
{t:"world for their telecommunications and ",p:8,x:376,y:641,w:274,h:18},
{t:"their television?",p:8,x:376,y:662,w:109,h:18},
{t:"I remember clearly the promises ",p:8,x:398,y:682,w:231,h:18},
{t:"of 3G, as mobile users in Japan were ",p:8,x:376,y:702,w:263,h:18},
{t:"capable of streaming video on their hand -",p:8,x:376,y:723,w:293,h:18},
{t:"held phones. They were watching their ",p:8,x:376,y:743,w:272,h:18},
{t:"favorite TV programs and using them for ",p:8,x:376,y:764,w:288,h:18},
{t:"gaming. I wondered when, if ever, these ",p:8,x:376,y:784,w:281,h:18},
{t:"kinds of phones would be available in the ",p:8,x:376,y:804,w:293,h:18},
{t:"United States.",p:8,x:376,y:825,w:99,h:18},
{t:"Now, not only are they here, but the ",p:8,x:398,y:845,w:252,h:18},
{t:"race is on internationally to move to 4G. ",p:8,x:376,y:866,w:281,h:18},
{t:"Take your choice between WiMAX or LTE.",p:8,x:376,y:886,w:283,h:18},
{t:"Yes, it’s a brave new world. I’ll be ",p:8,x:398,y:906,w:229,h:18},
{t:"exploring it with you in this issue of ",p:8,x:376,y:927,w:247,h:18},
{t:"GlobalVision, as well as in future issues. ",p:8,x:376,y:947,w:276,h:18},
{t:"I welcome your comments, your sugges-",p:8,x:376,y:968,w:273,h:18},
{t:"tions, your recommendations and your ",p:8,x:376,y:988,w:269,h:18},
{t:"story ideas.",p:8,x:376,y:1009,w:78,h:18},
{t:"As I told our publisher, Berge Kaprelian, ",p:8,x:398,y:1029,w:274,h:18},
{t:"when he fnally convinced me to rejoin ",p:8,x:376,y:1049,w:266,h:18},
{t:"him, “It’s good to be back.”",p:8,x:376,y:1070,w:186,h:18},
{t:"Bruce Christian",p:8,x:398,y:1172,w:105,h:18},
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{t:"Can everyone beneft or be enter",p:10,x:90,y:315,w:229,h:18},
{t:"-",p:10,x:326,y:315,w:4,h:18},
{t:"tained from Internet services? And ",p:10,x:90,y:335,w:252,h:18},
{t:"if everyone can, shouldn’t the y ",p:10,x:90,y:355,w:221,h:18},
{t:"all have to help pay to make the ",p:10,x:90,y:376,w:233,h:18},
{t:"services better?",p:10,x:90,y:396,w:109,h:18},
{t:"In the United Kingdom, the ",p:10,x:112,y:417,w:198,h:18},
{t:"news that everyone with a fxed ",p:10,x:90,y:437,w:230,h:18},
{t:"line telephone would be levied ",p:10,x:90,y:457,w:221,h:18},
{t:"a tax to help pay for improved ",p:10,x:90,y:478,w:221,h:18},
{t:"broadband created a stir during",p:10,x:90,y:498,w:224,h:18},
{t:"the summer. The 50p a month t ax ",p:10,x:90,y:519,w:249,h:18},
{t:"isn’t much, and proponents say ",p:10,x:90,y:539,w:227,h:18},
{t:"that with it, access f",p:10,x:90,y:560,w:137,h:18},
{t:"or all may be ",p:10,x:233,y:560,w:98,h:18},
{t:"possible within the ne xt decade.",p:10,x:90,y:580,w:230,h:18},
{t:"Prime Minister Gor don Brown ",p:10,x:112,y:600,w:218,h:18},
{t:"has said that broadband is as ",p:10,x:90,y:621,w:217,h:18},
{t:"essential as w ater, electricity and",p:10,x:90,y:641,w:232,h:18},
{t:"gas and pledged that the r",p:10,x:90,y:662,w:183,h:18},
{t:"ecom-",p:10,x:280,y:662,w:42,h:18},
{t:"mendations of the Digit",p:10,x:90,y:682,w:161,h:18},
{t:"al Britain ",p:10,x:258,y:682,w:70,h:18},
{t:"report will offer access t",p:10,x:90,y:702,w:164,h:18},
{t:"o all fami-",p:10,x:262,y:702,w:70,h:18},
{t:"lies and that the United Kingdom ",p:10,x:90,y:723,w:242,h:18},
{t:"could become the “br oadband ",p:10,x:90,y:743,w:220,h:18},
{t:"world leader .”",p:10,x:90,y:764,w:98,h:18},
{t:"Brown added that the proposals ",p:10,x:112,y:784,w:226,h:18},
{t:"in the 245-page report gives Britain ",p:10,x:90,y:804,w:252,h:18},
{t:"the “tools to succeed and lead the ",p:10,x:90,y:825,w:238,h:18},
{t:"way in the future”, because digital ",p:10,x:90,y:845,w:237,h:18},
{t:"technology is as important today as ",p:10,x:90,y:866,w:249,h:18},
{t:"“roads, bridges and trains were in ",p:10,x:90,y:886,w:236,h:18},
{t:"the 20th century .”",p:10,x:90,y:907,w:124,h:18},
{t:"Overhauling the United Kingdom ",p:10,x:112,y:927,w:231,h:18},
{t:"telecommunications structure also ",p:10,x:90,y:947,w:240,h:18},
{t:"means changing other media, the ",p:10,x:90,y:968,w:234,h:18},
{t:"report suggests, and Culture Secre-",p:10,x:90,y:988,w:242,h:18},
{t:"tary Ben Bradshaw was reported ",p:10,x:90,y:1009,w:229,h:18},
{t:"to say that moving into the digital ",p:10,x:90,y:1029,w:236,h:18},
{t:"arena would help the country secure ",p:10,x:90,y:1049,w:254,h:18},
{t:"a competitive, low-carbon economy ",p:10,x:90,y:1070,w:245,h:18},
{t:"within fve to 10 years and “accel-",p:10,x:90,y:1090,w:230,h:18},
{t:"erate Britain’s recovery from the ",p:10,x:90,y:1111,w:226,h:18},
{t:"biggest economic shock the world ",p:10,x:90,y:1131,w:236,h:18},
{t:"has seen since the war .”",p:10,x:90,y:1152,w:163,h:18},
{t:"Of course a major focus in ",p:10,x:112,y:1172,w:188,h:18},
{t:"completing a digital revolution is ",p:10,x:90,y:1192,w:233,h:18},
{t:"to target the country’s rural areas ",p:10,x:90,y:1213,w:241,h:18},
{t:"have to be included. Broadband ",p:10,x:361,y:314,w:228,h:18},
{t:"Stakeholder Group believes money ",p:10,x:361,y:335,w:247,h:18},
{t:"raised by the tax needs to be ",p:10,x:361,y:355,w:209,h:18},
{t:"concentrated in the rural areas, ",p:10,x:361,y:376,w:225,h:18},
{t:"where it says one-third of the ",p:10,x:361,y:396,w:208,h:18},
{t:"county is bypassed.",p:10,x:361,y:417,w:136,h:18},
{t:"Andrew Ferguson, editor of the ",p:10,x:384,y:437,w:217,h:18},
{t:"Web site ThinkBroadband, esti-",p:10,x:361,y:457,w:216,h:18},
{t:"mates the government’s broadband ",p:10,x:361,y:478,w:249,h:18},
{t:"tax could raise around £170m a ",p:10,x:361,y:498,w:227,h:18},
{t:"year, which he says is the same ",p:10,x:361,y:519,w:217,h:18},
{t:"amount BT is investing.",p:10,x:361,y:539,w:160,h:18},
{t:"According to BT, it already plans ",p:10,x:384,y:559,w:225,h:18},
{t:"to upgrade 40 percent of the homes ",p:10,x:361,y:580,w:253,h:18},
{t:"by 2012 in the United Kingdom ",p:10,x:361,y:600,w:222,h:18},
{t:"with its fber-to-cabinet technology. ",p:10,x:361,y:621,w:246,h:18},
{t:"Although the company admits it ",p:10,x:361,y:641,w:224,h:18},
{t:"will target the urban and suburban ",p:10,x:361,y:662,w:244,h:18},
{t:"areas frst. It estimates that it will ",p:10,x:361,y:682,w:236,h:18},
{t:"cost around £5bn to provide the ",p:10,x:361,y:702,w:228,h:18},
{t:"necessary fber to every U.K. home.",p:10,x:361,y:723,w:244,h:18},
{t:"Virgin Media also reports plans ",p:10,x:384,y:988,w:219,h:18},
{t:"to upgrade, so it can deliver speeds ",p:10,x:361,y:1009,w:248,h:18},
{t:"of up to 50Mbps. Its network is ",p:10,x:361,y:1029,w:221,h:18},
{t:"available to 50 percent of homes, ",p:10,x:361,y:1049,w:234,h:18},
{t:"which also are mainly in urban and ",p:10,x:361,y:1070,w:244,h:18},
{t:"suburban areas.",p:10,x:361,y:1090,w:111,h:18},
{t:"The money raised from the ",p:10,x:384,y:1111,w:199,h:18},
{t:"tax is earmarked for the parts of ",p:10,x:361,y:1131,w:243,h:18},
{t:"the country without access. That ",p:10,x:361,y:1151,w:241,h:18},
{t:"means most of the homes that ",p:10,x:361,y:1172,w:226,h:18},
{t:"are not connected t",p:10,x:361,y:1192,w:135,h:18},
{t:"o existing ",p:10,x:504,y:1192,w:74,h:18},
{t:"networks. Some analysts say that ",p:10,x:361,y:1213,w:247,h:18},
{t:"means the costs will be higher ",p:10,x:633,y:314,w:225,h:18},
{t:"than estimated.",p:10,x:633,y:335,w:108,h:18},
{t:"But all of it could be for naught, ",p:10,x:655,y:355,w:233,h:18},
{t:"because it f ails to address the ",p:10,x:633,y:376,w:218,h:18},
{t:"mobile market. Fourth Generation ",p:10,x:633,y:396,w:248,h:18},
{t:"(4G) mobile broadband technology ",p:10,x:633,y:416,w:253,h:18},
{t:"could provide vast improvements ",p:10,x:633,y:437,w:240,h:18},
{t:"over the current 3G network ",p:10,x:633,y:457,w:207,h:18},
{t:"providing speed and range boosts ",p:10,x:633,y:478,w:247,h:18},
{t:"for all major pr oviders.",p:10,x:633,y:498,w:163,h:18},
{t:"The 900MHz range is owned ",p:10,x:655,y:519,w:214,h:18},
{t:"by Vodafone and O2, and it’s ",p:10,x:633,y:539,w:215,h:18},
{t:"expected that it will be at least ",p:10,x:633,y:559,w:231,h:18},
{t:"a year before government r edis-",p:10,x:633,y:580,w:233,h:18},
{t:"tribution takes place. Competing ",p:10,x:633,y:600,w:242,h:18},
{t:"mobile compan y Ericsson belie ve ",p:10,x:633,y:621,w:244,h:18},
{t:"its own mobile br oadband tech",p:10,x:633,y:641,w:221,h:18},
{t:"-",p:10,x:859,y:641,w:4,h:18},
{t:"nology w on’t be a vailable f or ",p:10,x:633,y:661,w:213,h:18},
{t:"another thr ee years.",p:10,x:633,y:682,w:147,h:18},
{t:"Ericsson also warned that a ",p:10,x:655,y:702,w:201,h:18},
{t:"reliance on existing infr astruc-",p:10,x:633,y:723,w:216,h:18},
{t:"ture would mean that Long Term ",p:10,x:633,y:988,w:237,h:18},
{t:"Evolution (LTE) technology would ",p:10,x:633,y:1009,w:238,h:18},
{t:"not be able to reach its maximum ",p:10,x:633,y:1029,w:246,h:18},
{t:"theoretical speed of 150 Mbps. ",p:10,x:633,y:1049,w:230,h:18},
{t:"Despite this, 4G could still offer a ",p:10,x:633,y:1070,w:244,h:18},
{t:"speed boost of up t o 10 times the ",p:10,x:633,y:1090,w:247,h:18},
{t:"current 3.6 Mbps line provides – ",p:10,x:633,y:1111,w:241,h:18},
{t:"something similar t o the difference ",p:10,x:633,y:1131,w:253,h:18},
{t:"between a standard dial-up and ",p:10,x:633,y:1151,w:231,h:18},
{t:"broadband service .",p:10,x:633,y:1172,w:136,h:18},
{t:"Without moving forward, the ",p:10,x:655,y:1192,w:209,h:18},
{t:"United Kingdom could fall behind ",p:10,x:633,y:1213,w:243,h:18},
{t:"EURoPE",p:10,x:60,y:28,w:80,h:24},
{t:"U.K. proposes broadband tax  ",p:10,x:90,y:104,w:790,h:57},
{t:"to pUsh connectivity",p:10,x:90,y:154,w:565,h:57},
{t:"broadband is as essential as water, ",p:10,x:360,y:778,w:438,h:41},
{t:"electricity and gas ... these proposals  ",p:10,x:360,y:811,w:470,h:41},
{t:"give britain the tools to succeed and  ",p:10,x:360,y:844,w:460,h:41},
{t:"lead the way in the future.",p:10,x:360,y:878,w:338,h:41},
{t:"prime Minister Gordon ",p:10,x:360,y:921,w:199,h:26},
{t:"brown.",p:10,x:548,y:921,w:60,h:26},
{t:"By Bruce Christian",p:10,x:93,y:247,w:110,h:15},
{t:"8",p:10,x:59,y:1261,w:7,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:10,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:10,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"EURoPE",p:12,x:60,y:28,w:80,h:24},
{t:"in the mobile broadband sector ",p:12,x:90,y:192,w:230,h:18},
{t:"even as it struggles t o keep up ",p:12,x:90,y:212,w:223,h:18},
{t:"with most of Eur ope in terms of ",p:12,x:90,y:233,w:230,h:18},
{t:"fxed line speeds. BT already has ",p:12,x:90,y:253,w:238,h:18},
{t:"said the government’s broadband ",p:12,x:90,y:274,w:244,h:18},
{t:"tax won’t be enough to reach the ",p:12,x:90,y:294,w:241,h:18},
{t:"target of having 100 percent of the ",p:12,x:90,y:315,w:256,h:18},
{t:"country within range of a 2 Mbps ",p:12,x:90,y:335,w:243,h:18},
{t:"ADSL service b y 2012. Yet China ",p:12,x:90,y:355,w:239,h:18},
{t:"and athe United St ates are begin-",p:12,x:90,y:376,w:241,h:18},
{t:"ning to roll out LTE.",p:12,x:90,y:396,w:139,h:18},
{t:"In the meantime, the U.K. ",p:12,x:112,y:662,w:192,h:18},
{t:"government also has set aside ",p:12,x:90,y:682,w:225,h:18},
{t:"around £200 million t",p:12,x:90,y:702,w:153,h:18},
{t:"o roll out ",p:12,x:251,y:702,w:70,h:18},
{t:"slower broadband (speeds of no ",p:12,x:90,y:723,w:237,h:18},
{t:"less than 2Mbps) to so-called ",p:12,x:90,y:743,w:219,h:18},
{t:"“notspots,” estimated to account ",p:12,x:90,y:764,w:242,h:18},
{t:"for around 2.5 million homes. ",p:12,x:90,y:784,w:221,h:18},
{t:"However, that may not be enough, ",p:12,x:90,y:804,w:254,h:18},
{t:"and opponents of the broadband ",p:12,x:90,y:825,w:244,h:18},
{t:"tax are concerned some of the ",p:12,x:90,y:845,w:226,h:18},
{t:"money raised by the levy will be ",p:12,x:90,y:866,w:237,h:18},
{t:"used for this pr oject.",p:12,x:90,y:886,w:149,h:18},
{t:"These are factors why some ",p:12,x:112,y:907,w:194,h:18},
{t:"government leaders are hopeful ",p:12,x:90,y:927,w:222,h:18},
{t:"that BT and other carriers will help ",p:12,x:90,y:947,w:243,h:18},
{t:"to share the cost. Collecting the ",p:12,x:90,y:968,w:222,h:18},
{t:"50p tax also will take time before ",p:12,x:90,y:988,w:235,h:18},
{t:"enough has been collected to make ",p:12,x:90,y:1009,w:247,h:18},
{t:"any signifcant progress.",p:12,x:90,y:1029,w:166,h:18},
{t:"Ferguson suggests that BT or ",p:12,x:112,y:1049,w:205,h:18},
{t:"other operators share half the cost. ",p:12,x:90,y:1070,w:247,h:18},
{t:"He wrote that it would have been ",p:12,x:90,y:1090,w:232,h:18},
{t:"easier have just given the money ",p:12,x:90,y:1111,w:228,h:18},
{t:"to BT from the start. “BT would ",p:12,x:90,y:1131,w:217,h:18},
{t:"have had to give access to other ",p:12,x:90,y:1152,w:225,h:18},
{t:"providers. It might have been easier ",p:12,x:90,y:1172,w:251,h:18},
{t:"but would have been more politi-",p:12,x:90,y:1192,w:226,h:18},
{t:"cally charged,” he said.",p:12,x:90,y:1213,w:158,h:18},
{t:"But the entir e issue is politi",p:12,x:384,y:192,w:194,h:18},
{t:"-",p:12,x:586,y:192,w:4,h:18},
{t:"cally char ged. Few of the r ecom-",p:12,x:361,y:212,w:234,h:18},
{t:"mendations made in the report ",p:12,x:361,y:233,w:231,h:18},
{t:"likely will become law before the ",p:12,x:361,y:253,w:241,h:18},
{t:"country’s next general election, ",p:12,x:361,y:274,w:232,h:18},
{t:"and any new government may ",p:12,x:361,y:294,w:221,h:18},
{t:"abandon all plans Br",p:12,x:361,y:314,w:143,h:18},
{t:"own puts  ",p:12,x:513,y:314,w:75,h:18},
{t:"into motion.",p:12,x:361,y:335,w:84,h:18},
{t:"Conservatives oppose many of ",p:12,x:384,y:355,w:204,h:18},
{t:"the measures, taking the stand that it ",p:12,x:361,y:376,w:252,h:18},
{t:"isn’t the responsibility of government ",p:12,x:361,y:396,w:248,h:18},
{t:"to move the United Kingdom int",p:12,x:361,y:662,w:218,h:18},
{t:"o ",p:12,x:572,y:662,w:13,h:18},
{t:"the digital age. They contend that it",p:12,x:361,y:682,w:238,h:18},
{t:"is the purvie w of the businesses that",p:12,x:361,y:702,w:246,h:18},
{t:"already occupy the space .",p:12,x:361,y:723,w:169,h:18},
{t:"As one conservative commen-",p:12,x:384,y:743,w:204,h:18},
{t:"tator wrote in The Independent:  ",p:12,x:361,y:764,w:226,h:18},
{t:"“Public policy does have a role to ",p:12,x:361,y:784,w:231,h:18},
{t:"play in business and industry, but ",p:12,x:361,y:804,w:234,h:18},
{t:"it is the narrow one of ensuring fair ",p:12,x:361,y:825,w:245,h:18},
{t:"play, establishing a level playing ",p:12,x:361,y:845,w:223,h:18},
{t:"feld and putting in place equitable ",p:12,x:361,y:866,w:244,h:18},
{t:"labor protections. Otherwise govern-",p:12,x:361,y:886,w:251,h:18},
{t:"ments tend to serve business and ",p:12,x:361,y:906,w:235,h:18},
{t:"the public best by merely staying ",p:12,x:361,y:927,w:231,h:18},
{t:"out of their way .”",p:12,x:361,y:947,w:116,h:18},
{t:"Also irked by the government’s ",p:12,x:384,y:968,w:229,h:18},
{t:"proposal is the British Br",p:12,x:361,y:988,w:173,h:18},
{t:"oad-",p:12,x:545,y:988,w:31,h:18},
{t:"casting Compan y, as the Digit al ",p:12,x:361,y:1009,w:233,h:18},
{t:"Britain whitepaper proposes that ",p:12,x:361,y:1029,w:246,h:18},
{t:"the BBC shar e a portion of license",p:12,x:361,y:1049,w:240,h:18},
{t:"fees with commercial rivals for the ",p:12,x:361,y:1070,w:254,h:18},
{t:"first time .",p:12,x:361,y:1090,w:69,h:18},
{t:"Lord Carter of Barnes",p:12,x:384,y:1111,w:151,h:18},
{t:", previ-",p:12,x:548,y:1111,w:52,h:18},
{t:"ously Stephen Carter, reportedly ",p:12,x:361,y:1131,w:251,h:18},
{t:"proposed that up t",p:12,x:361,y:1151,w:130,h:18},
{t:"o  3.5 per",p:12,x:504,y:1151,w:68,h:18},
{t:"cent of the BBC ’s £3.6 billion ",p:12,x:361,y:1172,w:228,h:18},
{t:"annual license fee should be",p:12,x:361,y:1192,w:193,h:18},
{t:"used to fund regional news made ",p:12,x:361,y:1213,w:253,h:18},
{t:"by independent broadcasters ",p:12,x:633,y:192,w:224,h:18},
{t:"and shown on rival Independent ",p:12,x:633,y:212,w:246,h:18},
{t:"Television Authority. ",p:12,x:633,y:233,w:156,h:18},
{t:"The BBC Trust has indicated it ",p:12,x:655,y:253,w:211,h:18},
{t:"would fght the plans, arguing its ",p:12,x:633,y:274,w:229,h:18},
{t:"independence and long-term fnan-",p:12,x:633,y:294,w:240,h:18},
{t:"cial health were at stake.",p:12,x:633,y:314,w:170,h:18},
{t:"Also in the report is the admis-",p:12,x:655,y:335,w:212,h:18},
{t:"sion that one-third of the popula-",p:12,x:633,y:355,w:227,h:18},
{t:"tion might not get high speed ",p:12,x:633,y:376,w:207,h:18},
{t:"broadband without some form of ",p:12,x:633,y:396,w:231,h:18},
{t:"targeted subsidy, because of the ",p:12,x:633,y:416,w:226,h:18},
{t:"cost involved in extending superfast ",p:12,x:633,y:437,w:250,h:18},
{t:"networks to rural areas. BT, and ",p:12,x:633,y:457,w:222,h:18},
{t:"possibly Virgin Media, would be ",p:12,x:633,y:478,w:223,h:18},
{t:"able to bid for the money generated ",p:12,x:633,y:498,w:252,h:18},
{t:"by the 50p levy if they extended ",p:12,x:633,y:519,w:226,h:18},
{t:"their networks to rural areas.",p:12,x:633,y:539,w:200,h:18},
{t:"Since the announcement of the ",p:12,x:655,y:559,w:221,h:18},
{t:"tax back in June, a popular news-",p:12,x:633,y:580,w:234,h:18},
{t:"paper has criticized the government ",p:12,x:633,y:600,w:256,h:18},
{t:"for not putting in enough eff ort ",p:12,x:633,y:621,w:222,h:18},
{t:"to keep the promises it made in ",p:12,x:633,y:641,w:226,h:18},
{t:"the Digital Britain report and has ",p:12,x:633,y:661,w:237,h:18},
{t:"advised that the use of WiMAX ",p:12,x:633,y:682,w:221,h:18},
{t:"broadband technology would ",p:12,x:633,y:702,w:208,h:18},
{t:"increase the level of coverage ",p:12,x:633,y:723,w:210,h:18},
{t:"throughout the United Kingdom.",p:12,x:633,y:743,w:224,h:18},
{t:"The recent report in the The ",p:12,x:655,y:763,w:197,h:18},
{t:"Guardian advised that to increase ",p:12,x:633,y:784,w:237,h:18},
{t:"broadband availability and to ",p:12,x:633,y:804,w:206,h:18},
{t:"provide more coverage for the ",p:12,x:633,y:825,w:211,h:18},
{t:"more rural parts of the country BT ",p:12,x:633,y:845,w:240,h:18},
{t:"exchanges should all be ftted with ",p:12,x:633,y:866,w:242,h:18},
{t:"WiMAX transmitters, according to ",p:12,x:633,y:886,w:237,h:18},
{t:"Samena Daily.",p:12,x:633,y:906,w:97,h:18},
{t:"The Guardian explained that by ",p:12,x:655,y:927,w:221,h:18},
{t:"using WiMAX, broadband speeds ",p:12,x:633,y:947,w:233,h:18},
{t:"ranging from 4Mbps to 6Mpbs over ",p:12,x:633,y:968,w:252,h:18},
{t:"an area of fve miles in diameter ",p:12,x:633,y:988,w:226,h:18},
{t:"could be achieved, adding that at ",p:12,x:633,y:1008,w:233,h:18},
{t:"some point in the near future many ",p:12,x:633,y:1029,w:247,h:18},
{t:"of the PC’s and laptops being built ",p:12,x:633,y:1049,w:241,h:18},
{t:"would contain embedded WiMAX ",p:12,x:633,y:1070,w:233,h:18},
{t:"technology inside.",p:12,x:633,y:1090,w:123,h:18},
{t:"Along with the newspaper, ",p:12,x:655,y:1111,w:192,h:18},
{t:"some industry e xperts have cast ",p:12,x:633,y:1131,w:235,h:18},
{t:"doubts over whether the go vern-",p:12,x:633,y:1151,w:233,h:18},
{t:"ment will be able to keep to the ",p:12,x:633,y:1172,w:231,h:18},
{t:"promises it made in the Digit",p:12,x:633,y:1192,w:200,h:18},
{t:"al ",p:12,x:841,y:1192,w:16,h:18},
{t:"Britain report.",p:12,x:633,y:1213,w:100,h:18},
{t:"“bt would have had to give access  ",p:12,x:90,y:447,w:443,h:41},
{t:"to other providers. it might have been ",p:12,x:90,y:480,w:472,h:41},
{t:"easier but would have been more ",p:12,x:90,y:513,w:417,h:41},
{t:"politically charged.”",p:12,x:90,y:547,w:259,h:41},
{t:"Andrew ferguson, editor",p:12,x:90,y:591,w:205,h:26},
{t:",thinkbroadband",p:12,x:285,y:591,w:141,h:26},
{t:"10",p:12,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:12,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:12,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"asIa/PacIFIc",p:14,x:60,y:28,w:132,h:24},
{t:"No matter where the rest of ",p:14,x:90,y:315,w:196,h:18},
{t:"economy is going, the communi-",p:14,x:90,y:335,w:221,h:18},
{t:"cations sector continues to show ",p:14,x:90,y:355,w:227,h:18},
{t:"resiliency, because people want to ",p:14,x:90,y:376,w:238,h:18},
{t:"reach out and touch. People will ",p:14,x:90,y:396,w:224,h:18},
{t:"not stop communicating with each ",p:14,x:90,y:417,w:239,h:18},
{t:"other because of the global crises. ",p:14,x:90,y:437,w:239,h:18},
{t:"A recent Fr ost & Sulliv an study on",p:14,x:112,y:457,w:224,h:18},
{t:"“T elecom Companies Capit",p:14,x:90,y:478,w:180,h:18},
{t:"al Expendi",p:14,x:260,y:478,w:72,h:18},
{t:"-",p:14,x:328,y:478,w:4,h:18},
{t:"ture” for South Asia and Middle East ",p:14,x:90,y:498,w:241,h:18},
{t:"markets reveals the sector has shown ",p:14,x:90,y:519,w:246,h:18},
{t:"resilience in the revenue generated ",p:14,x:90,y:539,w:229,h:18},
{t:"but also in their spending capacity. ",p:14,x:90,y:560,w:228,h:18},
{t:"The sect or will see inv",p:14,x:90,y:580,w:146,h:18},
{t:"estments in",p:14,x:229,y:580,w:79,h:18},
{t:"developing mark ets lik e India, Sri",p:14,x:90,y:600,w:218,h:18},
{t:"Lanka, and Bangladesh, as well as in ",p:14,x:90,y:621,w:240,h:18},
{t:"the Middle East.",p:14,x:90,y:641,w:113,h:18},
{t:"The Frost & Sullivan study fnds ",p:14,x:112,y:662,w:218,h:18},
{t:"the Indian market, with its sheer ",p:14,x:90,y:682,w:223,h:18},
{t:"size, will continue to dominate ",p:14,x:90,y:702,w:206,h:18},
{t:"spending in the Asian region. The ",p:14,x:90,y:723,w:229,h:18},
{t:"total telecom spending in the Indian",p:14,x:90,y:743,w:246,h:18},
{t:"market was USD 21,553.1 million ",p:14,x:90,y:764,w:235,h:18},
{t:"in 2008; this is anticipated t o grow ",p:14,x:90,y:784,w:241,h:18},
{t:"at a compound annual growth rate ",p:14,x:90,y:804,w:238,h:18},
{t:"of 2.2 percent until 2015 to reach ",p:14,x:90,y:825,w:235,h:18},
{t:"USD 25,128.9 million.",p:14,x:90,y:845,w:157,h:18},
{t:"The capital expenditure will ",p:14,x:112,y:866,w:193,h:18},
{t:"be driven by 3G operations that ",p:14,x:90,y:886,w:224,h:18},
{t:"are expected to start in the next ",p:14,x:90,y:907,w:226,h:18},
{t:"couple of years, and the thrust on ",p:14,x:90,y:927,w:236,h:18},
{t:"broadband and carrier services by ",p:14,x:90,y:947,w:240,h:18},
{t:"incumbent larger operators.",p:14,x:90,y:968,w:192,h:18},
{t:"Mobile growth",p:14,x:90,y:1006,w:148,h:21},
{t:"“While fx ed line services will ha",p:14,x:112,y:1029,w:214,h:18},
{t:"ve ",p:14,x:315,y:1029,w:19,h:18},
{t:"lesser inv estment, mobile services",p:14,x:90,y:1050,w:229,h:18},
{t:"are anticipated to constitute major ",p:14,x:90,y:1070,w:228,h:18},
{t:"CAPEX in the South Asia and Middle",p:14,x:90,y:1090,w:251,h:18},
{t:"East r egion,” r eported Girish T",p:14,x:90,y:1111,w:202,h:18},
{t:"rivedi, ",p:14,x:283,y:1111,w:44,h:18},
{t:"the deputy director, South Asia and ",p:14,x:90,y:1131,w:233,h:18},
{t:"Middle East, Frost & Sullivan. ",p:14,x:90,y:1152,w:196,h:18},
{t:"“T echnological advancements ",p:14,x:112,y:1172,w:204,h:18},
{t:"like 3G will continue to spur the ",p:14,x:90,y:1192,w:222,h:18},
{t:"spending pattern. Investments in ",p:14,x:90,y:1213,w:231,h:18},
{t:"broadband and carrier networks ",p:14,x:364,y:315,w:227,h:18},
{t:"and multimedia and value-added ",p:14,x:364,y:335,w:230,h:18},
{t:"services will gain signifcant trac-",p:14,x:364,y:355,w:224,h:18},
{t:"tion in these regions.”",p:14,x:364,y:376,w:149,h:18},
{t:"The high competition among ",p:14,x:387,y:396,w:216,h:18},
{t:"Sri Lankan telco companies ",p:14,x:364,y:417,w:207,h:18},
{t:"marketing for a relatively small ",p:14,x:364,y:437,w:236,h:18},
{t:"population of 20 million has ",p:14,x:364,y:457,w:214,h:18},
{t:"impacted investments in that ",p:14,x:364,y:478,w:220,h:18},
{t:"country, the analyst ’s study ",p:14,x:364,y:498,w:207,h:18},
{t:"shows. Spending was led by two ",p:14,x:364,y:519,w:241,h:18},
{t:"big oper ators, while other oper",p:14,x:364,y:539,w:221,h:18},
{t:"a-",p:14,x:596,y:539,w:13,h:18},
{t:"tors struggle t",p:14,x:364,y:559,w:98,h:18},
{t:"o surviv e.",p:14,x:470,y:559,w:70,h:18},
{t:"Frost & Sullivan estimates that ",p:14,x:387,y:947,w:216,h:18},
{t:"the total telecom spending in the ",p:14,x:364,y:968,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Sri Lankan market was around USD ",p:14,x:364,y:988,w:249,h:18},
{t:"589.4 million in 2008, and this is ",p:14,x:364,y:1009,w:237,h:18},
{t:"expected to grow at a compound ",p:14,x:364,y:1029,w:230,h:18},
{t:"annual growth rate of around 0.08 ",p:14,x:364,y:1049,w:243,h:18},
{t:"percent between 2008 and 2015 ",p:14,x:364,y:1070,w:234,h:18},
{t:"to reach USD 592.68 million. The ",p:14,x:364,y:1090,w:237,h:18},
{t:"end of the civil war opened up the ",p:14,x:364,y:1111,w:238,h:18},
{t:"northern and eastern parts of the ",p:14,x:364,y:1131,w:235,h:18},
{t:"country, which had driven up the ",p:14,x:364,y:1152,w:228,h:18},
{t:"country’s capital expenditures.",p:14,x:364,y:1172,w:209,h:18},
{t:"Meantime, Frost & Sullivan’s ",p:14,x:387,y:1192,w:201,h:18},
{t:"study reports that the Bangladesh ",p:14,x:364,y:1213,w:240,h:18},
{t:"telco market is plagued with taxa-",p:14,x:639,y:314,w:233,h:18},
{t:"tion issues and the introduction of ",p:14,x:639,y:335,w:239,h:18},
{t:"a SIM tax has adversely affected ",p:14,x:639,y:355,w:228,h:18},
{t:"growth. Most of the operators are ",p:14,x:639,y:376,w:237,h:18},
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{t:"hence spending capacity will be ",p:14,x:639,y:417,w:220,h:18},
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{t:"In line with current trends, Frost ",p:14,x:662,y:457,w:225,h:18},
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{t:"activities only.",p:14,x:370,y:893,w:67,h:15},
{t:"Source: Saugatuck Technology, Inc.",p:14,x:370,y:907,w:171,h:15},
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{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:14,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:14,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"COMPTEL PLUS",p:15,x:70,y:138,w:408,h:62},
{t:"FALL 2009",p:15,x:70,y:178,w:409,h:97},
{t:"CONVENTION & EXPO",p:15,x:70,y:262,w:412,h:49},
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{t:"UPCOMING EVENTS",p:15,x:68,y:28,w:343,h:41},
{t:"asIa/PacIFIc",p:16,x:60,y:28,w:132,h:24},
{t:"Union Minister of Communication ",p:16,x:112,y:110,w:231,h:18},
{t:"and Information Technology A Raja ",p:16,x:90,y:131,w:239,h:18},
{t:"spoke at India Telecom 2008, a joint ",p:16,x:90,y:151,w:251,h:18},
{t:"venture of government of India and ",p:16,x:90,y:172,w:241,h:18},
{t:"Federation of Indian Chamber s of ",p:16,x:90,y:192,w:229,h:18},
{t:"Commerce and Industry .",p:16,x:90,y:212,w:164,h:18},
{t:"During his addr ess, Raja said the ",p:16,x:112,y:233,w:221,h:18},
{t:"India was poised to surpass the target ",p:16,x:90,y:253,w:255,h:18},
{t:"of 500 million telephone connections ",p:16,x:90,y:274,w:249,h:18},
{t:"by 2010. The Indian telecom sect or is ",p:16,x:90,y:294,w:253,h:18},
{t:"the fastest growing in the w orld with ",p:16,x:90,y:315,w:243,h:18},
{t:"more than 8 eight million subscriber",p:16,x:90,y:335,w:249,h:18},
{t:"s ",p:16,x:329,y:335,w:11,h:18},
{t:"per month. It also is the second ",p:16,x:90,y:355,w:212,h:18},
{t:"largest wireless network in the w orld ",p:16,x:90,y:376,w:245,h:18},
{t:"with more than 315 mobile connec",p:16,x:90,y:396,w:235,h:18},
{t:"-",p:16,x:320,y:396,w:4,h:18},
{t:"tions. China is No. 1.",p:16,x:90,y:417,w:142,h:18},
{t:"Raja said telecom growth in rural ",p:16,x:112,y:437,w:227,h:18},
{t:"areas has not kept pace with that in ",p:16,x:90,y:457,w:246,h:18},
{t:"the cities, and he said the go vern-",p:16,x:90,y:478,w:226,h:18},
{t:"ment has a long way to go to bridge ",p:16,x:90,y:498,w:247,h:18},
{t:"the rural-urban divide and further ",p:16,x:90,y:519,w:231,h:18},
{t:"improve connectivity in India’s rural ",p:16,x:90,y:539,w:242,h:18},
{t:"communities.",p:16,x:90,y:559,w:89,h:18},
{t:"An initiative by India’s Depart-",p:16,x:112,y:580,w:208,h:18},
{t:"ment of telecom for sharing of wire-",p:16,x:90,y:600,w:244,h:18},
{t:"less infrastructure, may help the ",p:16,x:90,y:621,w:225,h:18},
{t:"situation, Raja said. ",p:16,x:90,y:641,w:140,h:18},
{t:"governMent help",p:16,x:90,y:680,w:169,h:21},
{t:"Through the initiativ e, the govern-",p:16,x:112,y:702,w:222,h:18},
{t:"ment will e xtend a one-time subsidy",p:16,x:90,y:723,w:244,h:18},
{t:"from the Universal Services Fund ",p:16,x:90,y:743,w:221,h:18},
{t:"to support operators. The fund was ",p:16,x:90,y:764,w:236,h:18},
{t:"set up specifcally t o set up shar ed ",p:16,x:90,y:784,w:231,h:18},
{t:"towers/cells sites in rural and remote ",p:16,x:90,y:805,w:246,h:18},
{t:"areas. This will facilitate faster rural ",p:16,x:90,y:825,w:237,h:18},
{t:"penetration, the go vernment belie ves.",p:16,x:90,y:845,w:249,h:18},
{t:"Dr. Amit Mitra, the federa-",p:16,x:112,y:866,w:179,h:18},
{t:"tion’s secretary general, reminded ",p:16,x:90,y:886,w:233,h:18},
{t:"attendees of the conference of the ",p:16,x:90,y:907,w:234,h:18},
{t:"need for a concentrated effort to ",p:16,x:90,y:927,w:223,h:18},
{t:"meet the set target of 200 million ",p:16,x:90,y:947,w:232,h:18},
{t:"telephone connection in rural areas ",p:16,x:90,y:968,w:242,h:18},
{t:"and 20 million broadband connec-",p:16,x:90,y:988,w:232,h:18},
{t:"tions by 2010.",p:16,x:90,y:1009,w:98,h:18},
{t:"Successes like this is a good ",p:16,x:112,y:1029,w:197,h:18},
{t:"reason why investors might consider ",p:16,x:90,y:1050,w:254,h:18},
{t:"telecommunication companies in ",p:16,x:90,y:1070,w:229,h:18},
{t:"the Asia Pacifc region, according ",p:16,x:90,y:1090,w:231,h:18},
{t:"to a report from Moody’s Investors ",p:16,x:90,y:1111,w:243,h:18},
{t:"Service, which sees ample cash fow ",p:16,x:90,y:1131,w:249,h:18},
{t:"overriding the negatives, and has a ",p:16,x:90,y:1152,w:245,h:18},
{t:"“stable” outlook for the sector.",p:16,x:90,y:1172,w:209,h:18},
{t:"Compared to other regions, a ",p:16,x:112,y:1192,w:206,h:18},
{t:"high number of Asia Pacifc telecom ",p:16,x:90,y:1213,w:250,h:18},
{t:"operators are investment grade. ",p:16,x:361,y:314,w:224,h:18},
{t:"The region is not immune to the ",p:16,x:361,y:335,w:224,h:18},
{t:"global recession, Moody’s says, but ",p:16,x:361,y:355,w:246,h:18},
{t:"the ratings agency expects that ",p:16,x:361,y:376,w:220,h:18},
{t:"despite what is happening globally, ",p:16,x:361,y:396,w:245,h:18},
{t:"households will continue to spend ",p:16,x:361,y:417,w:236,h:18},
{t:"on telecom.",p:16,x:361,y:437,w:80,h:18},
{t:"As an example, it cites increased ",p:16,x:384,y:457,w:228,h:18},
{t:"spending on cellphone upgrades ",p:16,x:361,y:478,w:226,h:18},
{t:"in Australia and Hong Kong, even ",p:16,x:361,y:498,w:233,h:18},
{t:"though the areas are experiencing ",p:16,x:361,y:519,w:239,h:18},
{t:"slowing economies.",p:16,x:361,y:539,w:131,h:18},
{t:"it’s not all roses",p:16,x:361,y:578,w:166,h:21},
{t:"This doesn’t mean the entire ",p:16,x:384,y:600,w:200,h:18},
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{t:"nearly every manufacturer has a ",p:16,x:361,y:764,w:225,h:18},
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{t:"The International Labour Or",p:16,x:384,y:805,w:194,h:18},
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{t:"And the good news is that ",p:16,x:384,y:1049,w:180,h:18},
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{t:"stability and modest growth, ",p:16,x:361,y:1111,w:196,h:18},
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{t:"Comms Insight.",p:16,x:361,y:1152,w:106,h:18},
{t:"TeleGeography compiled second ",p:16,x:384,y:1172,w:220,h:18},
{t:"quarter results from most of the ",p:16,x:361,y:1192,w:220,h:18},
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{t:"technology vendors. The leading 10 ",p:16,x:633,y:314,w:243,h:18},
{t:"equipment vendors saw revenues ",p:16,x:633,y:335,w:227,h:18},
{t:"climb 4 percent compared to the frst ",p:16,x:633,y:355,w:256,h:18},
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{t:"many other areas in Asia.",p:16,x:633,y:457,w:175,h:18},
{t:"The telco services market is ",p:16,x:655,y:478,w:206,h:18},
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{t:"The quarterly growth rate was ",p:16,x:655,y:682,w:211,h:18},
{t:"in line with trends in 2008, but ",p:16,x:633,y:702,w:219,h:18},
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{t:"showing that the market is not ",p:16,x:633,y:743,w:214,h:18},
{t:"totally impervious to recessionary ",p:16,x:633,y:764,w:235,h:18},
{t:"pressure. TeleGeography predicts ",p:16,x:633,y:784,w:231,h:18},
{t:"the growth rate will pick up again ",p:16,x:633,y:804,w:233,h:18},
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{t:"and losers in the revenue ranking ",p:16,x:633,y:866,w:233,h:18},
{t:"tables?",p:16,x:633,y:886,w:49,h:18},
{t:"According to TeleGeography’s ",p:16,x:655,y:907,w:209,h:18},
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{t:"nies in the top 15 dropped because ",p:16,x:633,y:947,w:254,h:18},
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{t:"and the fact that the Japanese ",p:16,x:633,y:988,w:218,h:18},
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{t:"countries: It does have a distinct ",p:16,x:633,y:1029,w:232,h:18},
{t:"seasonal pattern and the second ",p:16,x:633,y:1049,w:233,h:18},
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{t:"Among equipment vendors, ",p:16,x:655,y:1111,w:193,h:18},
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{t:"the AMERICAS",p:18,x:68,y:28,w:147,h:24},
{t:"Smartphone penetration in South ",p:18,x:90,y:294,w:239,h:18},
{t:"and Central America is primed for ",p:18,x:90,y:315,w:242,h:18},
{t:"a small explosion, predict analysts ",p:18,x:90,y:335,w:245,h:18},
{t:"at Pyramid Research, and there ",p:18,x:90,y:355,w:226,h:18},
{t:"couldn’t be more welcomed news ",p:18,x:90,y:376,w:235,h:18},
{t:"for providers and subscribers of ",p:18,x:90,y:396,w:227,h:18},
{t:"mobile services in the region. After ",p:18,x:90,y:417,w:249,h:18},
{t:"all, the importance of these small, ",p:18,x:90,y:437,w:243,h:18},
{t:"handheld devices to operators’ ",p:18,x:90,y:457,w:219,h:18},
{t:"future success as well as user s’ ",p:18,x:90,y:478,w:220,h:18},
{t:"information access cannot be ",p:18,x:90,y:498,w:209,h:18},
{t:"underestimated.",p:18,x:90,y:519,w:113,h:18},
{t:"Still a market in its infancy, ",p:18,x:112,y:539,w:189,h:18},
{t:"smartphones accounted for about ",p:18,x:90,y:560,w:237,h:18},
{t:"3 percent of mobile handset unit ",p:18,x:90,y:580,w:229,h:18},
{t:"sales in Latin America in 2008, ",p:18,x:90,y:600,w:220,h:18},
{t:"according to analysts’ estimates. ",p:18,x:90,y:621,w:227,h:18},
{t:"That compares to a global penetra-",p:18,x:90,y:641,w:242,h:18},
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{t:"During the next fve years, ",p:18,x:112,y:682,w:193,h:18},
{t:"however, Pyramid Research ",p:18,x:90,y:702,w:200,h:18},
{t:"expects the r egion’s smartphone ",p:18,x:90,y:723,w:237,h:18},
{t:"segment to represent an oppor -",p:18,x:90,y:743,w:227,h:18},
{t:"tunity of 150 million ne",p:18,x:90,y:764,w:162,h:18},
{t:"w handset ",p:18,x:259,y:764,w:77,h:18},
{t:"units, including 48 million hand",p:18,x:90,y:784,w:218,h:18},
{t:"-",p:18,x:316,y:784,w:4,h:18},
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{t:"Throughout the forecast period, ",p:18,x:112,y:825,w:223,h:18},
{t:"the smartphone category will grow ",p:18,x:90,y:845,w:242,h:18},
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{t:"optimistic scenario of 39 percent of ",p:18,x:361,y:314,w:248,h:18},
{t:"sales in 2014, say analysts at the ",p:18,x:361,y:335,w:234,h:18},
{t:"research frm.",p:18,x:361,y:355,w:95,h:18},
{t:"That’s key for Latin American ",p:18,x:384,y:376,w:204,h:18},
{t:"mobile operators that, much like ",p:18,x:361,y:396,w:228,h:18},
{t:"those in other developing and devel-",p:18,x:361,y:417,w:249,h:18},
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{t:"face mobile service satura-",p:18,x:361,y:457,w:183,h:18},
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{t:"2008, mobile penetration in ",p:18,x:361,y:498,w:200,h:18},
{t:"Latin America stood at more ",p:18,x:361,y:519,w:201,h:18},
{t:"than 65 percent of the popu-",p:18,x:361,y:539,w:199,h:18},
{t:"lation, analyst Yankee Group ",p:18,x:361,y:559,w:200,h:18},
{t:"fgures show. Today, in some ",p:18,x:361,y:580,w:198,h:18},
{t:"countries, such as Brazil and ",p:18,x:361,y:600,w:200,h:18},
{t:"El Salvador, penetration rates ",p:18,x:361,y:621,w:208,h:18},
{t:"have reached 80 percent to ",p:18,x:361,y:641,w:194,h:18},
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{t:"Pyramid Research fgures.",p:18,x:361,y:682,w:179,h:18},
{t:"In turn, Latin America’s ",p:18,x:384,y:702,w:164,h:18},
{t:"mobile subscriber growth is ",p:18,x:361,y:723,w:194,h:18},
{t:"slowing, from 24 percent in ",p:18,x:361,y:743,w:193,h:18},
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{t:"forcing operators to consider ",p:18,x:361,y:784,w:202,h:18},
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{t:"revenue per subscriber. And ",p:18,x:361,y:825,w:197,h:18},
{t:"encouraging smartphone uptake, ",p:18,x:361,y:845,w:230,h:18},
{t:"argues Omar Salvador, analyst for ",p:18,x:361,y:866,w:239,h:18},
{t:"Pyramid Research, “is ",p:18,x:448,y:886,w:154,h:18},
{t:"an excellent approach ",p:18,x:448,y:907,w:155,h:18},
{t:"to reaching that goal.”",p:18,x:448,y:927,w:153,h:18},
{t:"priMary driver",p:18,x:448,y:966,w:137,h:21},
{t:"Already, mobile ",p:18,x:470,y:988,w:115,h:18},
{t:"data services are ",p:18,x:448,y:1009,w:125,h:18},
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{t:"growth and an offset ",p:18,x:448,y:1070,w:151,h:18},
{t:"to declining legacy ",p:18,x:448,y:1090,w:136,h:18},
{t:"revenues in many Latin ",p:18,x:448,y:1111,w:169,h:18},
{t:"American countries, ",p:18,x:448,y:1131,w:146,h:18},
{t:"suggest fgures from ",p:18,x:448,y:1152,w:150,h:18},
{t:"Pyramid Research, ",p:18,x:448,y:1172,w:138,h:18},
{t:"with compound ",p:18,x:448,y:1192,w:113,h:18},
{t:"annual growth rates ",p:18,x:448,y:1213,w:147,h:18},
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{t:"America stands at about 5 percent ",p:18,x:633,y:417,w:248,h:18},
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{t:"Research, while Yankee Group ",p:18,x:633,y:866,w:214,h:18},
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{t:"holds with fxed lines installed, ",p:18,x:633,y:927,w:220,h:18},
{t:"depending on the country, take a ",p:18,x:633,y:947,w:235,h:18},
{t:"broadband service.",p:18,x:633,y:968,w:133,h:18},
{t:"Certainly, governments and ",p:18,x:655,y:988,w:199,h:18},
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{t:"not hard to envision a scenario, ",p:18,x:633,y:1131,w:230,h:18},
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{t:"mobile broadband overtakes ",p:18,x:633,y:1172,w:209,h:18},
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{t:"numbers and importance.",p:18,x:633,y:1213,w:182,h:18},
{t:"the smart bet in latin america",p:18,x:88,y:140,w:795,h:57},
{t:"By Martin Vilaboy",p:18,x:88,y:220,w:105,h:15},
{t:"Source: Pyramid Research",p:18,x:78,y:1229,w:114,h:13},
{t:"Smartphones as a Proportion of Total ",p:18,x:68,y:902,w:284,h:19},
{t:"Handset Sales in Latin America",p:18,x:68,y:922,w:234,h:19},
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{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:18,x:54,y:1118,w:72,h:9},
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{t:"in shared",p:18,x:748,y:1471,w:38,h:10},
{t:"household",p:18,x:744,y:1482,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Young",p:18,x:811,y:1459,w:26,h:10},
{t:"single",p:18,x:812,y:1471,w:24,h:10},
{t:"parent",p:18,x:810,y:1482,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Live alone",p:18,x:860,y:1459,w:42,h:10},
{t:"Married,",p:18,x:921,y:1459,w:34,h:10},
{t:"with",p:18,x:928,y:1471,w:18,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:18,x:915,y:1482,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:18,x:921,y:1494,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Married",p:18,x:979,y:1459,w:32,h:10},
{t:"with high",p:18,x:975,y:1471,w:39,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:18,x:972,y:1482,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:18,x:978,y:1494,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Older",p:18,x:1040,y:1459,w:23,h:10},
{t:"married",p:18,x:1035,y:1471,w:32,h:10},
{t:"couples, no",p:18,x:1028,y:1482,w:46,h:10},
{t:"children",p:18,x:1035,y:1494,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:18,x:1091,y:1459,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Australian",p:18,x:1087,y:1471,w:41,h:10},
{t:"household",p:18,x:1086,y:1482,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:18,x:1112,y:1899,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:18,x:750,y:1946,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile User Profile, by Age",p:18,x:738,y:1584,w:201,h:19},
{t:"Household structure",p:18,x:890,y:1516,w:94,h:13},
{t:"60",p:18,x:759,y:1376,w:13,h:14},
{t:"75",p:18,x:814,y:1336,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:18,x:872,y:1325,w:13,h:14},
{t:"92",p:18,x:929,y:1289,w:13,h:14},
{t:"93",p:18,x:986,y:1290,w:13,h:14},
{t:"96",p:18,x:1044,y:1278,w:13,h:14},
{t:"88",p:18,x:1101,y:1301,w:13,h:14},
{t:"89",p:18,x:764,y:1691,w:11,h:13},
{t:"92",p:18,x:814,y:1678,w:11,h:13},
{t:"95",p:18,x:866,y:1664,w:10,h:13},
{t:"89",p:18,x:917,y:1691,w:11,h:13},
{t:"81",p:18,x:968,y:1728,w:11,h:13},
{t:"71",p:18,x:1019,y:1775,w:11,h:13},
{t:"52",p:18,x:1071,y:1862,w:11,h:13},
{t:"83",p:18,x:1121,y:1719,w:11,h:13},
{t:"18–24 WP",p:18,x:746,y:1899,w:45,h:10},
{t:"18–24 ",p:18,x:806,y:1899,w:29,h:10},
{t:"25–34 ",p:18,x:857,y:1899,w:28,h:10},
{t:"35–49",p:18,x:910,y:1899,w:26,h:10},
{t:"50–64",p:18,x:961,y:1899,w:26,h:10},
{t:"65–69",p:18,x:1012,y:1899,w:26,h:10},
{t:"70+",p:18,x:1068,y:1899,w:16,h:10},
{t:"Age",p:18,x:939,y:1915,w:18,h:13},
{t:"% with full substitution",p:18,x:736,y:2601,w:0,h:12},
{t:"M",p:18,x:757,y:3014,w:0,h:12},
{t:"illions of US dollars",p:18,x:757,y:3004,w:0,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:18,x:750,y:2352,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Wireless and Fixed Voice Usage, by Age",p:18,x:738,y:2015,w:298,h:19},
{t:"Age",p:18,x:929,y:2671,w:19,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:18,x:750,y:2698,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile-Only Households, by Age",p:18,x:738,y:2417,w:237,h:19},
{t:"Source: iSuppli Corp.",p:18,x:750,y:3115,w:119,h:13},
{t:"China mobile communications infrastructure ",p:18,x:738,y:2790,w:335,h:19},
{t:"capital expenditure forecast, 2005 to 2010",p:18,x:738,y:2808,w:325,h:19},
{t:"Non-competitive",p:18,x:1464,y:2087,w:105,h:16},
{t:"(local loop)",p:18,x:1482,y:2105,w:69,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:18,x:1316,y:2262,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:18,x:1306,y:2280,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:18,x:1490,y:2262,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:18,x:1480,y:2280,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:18,x:1660,y:2262,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:18,x:1650,y:2280,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Final customers",p:18,x:1470,y:2395,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Broadband Penetration of Total Population ",p:18,x:1306,y:1236,w:320,h:19},
{t:"by Region, 2008",p:18,x:1306,y:1256,w:122,h:19},
{t:"Source: Pyramid Research",p:18,x:1319,y:1541,w:151,h:13},
{t:"0%",p:18,x:1327,y:1478,w:17,h:14},
{t:"5%",p:18,x:1327,y:1455,w:17,h:14},
{t:"10%",p:18,x:1320,y:1431,w:24,h:14},
{t:"15%",p:18,x:1320,y:1407,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:18,x:1320,y:1385,w:24,h:14},
{t:"25%",p:18,x:1320,y:1360,w:24,h:14},
{t:"30%",p:18,x:1320,y:1338,w:24,h:14},
{t:"35%",p:18,x:1320,y:1314,w:24,h:14},
{t:"40%",p:18,x:1320,y:1290,w:24,h:14},
{t:"Fixed broadband",p:18,x:1418,y:1307,w:94,h:14},
{t:"3G mobile",p:18,x:1546,y:1308,w:57,h:14},
{t:"Western",p:18,x:1360,y:1490,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:18,x:1364,y:1502,w:29,h:10},
{t:"North",p:18,x:1415,y:1490,w:24,h:10},
{t:"America",p:18,x:1410,y:1502,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Global",p:18,x:1465,y:1490,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Central &",p:18,x:1512,y:1490,w:38,h:10},
{t:"Eastern",p:18,x:1516,y:1502,w:30,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:18,x:1516,y:1513,w:29,h:10},
{t:"Latin",p:18,x:1574,y:1490,w:20,h:10},
{t:"America",p:18,x:1567,y:1502,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Asia",p:18,x:1628,y:1490,w:17,h:10},
{t:"Pacific",p:18,x:1623,y:1502,w:26,h:10},
{t:"Africa &",p:18,x:1671,y:1490,w:32,h:10},
{t:"Middle East",p:18,x:1663,y:1502,w:48,h:10},
{t:"P",p:18,x:1312,y:1447,w:0,h:12},
{t:"enetr",p:18,x:1312,y:1441,w:0,h:12},
{t:"a",p:18,x:1312,y:1415,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion of p",p:18,x:1312,y:1410,w:0,h:12},
{t:"opula",p:18,x:1312,y:1369,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion",p:18,x:1312,y:1341,w:0,h:12},
{t:"EUR (billion)",p:18,x:1296,y:1762,w:0,h:12},
{t:" Spending on Fixed Telecoms Services, ",p:18,x:1306,y:1610,w:296,h:19},
{t:"Western Europe",p:18,x:1306,y:1630,w:118,h:19},
{t:"Source: Analysys Mason",p:18,x:1319,y:1907,w:138,h:13},
{t:"0",p:18,x:1321,y:1810,w:6,h:14},
{t:"20",p:18,x:1314,y:1791,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:18,x:1314,y:1771,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:18,x:1314,y:1748,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:18,x:1314,y:1729,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100",p:18,x:1308,y:1709,w:20,h:14},
{t:"120",p:18,x:1308,y:1690,w:20,h:14},
{t:"140",p:18,x:1308,y:1668,w:20,h:14},
{t:"2004",p:18,x:1363,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2005",p:18,x:1397,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2006",p:18,x:1428,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:1458,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:1493,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:1523,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:1558,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2011",p:18,x:1588,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2012",p:18,x:1622,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2013",p:18,x:1653,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2014",p:18,x:1687,y:1844,w:0,h:14},
{t:"Narrowband",p:18,x:1325,y:1871,w:69,h:14},
{t:"Broadband",p:18,x:1443,y:1871,w:61,h:14},
{t:"Business network services",p:18,x:1545,y:1871,w:143,h:14},
{t:"Structural Separation Strives to Create More Competition",p:18,x:1283,y:2007,w:431,h:19},
{t:"Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development",p:18,x:1280,y:2465,w:375,h:13},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:18,x:1250,y:3218,w:126,h:13},
{t:"FTTCab",p:18,x:1292,y:2599,w:60,h:20},
{t:"FTTH",p:18,x:1289,y:2744,w:35,h:16},
{t:"Point to Point",p:18,x:1289,y:2762,w:90,h:16},
{t:"FTTH",p:18,x:1287,y:2901,w:35,h:16},
{t:"PON",p:18,x:1287,y:2919,w:29,h:16},
{t:"ODF",p:18,x:1400,y:2740,w:27,h:16},
{t:"OLT",p:18,x:1445,y:2795,w:24,h:16},
{t:"ODF",p:18,x:1403,y:2900,w:27,h:16},
{t:"OLT",p:18,x:1447,y:2953,w:24,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:18,x:1577,y:2742,w:16,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:18,x:1574,y:2900,w:16,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:18,x:1668,y:2741,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:18,x:1668,y:2759,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loop",p:18,x:1668,y:2777,w:66,h:16},
{t:"Separate",p:18,x:1843,y:2733,w:55,h:16},
{t:"fiber from",p:18,x:1843,y:2751,w:61,h:16},
{t:"OLT to",p:18,x:1843,y:2769,w:39,h:16},
{t:"single",p:18,x:1843,y:2787,w:37,h:16},
{t:"customer",p:18,x:1843,y:2805,w:58,h:16},
{t:"Single fiber",p:18,x:1839,y:2843,w:70,h:16},
{t:"from OLT",p:18,x:1839,y:2861,w:56,h:16},
{t:"to multiple",p:18,x:1839,y:2879,w:68,h:16},
{t:"customers",p:18,x:1839,y:2897,w:64,h:16},
{t:"via splitter",p:18,x:1839,y:2915,w:64,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:18,x:1816,y:2952,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:18,x:1816,y:2970,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loops",p:18,x:1816,y:2988,w:72,h:16},
{t:"MDF/ODF",p:18,x:1403,y:2610,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:18,x:1492,y:2682,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:18,x:1401,y:3006,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:18,x:1399,y:2847,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:18,x:1777,y:2625,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:18,x:1772,y:2643,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:18,x:1769,y:2753,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:18,x:1763,y:2771,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:18,x:1580,y:2653,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:18,x:1581,y:2818,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:1679,y:2858,w:38,h:16},
{t:"ONU/",p:18,x:1681,y:2876,w:35,h:16},
{t:"ONT",p:18,x:1684,y:2894,w:27,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:1750,y:2859,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:1785,y:2902,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:1745,y:2958,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Sharing possible via ducts,",p:18,x:1406,y:3041,w:164,h:16},
{t:"dark fiber and at the IP-level.",p:18,x:1400,y:3059,w:177,h:16},
{t:"Unbundling possible with street",p:18,x:1621,y:3041,w:200,h:16},
{t:"cabinet ODF housing with splitters",p:18,x:1621,y:3059,w:215,h:16},
{t:"dedicated to individual service",p:18,x:1621,y:3077,w:190,h:16},
{t:"providers and feeder fiber to the ",p:18,x:1621,y:3095,w:204,h:16},
{t:"POP possible but practically and",p:18,x:1621,y:3113,w:200,h:16},
{t:"economically questionable",p:18,x:1621,y:3131,w:168,h:16},
{t:"ODF- Optical Distribution Frame",p:18,x:1286,y:3099,w:200,h:16},
{t:"OLT- Optical Line Termination",p:18,x:1286,y:3117,w:183,h:16},
{t:"ONU/T- Optical Network Unit/Terminal",p:18,x:1286,y:3135,w:240,h:16},
{t:"SC- Street Cabinet",p:18,x:1286,y:3153,w:112,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:18,x:1578,y:2620,w:16,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1493,y:2630,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1493,y:2648,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1319,y:2659,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1319,y:2677,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1496,y:2753,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1496,y:2771,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1320,y:2825,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1320,y:2843,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1320,y:2952,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1320,y:2970,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Feeder",p:18,x:1491,y:2971,w:77,h:16},
{t:"Passive Splitter",p:18,x:1604,y:2971,w:93,h:16},
{t:"Copper",p:18,x:1681,y:2631,w:46,h:16},
{t:"DSLAM",p:18,x:1581,y:2688,w:45,h:16},
{t:"Different FTTx Technology Deployments and Wholesale Access Options",p:18,x:1248,y:2527,w:531,h:19},
{t:"Smartphone sales in units (million)",p:18,x:107,y:992,w:167,h:12},
{t:"Smartphone as a proportion ",p:18,x:110,y:1014,w:139,h:12},
{t:"over total handsets sales",p:18,x:110,y:1025,w:118,h:12},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:18,x:94,y:2208,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Exhibit 1: Brazil fixed broadband vs. mobile broadband ",p:18,x:84,y:1790,w:410,h:19},
{t:"adoption, 2008-2014",p:18,x:84,y:1810,w:157,h:19},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:18,x:90,y:1703,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Shift in Voice Minutes of Use in ",p:18,x:80,y:1338,w:239,h:19},
{t:"Latin America",p:18,x:80,y:1358,w:103,h:19},
{t:"C",p:18,x:50,y:1558,w:0,h:16},
{t:"on",p:18,x:50,y:1550,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tr",p:18,x:50,y:1533,w:0,h:16},
{t:"ibution t",p:18,x:50,y:1523,w:0,h:16},
{t:"o ",p:18,x:50,y:1470,w:0,h:16},
{t:"T",p:18,x:50,y:1459,w:0,h:16},
{t:"otal ",p:18,x:50,y:1453,w:0,h:16},
{t:"Outb",p:18,x:68,y:1589,w:0,h:16},
{t:"ound M",p:18,x:68,y:1556,w:0,h:16},
{t:"inut",p:18,x:68,y:1508,w:0,h:16},
{t:"es (in P",p:18,x:68,y:1483,w:0,h:16},
{t:"er",p:18,x:68,y:1439,w:0,h:16},
{t:"c",p:18,x:68,y:1427,w:0,h:16},
{t:"en",p:18,x:68,y:1420,w:0,h:16},
{t:"t)",p:18,x:68,y:1404,w:0,h:16},
{t:"Subscr",p:18,x:67,y:2023,w:0,h:16},
{t:"iptions (m)",p:18,x:67,y:1981,w:0,h:16},
{t:"50",p:18,x:75,y:1398,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:18,x:75,y:1441,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:18,x:75,y:1483,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:18,x:75,y:1524,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:18,x:75,y:1566,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:18,x:82,y:1610,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2003",p:18,x:103,y:1616,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:118,y:2146,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:171,y:2146,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:218,y:2146,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:274,y:2143,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2011",p:18,x:318,y:2143,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2012",p:18,x:369,y:2143,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2013",p:18,x:420,y:2143,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2014",p:18,x:468,y:2143,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2004",p:18,x:142,y:1616,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2005",p:18,x:178,y:1617,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2006",p:18,x:214,y:1617,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:249,y:1617,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:288,y:1617,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:324,y:1617,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:365,y:1617,w:23,h:12},
{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:18,x:66,y:1554,w:72,h:9},
{t:"Mobile Outbound",p:18,x:120,y:1638,w:87,h:12},
{t:"Fixed Outbound",p:18,x:197,y:1659,w:78,h:12},
{t:"VoIP Outbound",p:18,x:243,y:1638,w:74,h:12},
{t:"Fixed broadband",p:18,x:169,y:2172,w:82,h:12},
{t:"Mobile broadband",p:18,x:291,y:2172,w:90,h:12},
{t:"0",p:18,x:89,y:2129,w:11,h:21},
{t:"5",p:18,x:89,y:2081,w:11,h:21},
{t:"10",p:18,x:78,y:2034,w:22,h:21},
{t:"15",p:18,x:78,y:1987,w:22,h:21},
{t:"20",p:18,x:78,y:1940,w:22,h:21},
{t:"25",p:18,x:78,y:1892,w:22,h:21},
{t:"30",p:18,x:78,y:1845,w:22,h:21},
{t:"8",p:18,x:117,y:2044,w:9,h:17},
{t:"1",p:18,x:138,y:2106,w:9,h:17},
{t:"2",p:18,x:187,y:2100,w:9,h:17},
{t:"8",p:18,x:234,y:2045,w:9,h:17},
{t:"11",p:18,x:161,y:2012,w:18,h:17},
{t:"13",p:18,x:211,y:1997,w:18,h:17},
{t:"15",p:18,x:261,y:1977,w:18,h:17},
{t:"17",p:18,x:310,y:1959,w:18,h:17},
{t:"19",p:18,x:358,y:1938,w:18,h:17},
{t:"20",p:18,x:410,y:1929,w:18,h:17},
{t:"22",p:18,x:460,y:1909,w:18,h:17},
{t:"27",p:18,x:480,y:1866,w:18,h:17},
{t:"24",p:18,x:431,y:1892,w:18,h:17},
{t:"21",p:18,x:381,y:1921,w:18,h:17},
{t:"18",p:18,x:331,y:1950,w:18,h:17},
{t:"14",p:18,x:282,y:1985,w:18,h:17},
{t:"Source: TeleGeography Research",p:18,x:94,y:2699,w:142,h:13},
{t:"U",p:18,x:70,y:2618,w:0,h:16},
{t:"sed In",p:18,x:70,y:2609,w:0,h:16},
{t:"t",p:18,x:70,y:2572,w:0,h:16},
{t:"er",p:18,x:70,y:2567,w:0,h:16},
{t:"na",p:18,x:70,y:2554,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tional B",p:18,x:70,y:2539,w:0,h:16},
{t:"and",p:18,x:70,y:2492,w:0,h:16},
{t:"width (Gbp3)",p:18,x:70,y:2468,w:0,h:16},
{t:"A",p:18,x:573,y:2549,w:0,h:16},
{t:"nnual G",p:18,x:573,y:2540,w:0,h:16},
{t:"r",p:18,x:573,y:2492,w:0,h:16},
{t:"o",p:18,x:573,y:2487,w:0,h:16},
{t:"wth",p:18,x:573,y:2479,w:0,h:16},
{t:"2002",p:18,x:131,y:2661,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2003",p:18,x:185,y:2661,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2004",p:18,x:245,y:2661,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2005",p:18,x:305,y:2661,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2006",p:18,x:360,y:2661,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:420,y:2661,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:478,y:2661,w:30,h:16},
{t:"0",p:18,x:89,y:2647,w:11,h:21},
{t:"10",p:18,x:78,y:2577,w:22,h:21},
{t:"20",p:18,x:78,y:2510,w:22,h:21},
{t:"30",p:18,x:78,y:2446,w:22,h:21},
{t:"40",p:18,x:78,y:2377,w:22,h:21},
{t:"0%%",p:18,x:515,y:2645,w:37,h:21},
{t:"25%",p:18,x:517,y:2581,w:35,h:21},
{t:"30%",p:18,x:517,y:2514,w:35,h:21},
{t:"35%",p:18,x:517,y:2446,w:35,h:21},
{t:"40%",p:18,x:517,y:2375,w:35,h:21},
{t:"International Bandwidth Usage",p:18,x:200,y:2402,w:150,h:12},
{t:"Annual Growth ",p:18,x:200,y:2428,w:76,h:12},
{t:"Source: Pyramid Research",p:18,x:624,y:341,w:114,h:13},
{t:"Smartphones as a Proportion of Total ",p:18,x:614,y:14,w:283,h:19},
{t:"Handset Sales in Latin America",p:18,x:614,y:34,w:234,h:19},
{t:"S",p:18,x:594,y:253,w:0,h:16},
{t:"mar",p:18,x:594,y:246,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tphone unit sales (millions)",p:18,x:594,y:221,w:0,h:16},
{t:"P",p:18,x:960,y:43,w:0,h:16},
{t:"er",p:18,x:960,y:50,w:0,h:16},
{t:"c",p:18,x:960,y:63,w:0,h:16},
{t:"en",p:18,x:960,y:69,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tage of t",p:18,x:960,y:85,w:0,h:16},
{t:"otal handset units sold",p:18,x:960,y:137,w:0,h:16},
{t:"% with fix",p:18,x:1249,y:527,w:0,h:16},
{t:"ed-line phone",p:18,x:1249,y:466,w:0,h:16},
{t:"% use mobile phone",p:18,x:1255,y:919,w:0,h:16},
{t:"50",p:18,x:609,y:75,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30%",p:18,x:927,y:73,w:24,h:14},
{t:"25%",p:18,x:927,y:107,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:18,x:927,y:140,w:24,h:14},
{t:"15%",p:18,x:927,y:175,w:24,h:14},
{t:"10%",p:18,x:927,y:211,w:24,h:14},
{t:"5%",p:18,x:927,y:245,w:17,h:14},
{t:"0%",p:18,x:927,y:280,w:17,h:14},
{t:"40",p:18,x:609,y:117,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:18,x:609,y:159,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:18,x:609,y:201,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:18,x:609,y:242,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:18,x:616,y:286,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:636,y:298,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:671,y:298,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:709,y:298,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:744,y:298,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2011",p:18,x:779,y:298,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2013",p:18,x:851,y:298,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2014",p:18,x:889,y:298,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2012",p:18,x:810,y:299,w:23,h:12},
{t:"Equally",p:18,x:1382,y:1439,w:45,h:16},
{t:"Mobile",p:18,x:1485,y:1439,w:43,h:16},
{t:"Fixed line",p:18,x:1561,y:1439,w:59,h:16},
{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:18,x:599,y:230,w:72,h:9},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:18,x:1264,y:651,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Fixed-line Use by Households ",p:18,x:1265,y:333,w:222,h:19},
{t:"100",p:18,x:1255,y:385,w:20,h:14},
{t:"80",p:18,x:1262,y:445,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:18,x:1262,y:499,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:18,x:1262,y:556,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100",p:18,x:1260,y:761,w:20,h:14},
{t:"90",p:18,x:1266,y:808,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:18,x:1266,y:854,w:13,h:14},
{t:"70",p:18,x:1266,y:899,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:18,x:1266,y:946,w:13,h:14},
{t:"50",p:18,x:1266,y:993,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100%",p:18,x:1286,y:1179,w:31,h:14},
{t:"80%",p:18,x:1292,y:1222,w:24,h:14},
{t:"60%",p:18,x:1292,y:1263,w:24,h:14},
{t:"40%",p:18,x:1292,y:1303,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:18,x:1292,y:1344,w:24,h:14},
{t:"0%",p:18,x:1299,y:1387,w:17,h:14},
{t:"40",p:18,x:1291,y:1577,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:18,x:1291,y:1622,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:18,x:1291,y:1664,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:18,x:1291,y:1708,w:13,h:14},
{t:"$6000",p:18,x:1314,y:1955,w:34,h:14},
{t:"Mobile infrastrucute capital expenditures",p:18,x:1383,y:1969,w:158,h:12},
{t:"$5000",p:18,x:1314,y:1994,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$4000",p:18,x:1314,y:2032,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$3000",p:18,x:1314,y:2068,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$2000",p:18,x:1314,y:2108,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$1000",p:18,x:1314,y:2146,w:34,h:14},
{t:"2005",p:18,x:1358,y:2194,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2006",p:18,x:1407,y:2194,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:1452,y:2194,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:1500,y:2194,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:1549,y:2194,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:1597,y:2194,w:27,h:14},
{t:"$0",p:18,x:1335,y:2183,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:18,x:1298,y:1754,w:6,h:14},
{t:"33",p:18,x:1331,y:1599,w:13,h:14},
{t:"18-24",p:18,x:1326,y:1763,w:27,h:12},
{t:"25-34",p:18,x:1381,y:1763,w:27,h:12},
{t:"35-49",p:18,x:1431,y:1763,w:27,h:12},
{t:"50-64",p:18,x:1485,y:1763,w:27,h:12},
{t:"65-69",p:18,x:1536,y:1763,w:27,h:12},
{t:"70+",p:18,x:1600,y:1763,w:18,h:12},
{t:"Average",p:18,x:1646,y:1763,w:39,h:12},
{t:"18",p:18,x:1384,y:1663,w:13,h:14},
{t:"7",p:18,x:1442,y:1708,w:6,h:14},
{t:"3",p:18,x:1494,y:1725,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2",p:18,x:1547,y:1726,w:6,h:14},
{t:"1",p:18,x:1602,y:1730,w:6,h:14},
{t:"8",p:18,x:1657,y:1703,w:6,h:14},
{t:"18-24",p:18,x:1330,y:1402,w:27,h:12},
{t:"25-34",p:18,x:1373,y:1402,w:27,h:12},
{t:"35-44",p:18,x:1415,y:1402,w:27,h:12},
{t:"45-54",p:18,x:1457,y:1402,w:27,h:12},
{t:"Age category",p:18,x:1462,y:1419,w:64,h:12},
{t:"55-64",p:18,x:1500,y:1402,w:27,h:12},
{t:"65-69",p:18,x:1542,y:1402,w:27,h:12},
{t:"70+",p:18,x:1591,y:1402,w:18,h:12},
{t:"Average",p:18,x:1622,y:1402,w:39,h:12},
{t:"Young adult",p:18,x:1287,y:571,w:50,h:10},
{t:"in shared",p:18,x:1293,y:582,w:38,h:10},
{t:"household",p:18,x:1290,y:594,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Young",p:18,x:1357,y:571,w:26,h:10},
{t:"single",p:18,x:1358,y:582,w:24,h:10},
{t:"parent",p:18,x:1356,y:594,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Live alone",p:18,x:1406,y:571,w:42,h:10},
{t:"Married,",p:18,x:1467,y:571,w:34,h:10},
{t:"with",p:18,x:1474,y:582,w:18,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:18,x:1460,y:594,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:18,x:1466,y:606,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Married",p:18,x:1525,y:571,w:32,h:10},
{t:"with high",p:18,x:1521,y:582,w:39,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:18,x:1518,y:594,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:18,x:1524,y:606,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Older",p:18,x:1586,y:571,w:23,h:10},
{t:"married",p:18,x:1581,y:582,w:32,h:10},
{t:"couples, no",p:18,x:1574,y:594,w:46,h:10},
{t:"children",p:18,x:1580,y:606,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:18,x:1637,y:571,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Australian",p:18,x:1633,y:582,w:41,h:10},
{t:"household",p:18,x:1632,y:594,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:18,x:1658,y:1011,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:18,x:1296,y:1057,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile User Profile, by Age",p:18,x:1283,y:696,w:201,h:19},
{t:"Household structure",p:18,x:1436,y:627,w:94,h:13},
{t:"60",p:18,x:1305,y:488,w:13,h:14},
{t:"75",p:18,x:1360,y:448,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:18,x:1418,y:437,w:13,h:14},
{t:"92",p:18,x:1474,y:401,w:13,h:14},
{t:"93",p:18,x:1532,y:402,w:13,h:14},
{t:"96",p:18,x:1590,y:390,w:13,h:14},
{t:"88",p:18,x:1647,y:412,w:13,h:14},
{t:"89",p:18,x:1310,y:803,w:11,h:13},
{t:"92",p:18,x:1360,y:789,w:11,h:13},
{t:"95",p:18,x:1412,y:776,w:10,h:13},
{t:"89",p:18,x:1462,y:803,w:11,h:13},
{t:"81",p:18,x:1514,y:840,w:11,h:13},
{t:"71",p:18,x:1565,y:886,w:11,h:13},
{t:"52",p:18,x:1616,y:974,w:11,h:13},
{t:"83",p:18,x:1667,y:831,w:11,h:13},
{t:"18–24 WP",p:18,x:1292,y:1011,w:45,h:10},
{t:"18–24 ",p:18,x:1352,y:1011,w:29,h:10},
{t:"25–34 ",p:18,x:1403,y:1011,w:28,h:10},
{t:"35–49",p:18,x:1456,y:1011,w:26,h:10},
{t:"50–64",p:18,x:1506,y:1011,w:26,h:10},
{t:"65–69",p:18,x:1558,y:1011,w:26,h:10},
{t:"70+",p:18,x:1613,y:1011,w:16,h:10},
{t:"Age",p:18,x:1485,y:1027,w:18,h:13},
{t:"% with full substitution",p:18,x:1281,y:1712,w:0,h:12},
{t:"M",p:18,x:1303,y:2126,w:0,h:12},
{t:"illions of US dollars",p:18,x:1303,y:2116,w:0,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:18,x:1296,y:1464,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Wireless and Fixed Voice Usage, by Age",p:18,x:1283,y:1127,w:298,h:19},
{t:"Age",p:18,x:1475,y:1783,w:19,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:18,x:1296,y:1810,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile-Only Households, by Age",p:18,x:1283,y:1529,w:237,h:19},
{t:"Source: iSuppli Corp.",p:18,x:1296,y:2227,w:119,h:13},
{t:"China mobile communications infrastructure ",p:18,x:1283,y:1901,w:335,h:19},
{t:"capital expenditure forecast, 2005 to 2010",p:18,x:1283,y:1920,w:325,h:19},
{t:"Non-competitive",p:18,x:2010,y:1199,w:105,h:16},
{t:"(local loop)",p:18,x:2028,y:1217,w:69,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:18,x:1862,y:1374,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:18,x:1851,y:1392,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:18,x:2036,y:1374,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:18,x:2026,y:1392,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:18,x:2206,y:1374,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:18,x:2196,y:1392,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Final customers",p:18,x:2016,y:1506,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Broadband Penetration of Total Population ",p:18,x:1852,y:348,w:320,h:19},
{t:"by Region, 2008",p:18,x:1852,y:368,w:122,h:19},
{t:"Source: Pyramid Research",p:18,x:1864,y:652,w:151,h:13},
{t:"0%",p:18,x:1872,y:589,w:17,h:14},
{t:"5%",p:18,x:1872,y:567,w:17,h:14},
{t:"10%",p:18,x:1866,y:543,w:24,h:14},
{t:"15%",p:18,x:1866,y:519,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:18,x:1866,y:497,w:24,h:14},
{t:"25%",p:18,x:1866,y:472,w:24,h:14},
{t:"30%",p:18,x:1866,y:449,w:24,h:14},
{t:"35%",p:18,x:1866,y:425,w:24,h:14},
{t:"40%",p:18,x:1866,y:402,w:24,h:14},
{t:"Fixed broadband",p:18,x:1964,y:419,w:94,h:14},
{t:"3G mobile",p:18,x:2091,y:419,w:57,h:14},
{t:"Western",p:18,x:1906,y:602,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:18,x:1910,y:614,w:29,h:10},
{t:"North",p:18,x:1961,y:602,w:24,h:10},
{t:"America",p:18,x:1956,y:614,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Global",p:18,x:2011,y:602,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Central &",p:18,x:2058,y:602,w:38,h:10},
{t:"Eastern",p:18,x:2062,y:614,w:30,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:18,x:2062,y:625,w:29,h:10},
{t:"Latin",p:18,x:2119,y:602,w:20,h:10},
{t:"America",p:18,x:2113,y:614,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Asia",p:18,x:2173,y:602,w:17,h:10},
{t:"Pacific",p:18,x:2169,y:614,w:26,h:10},
{t:"Africa &",p:18,x:2217,y:602,w:32,h:10},
{t:"Middle East",p:18,x:2209,y:614,w:48,h:10},
{t:"P",p:18,x:1858,y:559,w:0,h:12},
{t:"enetr",p:18,x:1858,y:553,w:0,h:12},
{t:"a",p:18,x:1858,y:527,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion of p",p:18,x:1858,y:521,w:0,h:12},
{t:"opula",p:18,x:1858,y:481,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion",p:18,x:1858,y:453,w:0,h:12},
{t:"EUR (billion)",p:18,x:1841,y:874,w:0,h:12},
{t:" Spending on Fixed Telecoms Services, ",p:18,x:1852,y:722,w:296,h:19},
{t:"Western Europe",p:18,x:1852,y:742,w:118,h:19},
{t:"Source: Analysys Mason",p:18,x:1864,y:1019,w:138,h:13},
{t:"0",p:18,x:1867,y:922,w:6,h:14},
{t:"20",p:18,x:1860,y:903,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:18,x:1860,y:883,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:18,x:1860,y:860,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:18,x:1860,y:841,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100",p:18,x:1853,y:821,w:20,h:14},
{t:"120",p:18,x:1853,y:802,w:20,h:14},
{t:"140",p:18,x:1853,y:779,w:20,h:14},
{t:"2004",p:18,x:1909,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2005",p:18,x:1942,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2006",p:18,x:1973,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:2004,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:2038,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:2069,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:2103,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2011",p:18,x:2134,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2012",p:18,x:2168,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2013",p:18,x:2199,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2014",p:18,x:2233,y:956,w:0,h:14},
{t:"Narrowband",p:18,x:1871,y:982,w:69,h:14},
{t:"Broadband",p:18,x:1989,y:982,w:61,h:14},
{t:"Business network services",p:18,x:2091,y:982,w:143,h:14},
{t:"Structural Separation Strives to Create More Competition",p:18,x:1828,y:1119,w:431,h:19},
{t:"Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development",p:18,x:1826,y:1576,w:375,h:13},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:18,x:1796,y:2330,w:126,h:13},
{t:"FTTCab",p:18,x:1838,y:1711,w:60,h:20},
{t:"FTTH",p:18,x:1835,y:1856,w:35,h:16},
{t:"Point to Point",p:18,x:1835,y:1874,w:90,h:16},
{t:"FTTH",p:18,x:1833,y:2013,w:35,h:16},
{t:"PON",p:18,x:1833,y:2031,w:29,h:16},
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{t:"OLT",p:18,x:1991,y:1906,w:24,h:16},
{t:"ODF",p:18,x:1948,y:2012,w:27,h:16},
{t:"OLT",p:18,x:1993,y:2065,w:24,h:16},
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{t:"SC",p:18,x:2119,y:2012,w:16,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:18,x:2214,y:1853,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:18,x:2214,y:1871,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loop",p:18,x:2214,y:1889,w:66,h:16},
{t:"Separate",p:18,x:2388,y:1845,w:55,h:16},
{t:"fiber from",p:18,x:2388,y:1863,w:61,h:16},
{t:"OLT to",p:18,x:2388,y:1881,w:39,h:16},
{t:"single",p:18,x:2388,y:1899,w:37,h:16},
{t:"customer",p:18,x:2388,y:1917,w:58,h:16},
{t:"Single fiber",p:18,x:2385,y:1955,w:70,h:16},
{t:"from OLT",p:18,x:2385,y:1973,w:56,h:16},
{t:"to multiple",p:18,x:2385,y:1991,w:68,h:16},
{t:"customers",p:18,x:2385,y:2009,w:64,h:16},
{t:"via splitter",p:18,x:2385,y:2027,w:64,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:18,x:2362,y:2064,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:18,x:2362,y:2082,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loops",p:18,x:2362,y:2100,w:72,h:16},
{t:"MDF/ODF",p:18,x:1948,y:1722,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:18,x:2038,y:1794,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:18,x:1947,y:2117,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:18,x:1944,y:1959,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:18,x:2323,y:1737,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:18,x:2317,y:1755,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:18,x:2315,y:1865,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:18,x:2309,y:1883,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:18,x:2126,y:1765,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:18,x:2127,y:1930,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:2225,y:1969,w:38,h:16},
{t:"ONU/",p:18,x:2226,y:1987,w:35,h:16},
{t:"ONT",p:18,x:2230,y:2005,w:27,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:2296,y:1971,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:2331,y:2014,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:18,x:2290,y:2070,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Sharing possible via ducts,",p:18,x:1952,y:2153,w:164,h:16},
{t:"dark fiber and at the IP-level.",p:18,x:1946,y:2171,w:177,h:16},
{t:"Unbundling possible with street",p:18,x:2167,y:2153,w:200,h:16},
{t:"cabinet ODF housing with splitters",p:18,x:2167,y:2171,w:215,h:16},
{t:"dedicated to individual service",p:18,x:2167,y:2189,w:190,h:16},
{t:"providers and feeder fiber to the ",p:18,x:2167,y:2207,w:204,h:16},
{t:"POP possible but practically and",p:18,x:2167,y:2225,w:200,h:16},
{t:"economically questionable",p:18,x:2167,y:2243,w:168,h:16},
{t:"ODF- Optical Distribution Frame",p:18,x:1832,y:2211,w:200,h:16},
{t:"OLT- Optical Line Termination",p:18,x:1832,y:2229,w:183,h:16},
{t:"ONU/T- Optical Network Unit/Terminal",p:18,x:1832,y:2247,w:240,h:16},
{t:"SC- Street Cabinet",p:18,x:1832,y:2265,w:112,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:18,x:2124,y:1732,w:16,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:2038,y:1742,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:2038,y:1760,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1865,y:1771,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1865,y:1789,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:2042,y:1865,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:2042,y:1883,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1866,y:1936,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1866,y:1954,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:18,x:1866,y:2064,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:18,x:1866,y:2082,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Feeder",p:18,x:2037,y:2083,w:77,h:16},
{t:"Passive Splitter",p:18,x:2149,y:2083,w:93,h:16},
{t:"Copper",p:18,x:2227,y:1743,w:46,h:16},
{t:"DSLAM",p:18,x:2126,y:1800,w:45,h:16},
{t:"Different FTTx Technology Deployments and Wholesale Access Options",p:18,x:1793,y:1639,w:531,h:19},
{t:"Smartphone sales in units (million)",p:18,x:653,y:104,w:167,h:12},
{t:"Smartphone as a proportion ",p:18,x:655,y:125,w:139,h:12},
{t:"over total handsets sales",p:18,x:655,y:137,w:118,h:12},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:18,x:640,y:1319,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Exhibit 1: Brazil fixed broadband vs. mobile broadband ",p:18,x:630,y:901,w:410,h:19},
{t:"adoption, 2008-2014",p:18,x:630,y:921,w:157,h:19},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:18,x:636,y:814,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Shift in Voice Minutes of Use in ",p:18,x:626,y:450,w:239,h:19},
{t:"Latin America",p:18,x:626,y:470,w:103,h:19},
{t:"C",p:18,x:596,y:670,w:0,h:16},
{t:"on",p:18,x:596,y:662,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tr",p:18,x:596,y:645,w:0,h:16},
{t:"ibution t",p:18,x:596,y:635,w:0,h:16},
{t:"o ",p:18,x:596,y:582,w:0,h:16},
{t:"T",p:18,x:596,y:571,w:0,h:16},
{t:"otal ",p:18,x:596,y:564,w:0,h:16},
{t:"Outb",p:18,x:614,y:700,w:0,h:16},
{t:"ound M",p:18,x:614,y:668,w:0,h:16},
{t:"inut",p:18,x:614,y:620,w:0,h:16},
{t:"es (in P",p:18,x:614,y:595,w:0,h:16},
{t:"er",p:18,x:614,y:551,w:0,h:16},
{t:"c",p:18,x:614,y:539,w:0,h:16},
{t:"en",p:18,x:614,y:532,w:0,h:16},
{t:"t)",p:18,x:614,y:516,w:0,h:16},
{t:"Subscr",p:18,x:612,y:1135,w:0,h:16},
{t:"iptions (m)",p:18,x:612,y:1093,w:0,h:16},
{t:"50",p:18,x:621,y:510,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:18,x:621,y:553,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:18,x:621,y:595,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:18,x:621,y:636,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:18,x:621,y:677,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:18,x:628,y:722,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2003",p:18,x:648,y:728,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:664,y:1258,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:717,y:1258,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:764,y:1258,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:819,y:1254,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2011",p:18,x:864,y:1254,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2012",p:18,x:915,y:1254,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2013",p:18,x:966,y:1254,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2014",p:18,x:1014,y:1254,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2004",p:18,x:688,y:728,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2005",p:18,x:724,y:729,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2006",p:18,x:760,y:729,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:795,y:729,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:834,y:729,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:18,x:869,y:729,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:18,x:911,y:729,w:23,h:12},
{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:18,x:612,y:665,w:72,h:9},
{t:"Mobile Outbound",p:18,x:666,y:750,w:87,h:12},
{t:"Fixed Outbound",p:18,x:743,y:771,w:78,h:12},
{t:"VoIP Outbound",p:18,x:788,y:750,w:74,h:12},
{t:"Fixed broadband",p:18,x:715,y:1284,w:82,h:12},
{t:"Mobile broadband",p:18,x:837,y:1284,w:90,h:12},
{t:"0",p:18,x:635,y:1240,w:11,h:21},
{t:"5",p:18,x:635,y:1193,w:11,h:21},
{t:"10",p:18,x:623,y:1146,w:22,h:21},
{t:"15",p:18,x:623,y:1099,w:22,h:21},
{t:"20",p:18,x:623,y:1052,w:22,h:21},
{t:"25",p:18,x:623,y:1004,w:22,h:21},
{t:"30",p:18,x:623,y:957,w:22,h:21},
{t:"8",p:18,x:662,y:1155,w:9,h:17},
{t:"1",p:18,x:684,y:1218,w:9,h:17},
{t:"2",p:18,x:732,y:1212,w:9,h:17},
{t:"8",p:18,x:780,y:1157,w:9,h:17},
{t:"11",p:18,x:707,y:1124,w:18,h:17},
{t:"13",p:18,x:757,y:1109,w:18,h:17},
{t:"15",p:18,x:807,y:1089,w:18,h:17},
{t:"17",p:18,x:856,y:1071,w:18,h:17},
{t:"19",p:18,x:904,y:1050,w:18,h:17},
{t:"20",p:18,x:956,y:1041,w:18,h:17},
{t:"22",p:18,x:1006,y:1021,w:18,h:17},
{t:"27",p:18,x:1026,y:978,w:18,h:17},
{t:"24",p:18,x:977,y:1004,w:18,h:17},
{t:"21",p:18,x:927,y:1033,w:18,h:17},
{t:"18",p:18,x:877,y:1062,w:18,h:17},
{t:"14",p:18,x:827,y:1097,w:18,h:17},
{t:"Source: TeleGeography Research",p:18,x:640,y:1811,w:142,h:13},
{t:"U",p:18,x:616,y:1730,w:0,h:16},
{t:"sed In",p:18,x:616,y:1721,w:0,h:16},
{t:"t",p:18,x:616,y:1684,w:0,h:16},
{t:"er",p:18,x:616,y:1679,w:0,h:16},
{t:"na",p:18,x:616,y:1666,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tional B",p:18,x:616,y:1651,w:0,h:16},
{t:"and",p:18,x:616,y:1604,w:0,h:16},
{t:"width (Gbp3)",p:18,x:616,y:1580,w:0,h:16},
{t:"A",p:18,x:1118,y:1661,w:0,h:16},
{t:"nnual G",p:18,x:1118,y:1652,w:0,h:16},
{t:"r",p:18,x:1118,y:1604,w:0,h:16},
{t:"o",p:18,x:1118,y:1599,w:0,h:16},
{t:"wth",p:18,x:1118,y:1591,w:0,h:16},
{t:"2002",p:18,x:677,y:1773,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2003",p:18,x:730,y:1773,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2004",p:18,x:790,y:1773,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2005",p:18,x:850,y:1773,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2006",p:18,x:905,y:1773,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2007",p:18,x:965,y:1773,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2008",p:18,x:1024,y:1773,w:30,h:16},
{t:"0",p:18,x:635,y:1759,w:11,h:21},
{t:"10",p:18,x:623,y:1689,w:22,h:21},
{t:"20",p:18,x:623,y:1622,w:22,h:21},
{t:"30",p:18,x:623,y:1558,w:22,h:21},
{t:"40",p:18,x:623,y:1489,w:22,h:21},
{t:"0%%",p:18,x:1061,y:1757,w:37,h:21},
{t:"25%",p:18,x:1063,y:1693,w:35,h:21},
{t:"30%",p:18,x:1063,y:1625,w:35,h:21},
{t:"35%",p:18,x:1063,y:1558,w:35,h:21},
{t:"40%",p:18,x:1063,y:1487,w:35,h:21},
{t:"International Bandwidth Usage",p:18,x:745,y:1514,w:150,h:12},
{t:"Annual Growth ",p:18,x:745,y:1540,w:76,h:12},
{t:"16",p:18,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:18,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:18,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"We already see such a pattern ",p:19,x:112,y:131,w:212,h:18},
{t:"forming in the voice market. While ",p:19,x:90,y:151,w:240,h:18},
{t:"Latin American fxed-services ",p:19,x:90,y:172,w:205,h:18},
{t:"carriers have yet to see the type ",p:19,x:90,y:192,w:225,h:18},
{t:"of line losses experienced in more ",p:19,x:90,y:212,w:237,h:18},
{t:"developed regions, minutes of use ",p:19,x:90,y:233,w:237,h:18},
{t:"clearly have shifted to mobile plat-",p:19,x:90,y:253,w:236,h:18},
{t:"forms, say Yankee Group fndings.",p:19,x:90,y:274,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Indeed, between now and ",p:19,x:112,y:294,w:187,h:18},
{t:"year-end 2014, Pyramid Research ",p:19,x:90,y:315,w:248,h:18},
{t:"expects a full 87 per cent of broad-",p:19,x:90,y:335,w:248,h:18},
{t:"band net additions t o come from ",p:19,x:90,y:355,w:238,h:18},
{t:"mobile platforms, either 3G or ",p:19,x:90,y:376,w:222,h:18},
{t:"WiMAX.",p:19,x:90,y:396,w:56,h:18},
{t:"accessible devices",p:19,x:90,y:435,w:172,h:21},
{t:"Granted, much of mobile ",p:19,x:112,y:457,w:174,h:18},
{t:"broadband’s uptake will come via ",p:19,x:90,y:478,w:233,h:18},
{t:"PC-based data cards rather than ",p:19,x:90,y:498,w:228,h:18},
{t:"traditional handheld units. But ",p:19,x:90,y:519,w:214,h:18},
{t:"unless more substantial activity ",p:19,x:90,y:539,w:221,h:18},
{t:"among operators in the region ",p:19,x:90,y:560,w:213,h:18},
{t:"occurs to subsidize laptops and ",p:19,x:90,y:580,w:219,h:18},
{t:"netbooks, smartphones will remain ",p:19,x:90,y:600,w:245,h:18},
{t:"the much more accessible devices ",p:19,x:90,y:621,w:236,h:18},
{t:"for a good deal of the population.",p:19,x:90,y:641,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Similarly, mobile operators ",p:19,x:112,y:662,w:188,h:18},
{t:"maintain a distinct advantage over ",p:19,x:90,y:682,w:241,h:18},
{t:"fxed operators in their acceptance ",p:19,x:90,y:702,w:243,h:18},
{t:"of prepaid platforms, which allow ",p:19,x:90,y:723,w:231,h:18},
{t:"consumers with little or uncer-",p:19,x:90,y:743,w:208,h:18},
{t:"tain incomes to remain connected ",p:19,x:90,y:764,w:236,h:18},
{t:"without burdening their budget with ",p:19,x:90,y:784,w:253,h:18},
{t:"a fxed commitment. ",p:19,x:90,y:805,w:146,h:18},
{t:"According to Wally Swain, ",p:19,x:112,y:825,w:184,h:18},
{t:"Yankee Group emerging markets ",p:19,x:90,y:845,w:232,h:18},
{t:"vice president, very few Latin ",p:19,x:90,y:866,w:208,h:18},
{t:"American fxed operators offer ",p:19,x:90,y:886,w:219,h:18},
{t:"true prepaid broadband plans, and ",p:19,x:90,y:907,w:250,h:18},
{t:"those that do exist often require ",p:19,x:90,y:927,w:231,h:18},
{t:"a high monthly fee to establish ",p:19,x:90,y:947,w:220,h:18},
{t:"service and a “minimum monthly ",p:19,x:361,y:600,w:234,h:18},
{t:"recharge” to maintain service, ",p:19,x:361,y:621,w:212,h:18},
{t:"which all but eliminates the adv an-",p:19,x:361,y:641,w:243,h:18},
{t:"tage of a “pay as you go” offering.",p:19,x:361,y:662,w:235,h:18},
{t:"To be fair, “the situation is not ",p:19,x:384,y:682,w:215,h:18},
{t:"perfectly analogous,” Swain points ",p:19,x:361,y:702,w:244,h:18},
{t:"out in defense of fxed-line opera-",p:19,x:361,y:723,w:235,h:18},
{t:"tors. “Mobile operators tie up little ",p:19,x:361,y:743,w:248,h:18},
{t:"investment in low-usage customers ",p:19,x:361,y:764,w:248,h:18},
{t:"whereas a fxed line requires a ",p:19,x:361,y:784,w:218,h:18},
{t:"physical copper connection.”",p:19,x:361,y:804,w:195,h:18},
{t:"Even so, that doesn’t change the ",p:19,x:384,y:825,w:228,h:18},
{t:"reality for many subscribers in the ",p:19,x:361,y:845,w:239,h:18},
{t:"region who prefer or require the ",p:19,x:361,y:866,w:225,h:18},
{t:"fexibility that prepaid provides. ",p:19,x:361,y:886,w:223,h:18},
{t:"In Honduras, for example, more ",p:19,x:384,y:907,w:221,h:18},
{t:"than 95 percent of new mobile addi-",p:19,x:361,y:927,w:250,h:18},
{t:"tions in 2008 came from prepaid ",p:19,x:361,y:947,w:232,h:18},
{t:"subscribers, say Pyramid Research ",p:19,x:633,y:600,w:242,h:18},
{t:"fgures. Nearly 86 percent of total ",p:19,x:633,y:621,w:238,h:18},
{t:"mobile subscriptions in Paraguay, ",p:19,x:633,y:641,w:234,h:18},
{t:"meanwhile, are prepaid accounts.",p:19,x:633,y:662,w:229,h:18},
{t:"The growth of mobile broadband ",p:19,x:655,y:682,w:230,h:18},
{t:"will be further propelled by new ",p:19,x:633,y:702,w:222,h:18},
{t:"and upcoming spectrum auctions ",p:19,x:633,y:723,w:232,h:18},
{t:"in countries including Argentina, ",p:19,x:633,y:743,w:227,h:18},
{t:"Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru and ",p:19,x:633,y:764,w:215,h:18},
{t:"Venezuela, say analysts at Pyramid ",p:19,x:633,y:784,w:244,h:18},
{t:"Research.",p:19,x:633,y:804,w:67,h:18},
{t:"“Understanding the link ",p:19,x:655,y:825,w:170,h:18},
{t:"between broadband adoption and ",p:19,x:633,y:845,w:243,h:18},
{t:"economic development, govern-",p:19,x:633,y:866,w:221,h:18},
{t:"ments throughout Latin America ",p:19,x:633,y:886,w:232,h:18},
{t:"have made broadband deployment ",p:19,x:633,y:907,w:249,h:18},
{t:"a central theme of their political ",p:19,x:633,y:927,w:229,h:18},
{t:"agendas,” says Jose Mario Lopez, ",p:19,x:633,y:947,w:240,h:18},
{t:"research manager at Pyramid ",p:19,x:633,y:968,w:212,h:18},
{t:"Research “Regulators now look to ",p:19,x:633,y:988,w:240,h:18},
{t:"accelerate the award of broadband ",p:19,x:633,y:1009,w:249,h:18},
{t:"spectrum, specifcally WiMax and ",p:19,x:633,y:1029,w:240,h:18},
{t:"3G, to close the connectivity gap ",p:19,x:633,y:1049,w:233,h:18},
{t:"and inject additional competition ",p:19,x:633,y:1070,w:235,h:18},
{t:"into the market.”",p:19,x:633,y:1090,w:118,h:18},
{t:"No doubt, f or many ",p:19,x:655,y:1111,w:147,h:18},
{t:"subscriber s in the r egion, smart",p:19,x:633,y:1131,w:227,h:18},
{t:"-",p:19,x:866,y:1131,w:4,h:18},
{t:"phones will be the preferred, if ",p:19,x:633,y:1151,w:229,h:18},
{t:"not only, platform for accessing ",p:19,x:633,y:1172,w:233,h:18},
{t:"this newly available spectrum.",p:19,x:633,y:1192,w:212,h:18},
{t:"Source: Pyramid Research",p:19,x:411,y:-430,w:114,h:13},
{t:"Smartphones as a Proportion of Total ",p:19,x:401,y:-756,w:283,h:19},
{t:"Handset Sales in Latin America",p:19,x:401,y:-736,w:234,h:19},
{t:"S",p:19,x:381,y:-517,w:0,h:16},
{t:"mar",p:19,x:381,y:-524,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tphone unit sales (millions)",p:19,x:381,y:-549,w:0,h:16},
{t:"P",p:19,x:747,y:-728,w:0,h:16},
{t:"er",p:19,x:747,y:-720,w:0,h:16},
{t:"c",p:19,x:747,y:-708,w:0,h:16},
{t:"en",p:19,x:747,y:-701,w:0,h:16},
{t:"tage of t",p:19,x:747,y:-685,w:0,h:16},
{t:"otal handset units sold",p:19,x:747,y:-633,w:0,h:16},
{t:"% with fix",p:19,x:1036,y:-243,w:0,h:16},
{t:"ed-line phone",p:19,x:1036,y:-304,w:0,h:16},
{t:"% use mobile phone",p:19,x:1042,y:147,w:0,h:16},
{t:"50",p:19,x:396,y:-696,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30%",p:19,x:714,y:-697,w:24,h:14},
{t:"25%",p:19,x:714,y:-663,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:19,x:714,y:-630,w:24,h:14},
{t:"15%",p:19,x:714,y:-595,w:24,h:14},
{t:"10%",p:19,x:714,y:-559,w:24,h:14},
{t:"5%",p:19,x:714,y:-526,w:17,h:14},
{t:"0%",p:19,x:714,y:-491,w:17,h:14},
{t:"40",p:19,x:396,y:-653,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:19,x:396,y:-611,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:19,x:396,y:-569,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:19,x:396,y:-528,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:19,x:403,y:-484,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:19,x:423,y:-473,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:19,x:458,y:-473,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:19,x:496,y:-473,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:19,x:531,y:-473,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2011",p:19,x:566,y:-473,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2013",p:19,x:638,y:-473,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2014",p:19,x:676,y:-473,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2012",p:19,x:597,y:-471,w:23,h:12},
{t:"Equally",p:19,x:1169,y:667,w:45,h:16},
{t:"Mobile",p:19,x:1272,y:667,w:43,h:16},
{t:"Fixed line",p:19,x:1348,y:667,w:59,h:16},
{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:19,x:386,y:-540,w:72,h:9},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:19,x:1051,y:-119,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Fixed-line Use by Households ",p:19,x:1052,y:-437,w:222,h:19},
{t:"100",p:19,x:1042,y:-386,w:20,h:14},
{t:"80",p:19,x:1049,y:-326,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:19,x:1049,y:-271,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:19,x:1049,y:-214,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100",p:19,x:1047,y:-9,w:20,h:14},
{t:"90",p:19,x:1053,y:36,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:19,x:1053,y:83,w:13,h:14},
{t:"70",p:19,x:1053,y:128,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:19,x:1053,y:175,w:13,h:14},
{t:"50",p:19,x:1053,y:222,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100%",p:19,x:1073,y:408,w:31,h:14},
{t:"80%",p:19,x:1080,y:451,w:24,h:14},
{t:"60%",p:19,x:1080,y:492,w:24,h:14},
{t:"40%",p:19,x:1080,y:532,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:19,x:1080,y:573,w:24,h:14},
{t:"0%",p:19,x:1086,y:615,w:17,h:14},
{t:"40",p:19,x:1078,y:805,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:19,x:1078,y:850,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:19,x:1078,y:893,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:19,x:1078,y:936,w:13,h:14},
{t:"$6000",p:19,x:1101,y:1184,w:34,h:14},
{t:"Mobile infrastrucute capital expenditures",p:19,x:1170,y:1197,w:158,h:12},
{t:"$5000",p:19,x:1101,y:1222,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$4000",p:19,x:1101,y:1261,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$3000",p:19,x:1101,y:1297,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$2000",p:19,x:1101,y:1337,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$1000",p:19,x:1101,y:1375,w:34,h:14},
{t:"2005",p:19,x:1145,y:1422,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2006",p:19,x:1194,y:1422,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:19,x:1239,y:1422,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2008",p:19,x:1287,y:1422,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2009",p:19,x:1336,y:1422,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2010",p:19,x:1384,y:1422,w:27,h:14},
{t:"$0",p:19,x:1122,y:1412,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:19,x:1085,y:983,w:6,h:14},
{t:"33",p:19,x:1118,y:827,w:13,h:14},
{t:"18-24",p:19,x:1113,y:991,w:27,h:12},
{t:"25-34",p:19,x:1168,y:991,w:27,h:12},
{t:"35-49",p:19,x:1218,y:991,w:27,h:12},
{t:"50-64",p:19,x:1272,y:991,w:27,h:12},
{t:"65-69",p:19,x:1323,y:991,w:27,h:12},
{t:"70+",p:19,x:1387,y:991,w:18,h:12},
{t:"Average",p:19,x:1433,y:991,w:39,h:12},
{t:"18",p:19,x:1171,y:891,w:13,h:14},
{t:"7",p:19,x:1229,y:936,w:6,h:14},
{t:"3",p:19,x:1281,y:954,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2",p:19,x:1334,y:955,w:6,h:14},
{t:"1",p:19,x:1389,y:959,w:6,h:14},
{t:"8",p:19,x:1444,y:931,w:6,h:14},
{t:"18-24",p:19,x:1117,y:631,w:27,h:12},
{t:"25-34",p:19,x:1160,y:631,w:27,h:12},
{t:"35-44",p:19,x:1202,y:631,w:27,h:12},
{t:"45-54",p:19,x:1244,y:631,w:27,h:12},
{t:"Age category",p:19,x:1249,y:648,w:64,h:12},
{t:"55-64",p:19,x:1287,y:631,w:27,h:12},
{t:"65-69",p:19,x:1329,y:631,w:27,h:12},
{t:"70+",p:19,x:1378,y:631,w:18,h:12},
{t:"Average",p:19,x:1409,y:631,w:39,h:12},
{t:"Young adult",p:19,x:1074,y:-200,w:50,h:10},
{t:"in shared",p:19,x:1080,y:-188,w:38,h:10},
{t:"household",p:19,x:1077,y:-176,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Young",p:19,x:1144,y:-200,w:26,h:10},
{t:"single",p:19,x:1145,y:-188,w:24,h:10},
{t:"parent",p:19,x:1143,y:-176,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Live alone",p:19,x:1193,y:-199,w:42,h:10},
{t:"Married,",p:19,x:1254,y:-199,w:34,h:10},
{t:"with",p:19,x:1261,y:-188,w:18,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:19,x:1248,y:-176,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:19,x:1253,y:-164,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Married",p:19,x:1312,y:-199,w:32,h:10},
{t:"with high",p:19,x:1308,y:-188,w:39,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:19,x:1305,y:-176,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:19,x:1311,y:-164,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Older",p:19,x:1373,y:-199,w:23,h:10},
{t:"married",p:19,x:1368,y:-188,w:32,h:10},
{t:"couples, no",p:19,x:1361,y:-176,w:46,h:10},
{t:"children",p:19,x:1368,y:-164,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:19,x:1424,y:-199,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Australian",p:19,x:1420,y:-188,w:41,h:10},
{t:"household",p:19,x:1419,y:-176,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:19,x:1445,y:240,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:19,x:1083,y:286,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile User Profile, by Age",p:19,x:1070,y:-75,w:201,h:19},
{t:"Household structure",p:19,x:1223,y:-143,w:94,h:13},
{t:"60",p:19,x:1092,y:-282,w:13,h:14},
{t:"75",p:19,x:1147,y:-322,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:19,x:1205,y:-334,w:13,h:14},
{t:"92",p:19,x:1261,y:-370,w:13,h:14},
{t:"93",p:19,x:1319,y:-369,w:13,h:14},
{t:"96",p:19,x:1377,y:-380,w:13,h:14},
{t:"88",p:19,x:1434,y:-358,w:13,h:14},
{t:"89",p:19,x:1097,y:32,w:11,h:13},
{t:"92",p:19,x:1147,y:18,w:11,h:13},
{t:"95",p:19,x:1199,y:4,w:10,h:13},
{t:"89",p:19,x:1250,y:32,w:11,h:13},
{t:"81",p:19,x:1301,y:69,w:11,h:13},
{t:"71",p:19,x:1352,y:115,w:11,h:13},
{t:"52",p:19,x:1403,y:203,w:11,h:13},
{t:"83",p:19,x:1454,y:60,w:11,h:13},
{t:"18–24 WP",p:19,x:1079,y:240,w:45,h:10},
{t:"18–24 ",p:19,x:1139,y:240,w:29,h:10},
{t:"25–34 ",p:19,x:1190,y:240,w:28,h:10},
{t:"35–49",p:19,x:1243,y:240,w:26,h:10},
{t:"50–64",p:19,x:1293,y:240,w:26,h:10},
{t:"65–69",p:19,x:1345,y:240,w:26,h:10},
{t:"70+",p:19,x:1400,y:240,w:16,h:10},
{t:"Age",p:19,x:1272,y:255,w:18,h:13},
{t:"% with full substitution",p:19,x:1068,y:941,w:0,h:12},
{t:"M",p:19,x:1090,y:1354,w:0,h:12},
{t:"illions of US dollars",p:19,x:1090,y:1345,w:0,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:19,x:1083,y:692,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Wireless and Fixed Voice Usage, by Age",p:19,x:1070,y:356,w:298,h:19},
{t:"Age",p:19,x:1262,y:1012,w:19,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:19,x:1083,y:1039,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile-Only Households, by Age",p:19,x:1070,y:758,w:237,h:19},
{t:"Source: iSuppli Corp.",p:19,x:1083,y:1456,w:119,h:13},
{t:"China mobile communications infrastructure ",p:19,x:1070,y:1130,w:335,h:19},
{t:"capital expenditure forecast, 2005 to 2010",p:19,x:1070,y:1148,w:325,h:19},
{t:"Non-competitive",p:19,x:1797,y:428,w:105,h:16},
{t:"(local loop)",p:19,x:1815,y:446,w:69,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:19,x:1649,y:603,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:19,x:1638,y:621,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:19,x:1823,y:603,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:19,x:1813,y:621,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:19,x:1993,y:603,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:19,x:1983,y:621,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Final customers",p:19,x:1803,y:735,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Broadband Penetration of Total Population ",p:19,x:1639,y:-423,w:320,h:19},
{t:"by Region, 2008",p:19,x:1639,y:-403,w:122,h:19},
{t:"Source: Pyramid Research",p:19,x:1651,y:-118,w:151,h:13},
{t:"0%",p:19,x:1659,y:-181,w:17,h:14},
{t:"5%",p:19,x:1659,y:-204,w:17,h:14},
{t:"10%",p:19,x:1653,y:-227,w:24,h:14},
{t:"15%",p:19,x:1653,y:-251,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:19,x:1653,y:-273,w:24,h:14},
{t:"25%",p:19,x:1653,y:-299,w:24,h:14},
{t:"30%",p:19,x:1653,y:-321,w:24,h:14},
{t:"35%",p:19,x:1653,y:-345,w:24,h:14},
{t:"40%",p:19,x:1653,y:-369,w:24,h:14},
{t:"Fixed broadband",p:19,x:1751,y:-351,w:94,h:14},
{t:"3G mobile",p:19,x:1878,y:-351,w:57,h:14},
{t:"Western",p:19,x:1693,y:-168,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:19,x:1697,y:-157,w:29,h:10},
{t:"North",p:19,x:1748,y:-168,w:24,h:10},
{t:"America",p:19,x:1743,y:-157,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Global",p:19,x:1798,y:-168,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Central &",p:19,x:1845,y:-168,w:38,h:10},
{t:"Eastern",p:19,x:1849,y:-157,w:30,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:19,x:1849,y:-145,w:29,h:10},
{t:"Latin",p:19,x:1906,y:-168,w:20,h:10},
{t:"America",p:19,x:1900,y:-157,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Asia",p:19,x:1960,y:-168,w:17,h:10},
{t:"Pacific",p:19,x:1956,y:-157,w:26,h:10},
{t:"Africa &",p:19,x:2004,y:-168,w:32,h:10},
{t:"Middle East",p:19,x:1996,y:-157,w:48,h:10},
{t:"P",p:19,x:1645,y:-212,w:0,h:12},
{t:"enetr",p:19,x:1645,y:-217,w:0,h:12},
{t:"a",p:19,x:1645,y:-243,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion of p",p:19,x:1645,y:-249,w:0,h:12},
{t:"opula",p:19,x:1645,y:-290,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion",p:19,x:1645,y:-317,w:0,h:12},
{t:"EUR (billion)",p:19,x:1628,y:102,w:0,h:12},
{t:" Spending on Fixed Telecoms Services, ",p:19,x:1639,y:-48,w:296,h:19},
{t:"Western Europe",p:19,x:1639,y:-28,w:118,h:19},
{t:"Source: Analysys Mason",p:19,x:1651,y:247,w:138,h:13},
{t:"0",p:19,x:1654,y:151,w:6,h:14},
{t:"20",p:19,x:1647,y:131,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:19,x:1647,y:111,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:19,x:1647,y:89,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:19,x:1647,y:70,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100",p:19,x:1640,y:50,w:20,h:14},
{t:"120",p:19,x:1640,y:31,w:20,h:14},
{t:"140",p:19,x:1640,y:8,w:20,h:14},
{t:"2004",p:19,x:1696,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2005",p:19,x:1730,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2006",p:19,x:1760,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:19,x:1791,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2008",p:19,x:1825,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2009",p:19,x:1856,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2010",p:19,x:1890,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2011",p:19,x:1921,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2012",p:19,x:1955,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2013",p:19,x:1986,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2014",p:19,x:2020,y:185,w:0,h:14},
{t:"Narrowband",p:19,x:1658,y:211,w:69,h:14},
{t:"Broadband",p:19,x:1776,y:211,w:61,h:14},
{t:"Business network services",p:19,x:1878,y:211,w:143,h:14},
{t:"Structural Separation Strives to Create More Competition",p:19,x:1615,y:348,w:431,h:19},
{t:"Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development",p:19,x:1613,y:805,w:375,h:13},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:19,x:1583,y:1558,w:126,h:13},
{t:"FTTCab",p:19,x:1625,y:940,w:60,h:20},
{t:"FTTH",p:19,x:1622,y:1085,w:35,h:16},
{t:"Point to Point",p:19,x:1622,y:1103,w:90,h:16},
{t:"FTTH",p:19,x:1620,y:1241,w:35,h:16},
{t:"PON",p:19,x:1620,y:1259,w:29,h:16},
{t:"ODF",p:19,x:1733,y:1081,w:27,h:16},
{t:"OLT",p:19,x:1778,y:1135,w:24,h:16},
{t:"ODF",p:19,x:1735,y:1241,w:27,h:16},
{t:"OLT",p:19,x:1780,y:1294,w:24,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:19,x:1910,y:1082,w:16,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:19,x:1907,y:1241,w:16,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:19,x:2001,y:1082,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:19,x:2001,y:1100,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loop",p:19,x:2001,y:1118,w:66,h:16},
{t:"Separate",p:19,x:2175,y:1074,w:55,h:16},
{t:"fiber from",p:19,x:2175,y:1092,w:61,h:16},
{t:"OLT to",p:19,x:2175,y:1110,w:39,h:16},
{t:"single",p:19,x:2175,y:1128,w:37,h:16},
{t:"customer",p:19,x:2175,y:1146,w:58,h:16},
{t:"Single fiber",p:19,x:2172,y:1184,w:70,h:16},
{t:"from OLT",p:19,x:2172,y:1202,w:56,h:16},
{t:"to multiple",p:19,x:2172,y:1220,w:68,h:16},
{t:"customers",p:19,x:2172,y:1238,w:64,h:16},
{t:"via splitter",p:19,x:2172,y:1256,w:64,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:19,x:2149,y:1293,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:19,x:2149,y:1311,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loops",p:19,x:2149,y:1329,w:72,h:16},
{t:"MDF/ODF",p:19,x:1735,y:951,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:19,x:1825,y:1023,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:19,x:1734,y:1346,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:19,x:1731,y:1187,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:19,x:2110,y:966,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:19,x:2104,y:984,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:19,x:2102,y:1094,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:19,x:2096,y:1112,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:19,x:1913,y:994,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:19,x:1914,y:1159,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:19,x:2012,y:1198,w:38,h:16},
{t:"ONU/",p:19,x:2013,y:1216,w:35,h:16},
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{t:"Sharing possible via ducts,",p:19,x:1739,y:1382,w:164,h:16},
{t:"dark fiber and at the IP-level.",p:19,x:1733,y:1400,w:177,h:16},
{t:"Unbundling possible with street",p:19,x:1954,y:1382,w:200,h:16},
{t:"cabinet ODF housing with splitters",p:19,x:1954,y:1400,w:215,h:16},
{t:"dedicated to individual service",p:19,x:1954,y:1418,w:190,h:16},
{t:"providers and feeder fiber to the ",p:19,x:1954,y:1436,w:204,h:16},
{t:"POP possible but practically and",p:19,x:1954,y:1454,w:200,h:16},
{t:"economically questionable",p:19,x:1954,y:1472,w:168,h:16},
{t:"ODF- Optical Distribution Frame",p:19,x:1619,y:1440,w:200,h:16},
{t:"OLT- Optical Line Termination",p:19,x:1619,y:1458,w:183,h:16},
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{t:"Fiber Feeder",p:19,x:1824,y:1312,w:77,h:16},
{t:"Passive Splitter",p:19,x:1937,y:1312,w:93,h:16},
{t:"Copper",p:19,x:2014,y:972,w:46,h:16},
{t:"DSLAM",p:19,x:1913,y:1028,w:45,h:16},
{t:"Different FTTx Technology Deployments and Wholesale Access Options",p:19,x:1580,y:868,w:531,h:19},
{t:"Smartphone sales in units (million)",p:19,x:440,y:-666,w:167,h:12},
{t:"Smartphone as a proportion ",p:19,x:442,y:-645,w:139,h:12},
{t:"over total handsets sales",p:19,x:442,y:-633,w:118,h:12},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:19,x:427,y:548,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Exhibit 1: Brazil fixed broadband vs. mobile broadband ",p:19,x:417,y:130,w:410,h:19},
{t:"adoption, 2008-2014",p:19,x:417,y:150,w:157,h:19},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:19,x:423,y:43,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Shift in Voice Minutes of Use in ",p:19,x:413,y:-320,w:239,h:19},
{t:"Latin America",p:19,x:413,y:-300,w:103,h:19},
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{t:"tr",p:19,x:383,y:-125,w:0,h:16},
{t:"ibution t",p:19,x:383,y:-135,w:0,h:16},
{t:"o ",p:19,x:383,y:-189,w:0,h:16},
{t:"T",p:19,x:383,y:-199,w:0,h:16},
{t:"otal ",p:19,x:383,y:-206,w:0,h:16},
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{t:"ound M",p:19,x:401,y:-102,w:0,h:16},
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{t:"es (in P",p:19,x:401,y:-176,w:0,h:16},
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{t:"en",p:19,x:401,y:-238,w:0,h:16},
{t:"t)",p:19,x:401,y:-254,w:0,h:16},
{t:"Subscr",p:19,x:399,y:364,w:0,h:16},
{t:"iptions (m)",p:19,x:399,y:322,w:0,h:16},
{t:"50",p:19,x:408,y:-260,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:19,x:408,y:-217,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:19,x:408,y:-176,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:19,x:408,y:-134,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:19,x:408,y:-93,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:19,x:415,y:-48,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2003",p:19,x:435,y:-43,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2007",p:19,x:451,y:486,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:19,x:504,y:486,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:19,x:551,y:486,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:19,x:606,y:483,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2011",p:19,x:651,y:483,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2012",p:19,x:702,y:483,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2013",p:19,x:753,y:483,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2014",p:19,x:801,y:483,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2004",p:19,x:475,y:-43,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2005",p:19,x:511,y:-41,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2006",p:19,x:547,y:-41,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2007",p:19,x:582,y:-41,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:19,x:621,y:-41,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:19,x:656,y:-41,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:19,x:698,y:-41,w:23,h:12},
{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:19,x:399,y:-105,w:72,h:9},
{t:"Mobile Outbound",p:19,x:453,y:-21,w:87,h:12},
{t:"Fixed Outbound",p:19,x:530,y:0,w:78,h:12},
{t:"VoIP Outbound",p:19,x:575,y:-21,w:74,h:12},
{t:"Fixed broadband",p:19,x:502,y:513,w:82,h:12},
{t:"Mobile broadband",p:19,x:624,y:513,w:90,h:12},
{t:"0",p:19,x:422,y:469,w:11,h:21},
{t:"5",p:19,x:422,y:422,w:11,h:21},
{t:"10",p:19,x:411,y:375,w:22,h:21},
{t:"15",p:19,x:411,y:327,w:22,h:21},
{t:"20",p:19,x:411,y:280,w:22,h:21},
{t:"25",p:19,x:411,y:233,w:22,h:21},
{t:"30",p:19,x:411,y:186,w:22,h:21},
{t:"8",p:19,x:449,y:384,w:9,h:17},
{t:"1",p:19,x:471,y:446,w:9,h:17},
{t:"2",p:19,x:519,y:441,w:9,h:17},
{t:"8",p:19,x:567,y:385,w:9,h:17},
{t:"11",p:19,x:494,y:353,w:18,h:17},
{t:"13",p:19,x:544,y:337,w:18,h:17},
{t:"15",p:19,x:594,y:317,w:18,h:17},
{t:"17",p:19,x:643,y:300,w:18,h:17},
{t:"19",p:19,x:691,y:279,w:18,h:17},
{t:"20",p:19,x:743,y:270,w:18,h:17},
{t:"22",p:19,x:793,y:250,w:18,h:17},
{t:"27",p:19,x:813,y:206,w:18,h:17},
{t:"24",p:19,x:764,y:232,w:18,h:17},
{t:"21",p:19,x:714,y:261,w:18,h:17},
{t:"18",p:19,x:664,y:290,w:18,h:17},
{t:"14",p:19,x:614,y:326,w:18,h:17},
{t:"Source: TeleGeography Research",p:19,x:427,y:1040,w:142,h:13},
{t:"U",p:19,x:403,y:959,w:0,h:16},
{t:"sed In",p:19,x:403,y:949,w:0,h:16},
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{t:"er",p:19,x:403,y:908,w:0,h:16},
{t:"na",p:19,x:403,y:895,w:0,h:16},
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{t:"nnual G",p:19,x:905,y:881,w:0,h:16},
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{t:"2002",p:19,x:464,y:1002,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2003",p:19,x:517,y:1002,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2004",p:19,x:577,y:1002,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2005",p:19,x:637,y:1002,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2006",p:19,x:692,y:1002,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2007",p:19,x:752,y:1002,w:30,h:16},
{t:"2008",p:19,x:811,y:1002,w:30,h:16},
{t:"0",p:19,x:422,y:987,w:11,h:21},
{t:"10",p:19,x:411,y:917,w:22,h:21},
{t:"20",p:19,x:411,y:851,w:22,h:21},
{t:"30",p:19,x:411,y:786,w:22,h:21},
{t:"40",p:19,x:411,y:717,w:22,h:21},
{t:"0%%",p:19,x:848,y:985,w:37,h:21},
{t:"25%",p:19,x:850,y:922,w:35,h:21},
{t:"30%",p:19,x:850,y:854,w:35,h:21},
{t:"35%",p:19,x:850,y:786,w:35,h:21},
{t:"40%",p:19,x:850,y:715,w:35,h:21},
{t:"International Bandwidth Usage",p:19,x:532,y:743,w:150,h:12},
{t:"Annual Growth ",p:19,x:532,y:769,w:76,h:12},
{t:"“Understanding the link between broadband ",p:19,x:90,y:997,w:495,h:37},
{t:"adoption and economic development, ",p:19,x:90,y:1031,w:425,h:37},
{t:"governments throughout Latin America",p:19,x:90,y:1064,w:464,h:37},
{t:"have made broadband deployment a central ",p:19,x:90,y:1097,w:493,h:37},
{t:"theme of their political agendas.” ",p:19,x:90,y:1131,w:371,h:37},
{t:"Jose Mario Lopez, ",p:19,x:90,y:1172,w:161,h:26},
{t:"pyramid research",p:19,x:241,y:1172,w:147,h:26},
{t:"17",p:19,x:897,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009   |  GlobalVision",p:19,x:633,y:1260,w:241,h:18},
{t:"Supporters of the opposition in Iran ",p:20,x:90,y:294,w:250,h:18},
{t:"began encouraging boycotts of telco ",p:20,x:90,y:315,w:253,h:18},
{t:"equipment maker Nokia Siemens ",p:20,x:90,y:335,w:232,h:18},
{t:"Network shortly after the country’s ",p:20,x:90,y:355,w:244,h:18},
{t:"June 12 election for selling sophis-",p:20,x:90,y:376,w:238,h:18},
{t:"ticated Internet surveillance equip-",p:20,x:90,y:396,w:238,h:18},
{t:"ment to government offcials.",p:20,x:90,y:417,w:200,h:18},
{t:"But Nokia Siemens, a joint ",p:20,x:112,y:437,w:194,h:18},
{t:"venture involving Finland-based",p:20,x:90,y:457,w:221,h:18},
{t:"Nokia and German-based Siemens",p:20,x:90,y:478,w:237,h:18},
{t:", ",p:20,x:336,y:478,w:8,h:18},
{t:"said the equipment it installed late ",p:20,x:90,y:498,w:253,h:18},
{t:"last year in Iran is not capable of",p:20,x:90,y:519,w:229,h:18},
{t:"the kind of sophisticated obser",p:20,x:90,y:539,w:212,h:18},
{t:"-",p:20,x:311,y:539,w:4,h:18},
{t:"vation the compan y detractors ",p:20,x:90,y:560,w:222,h:18},
{t:"claim occurred during nationwide ",p:20,x:90,y:580,w:242,h:18},
{t:"demonstrations, which erupted ",p:20,x:90,y:600,w:226,h:18},
{t:"after the election authority ",p:20,x:90,y:621,w:196,h:18},
{t:"declared incumbent President ",p:20,x:90,y:641,w:218,h:18},
{t:"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the o ver-",p:20,x:90,y:662,w:239,h:18},
{t:"whelming winner .",p:20,x:90,y:682,w:123,h:18},
{t:"In a statement the company ",p:20,x:112,y:702,w:200,h:18},
{t:"released, Nokia Siemens explained ",p:20,x:90,y:723,w:249,h:18},
{t:"it provided the Iranian government ",p:20,x:90,y:743,w:249,h:18},
{t:"with “lawful intercept capability ",p:20,x:90,y:764,w:224,h:18},
{t:"solely for the monitoring of local ",p:20,x:90,y:784,w:231,h:18},
{t:"voice calls in Iran. Nokia Siemens ",p:20,x:90,y:804,w:238,h:18},
{t:"Networks has not provided any ",p:20,x:90,y:825,w:223,h:18},
{t:"deep-packet inspection, Web ",p:20,x:90,y:845,w:205,h:18},
{t:"censorship or Internet fltering ",p:20,x:90,y:866,w:218,h:18},
{t:"capability to Iran.”",p:20,x:90,y:886,w:129,h:18},
{t:"However, in a company brochure, ",p:20,x:112,y:907,w:232,h:18},
{t:"the equipment is described as ",p:20,x:90,y:927,w:210,h:18},
{t:"allowing “the monitoring and inter-",p:20,x:90,y:947,w:239,h:18},
{t:"ception of all types of voice and data ",p:20,x:90,y:968,w:256,h:18},
{t:"communication on all networks.”",p:20,x:90,y:988,w:223,h:18},
{t:"Last March, Nokia Siemens ",p:20,x:112,y:1009,w:193,h:18},
{t:"sold off its monitoring technology ",p:20,x:90,y:1029,w:234,h:18},
{t:"to Perusa Partners Fund I L.P., a ",p:20,x:90,y:1049,w:226,h:18},
{t:"private investment frm advised by ",p:20,x:90,y:1070,w:242,h:18},
{t:"Munich-based Perusa GmbH. ",p:20,x:90,y:1090,w:205,h:18},
{t:"“Nokia Siemens Networks made ",p:20,x:112,y:1111,w:225,h:18},
{t:"the decision to exit this business ",p:20,x:90,y:1131,w:228,h:18},
{t:"as it primarily addresses customer ",p:20,x:90,y:1152,w:241,h:18},
{t:"segments which differ from telecom ",p:20,x:90,y:1172,w:248,h:18},
{t:"service providers and is therefore ",p:20,x:90,y:1192,w:233,h:18},
{t:"not part of Nokia Siemens Networks ",p:20,x:90,y:1213,w:254,h:18},
{t:"core business,” the company said in ",p:20,x:361,y:294,w:249,h:18},
{t:"its statement.",p:20,x:361,y:314,w:94,h:18},
{t:"People who have joined the ",p:20,x:384,y:335,w:188,h:18},
{t:"boycott reportedly have destroyed ",p:20,x:361,y:355,w:235,h:18},
{t:"Nokia phones, and are telling friends ",p:20,x:361,y:376,w:252,h:18},
{t:"and family to avoid the company’s ",p:20,x:361,y:396,w:232,h:18},
{t:"products until the company “can ",p:20,x:361,y:417,w:221,h:18},
{t:"make the right ethical choices",p:20,x:361,y:437,w:204,h:18},
{t:".”",p:20,x:561,y:437,w:10,h:18},
{t:"coMMunications  ",p:20,x:361,y:476,w:179,h:21},
{t:"got out",p:20,x:361,y:496,w:81,h:21},
{t:"Mobile networks in Iran, and the ",p:20,x:384,y:519,w:229,h:18},
{t:"subsequent widespread adoption of ",p:20,x:361,y:539,w:249,h:18},
{t:"mobile phones, allowed Iranians to ",p:20,x:361,y:560,w:243,h:18},
{t:"communicate what they were seeing ",p:20,x:361,y:580,w:252,h:18},
{t:"and hearing with the outside world ",p:20,x:361,y:600,w:244,h:18},
{t:"during the demonstrations. Those ",p:20,x:361,y:621,w:236,h:18},
{t:"who support the boycott claim that ",p:20,x:361,y:641,w:246,h:18},
{t:"Iran used the monitoring equipment ",p:20,x:361,y:662,w:252,h:18},
{t:"to gather information so it could ",p:20,x:361,y:682,w:226,h:18},
{t:"quash opposition dissent in the ",p:20,x:361,y:702,w:219,h:18},
{t:"wake of the country’s disputed presi-",p:20,x:361,y:723,w:251,h:18},
{t:"dential election.",p:20,x:361,y:743,w:109,h:18},
{t:"According to the Wall Street ",p:20,x:384,y:764,w:197,h:18},
{t:"Journal, a system that Nokia ",p:20,x:361,y:784,w:202,h:18},
{t:"Siemens – A Finland-based joint ",p:20,x:361,y:805,w:226,h:18},
{t:"venture between the companies – ",p:20,x:361,y:825,w:237,h:18},
{t:"installed provided Iranian authori-",p:20,x:361,y:845,w:233,h:18},
{t:"ties with the ability to conduct ",p:20,x:361,y:866,w:212,h:18},
{t:"deep-packet inspection of online ",p:20,x:361,y:886,w:226,h:18},
{t:"communications to monitor the ",p:20,x:361,y:907,w:219,h:18},
{t:"contents and track the sources of ",p:20,x:361,y:927,w:233,h:18},
{t:"e-mails, voice over IP calls and posts ",p:20,x:361,y:947,w:254,h:18},
{t:"to social networking sites such as ",p:20,x:361,y:968,w:233,h:18},
{t:"Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. ",p:20,x:361,y:988,w:226,h:18},
{t:"The WSJ story, written by ",p:20,x:384,y:1009,w:176,h:18},
{t:"reporters Christopher Rhoads in New ",p:20,x:361,y:1029,w:255,h:18},
{t:"York and Loretta Chao in Beijing, ",p:20,x:361,y:1049,w:225,h:18},
{t:"stated that Iranian’s government and ",p:20,x:361,y:1070,w:253,h:18},
{t:"religious authorities had the ability ",p:20,x:361,y:1090,w:239,h:18},
{t:"to alter content as it intercepted the ",p:20,x:361,y:1111,w:248,h:18},
{t:"traffc from a state-owned Internet ",p:20,x:361,y:1131,w:235,h:18},
{t:"choke point, which is located in  the ",p:20,x:361,y:1152,w:244,h:18},
{t:"government’s telecom monopoly. ",p:20,x:361,y:1172,w:225,h:18},
{t:"Iran, which has an estimated 23 ",p:20,x:384,y:1192,w:225,h:18},
{t:"million users, can track all online ",p:20,x:361,y:1213,w:229,h:18},
{t:"communications through a single ",p:20,x:633,y:294,w:231,h:18},
{t:"location called the Telecommunica-",p:20,x:633,y:314,w:238,h:18},
{t:"tion Infrastructure Co., and all inter-",p:20,x:633,y:335,w:248,h:18},
{t:"national links into the country run ",p:20,x:633,y:355,w:237,h:18},
{t:"through the company.",p:20,x:633,y:376,w:149,h:18},
{t:"Actual monit oring of telecom",p:20,x:655,y:396,w:203,h:18},
{t:"-",p:20,x:866,y:396,w:4,h:18},
{t:"munications in Iran reportedly ",p:20,x:633,y:417,w:224,h:18},
{t:"began long before the election ",p:20,x:633,y:437,w:226,h:18},
{t:"turmoil, as it appar",p:20,x:633,y:457,w:132,h:18},
{t:"ently moni",p:20,x:774,y:457,w:72,h:18},
{t:"-",p:20,x:851,y:457,w:4,h:18},
{t:"tored Internet communications ",p:20,x:633,y:478,w:229,h:18},
{t:"as a way to block pornography ",p:20,x:633,y:498,w:227,h:18},
{t:"and any material it deemed offen",p:20,x:633,y:519,w:230,h:18},
{t:"-",p:20,x:875,y:519,w:4,h:18},
{t:"sive to the government. F or the ",p:20,x:633,y:539,w:233,h:18},
{t:"past eight y ears, Internet service",p:20,x:633,y:559,w:231,h:18},
{t:"providers in Iran were required ",p:20,x:633,y:580,w:229,h:18},
{t:"by the government to install ",p:20,x:633,y:600,w:209,h:18},
{t:"filtering systems. All international ",p:20,x:633,y:621,w:250,h:18},
{t:"connections ar e linked to a single ",p:20,x:633,y:641,w:248,h:18},
{t:"gateway, which is contr",p:20,x:633,y:662,w:161,h:18},
{t:"olled by ",p:20,x:801,y:662,w:61,h:18},
{t:"the country’ s telecom monopoly",p:20,x:633,y:682,w:224,h:18},
{t:". ",p:20,x:864,y:682,w:8,h:18},
{t:"everybody does it",p:20,x:633,y:721,w:169,h:21},
{t:"A spokesperson for Nokia ",p:20,x:655,y:743,w:185,h:18},
{t:"Siemens insists the equipment ",p:20,x:633,y:764,w:217,h:18},
{t:"is incapable of conducting deep-",p:20,x:633,y:784,w:221,h:18},
{t:"packet inspection of Internet ",p:20,x:633,y:805,w:205,h:18},
{t:"communications or surveillance. ",p:20,x:633,y:825,w:228,h:18},
{t:"The company said it installed a cell ",p:20,x:633,y:845,w:249,h:18},
{t:"phone network in Iran, and like all ",p:20,x:633,y:866,w:244,h:18},
{t:"modern telco switches, the equip-",p:20,x:633,y:886,w:235,h:18},
{t:"ment includes a capability that ",p:20,x:633,y:907,w:220,h:18},
{t:"allows the government to conduct ",p:20,x:633,y:927,w:240,h:18},
{t:"wiretaps of telephone calls made ",p:20,x:633,y:947,w:234,h:18},
{t:"from targeted numbers.",p:20,x:633,y:968,w:166,h:18},
{t:"Most nations’ governments ",p:20,x:655,y:988,w:191,h:18},
{t:"require telecommunications compa-",p:20,x:633,y:1009,w:245,h:18},
{t:"nies to provide “lawful intercept” ",p:20,x:633,y:1029,w:227,h:18},
{t:"capability, so that law enforcement ",p:20,x:633,y:1050,w:243,h:18},
{t:"agencies can eavesdrop on calls to ",p:20,x:633,y:1070,w:241,h:18},
{t:"investigate criminal activity. ",p:20,x:633,y:1090,w:194,h:18},
{t:"“In most countries ar ound the ",p:20,x:655,y:1111,w:205,h:18},
{t:"world, including all EU member ",p:20,x:633,y:1131,w:215,h:18},
{t:"states and the U.S., telecommunica",p:20,x:633,y:1152,w:243,h:18},
{t:"-",p:20,x:871,y:1152,w:4,h:18},
{t:"tions networks are legally required ",p:20,x:633,y:1172,w:237,h:18},
{t:"to have the capability for Lawful ",p:20,x:633,y:1192,w:219,h:18},
{t:"Intercept and this is also the case in ",p:20,x:633,y:1213,w:246,h:18},
{t:"noKia siemens answers boycott ",p:20,x:75,y:99,w:863,h:57},
{t:"effort after iranian election",p:20,x:75,y:149,w:791,h:57},
{t:"By Bruce Christian",p:20,x:78,y:241,w:110,h:15},
{t:"MIddLE EasT/aFRIca",p:20,x:60,y:28,w:198,h:22},
{t:"18",p:20,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:20,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:20,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"Iran,” Nokia Siemens st ates. “Lawful ",p:21,x:90,y:90,w:247,h:18},
{t:"Intercept is specifed in standards ",p:21,x:90,y:110,w:231,h:18},
{t:"defned by the European Telecommu-",p:21,x:90,y:131,w:249,h:18},
{t:"nications Standards Institute and the ",p:21,x:90,y:151,w:253,h:18},
{t:"3rd Generation Partnership Project.",p:21,x:90,y:172,w:242,h:18},
{t:"“To fulfll this La wful Intercept ",p:21,x:112,y:192,w:216,h:18},
{t:"requirement as part of an e xpan-",p:21,x:90,y:212,w:236,h:18},
{t:"sion to provide further mobile ",p:21,x:90,y:233,w:218,h:18},
{t:"connectivity to Iran in the second ",p:21,x:90,y:253,w:242,h:18},
{t:"half of 2008, Nokia Siemens ",p:21,x:90,y:274,w:209,h:18},
{t:"Networks provided TCI, the Iranian ",p:21,x:90,y:294,w:253,h:18},
{t:"national oper ator, with the capa",p:21,x:90,y:315,w:225,h:18},
{t:"-",p:21,x:319,y:315,w:4,h:18},
{t:"bility to conduct voice monitoring ",p:21,x:90,y:335,w:243,h:18},
{t:"of local calls on its fxed and ",p:21,x:90,y:355,w:207,h:18},
{t:"mobile netw ork.”",p:21,x:90,y:376,w:120,h:18},
{t:"And in fact, what Iran is doing ",p:21,x:112,y:396,w:210,h:18},
{t:"is not exclusive. Governments ",p:21,x:90,y:417,w:207,h:18},
{t:"are using these technologies and ",p:21,x:90,y:437,w:229,h:18},
{t:"experimenting with them for their ",p:21,x:90,y:457,w:236,h:18},
{t:"own purposes, including Australia, ",p:21,x:90,y:478,w:239,h:18},
{t:"Germany, the United Kingdome and ",p:21,x:90,y:498,w:250,h:18},
{t:"the United States.",p:21,x:90,y:519,w:123,h:18},
{t:"iMproving the ",p:21,x:90,y:557,w:142,h:21},
{t:"equipMent?",p:21,x:90,y:578,w:110,h:21},
{t:"Nokia Siemens’ statement ",p:21,x:112,y:600,w:187,h:18},
{t:"further stated: “The restricted ",p:21,x:90,y:621,w:214,h:18},
{t:"functionality monitoring center ",p:21,x:361,y:90,w:220,h:18},
{t:"provided by Nokia Siemens ",p:21,x:361,y:110,w:196,h:18},
{t:"Networks in Iran cannot provide ",p:21,x:361,y:131,w:229,h:18},
{t:"data monitoring, Internet moni -",p:21,x:361,y:151,w:221,h:18},
{t:"toring, deep-packet inspection, ",p:21,x:361,y:172,w:221,h:18},
{t:"international call monitoring or ",p:21,x:361,y:192,w:223,h:18},
{t:"speech recognition. Therefore, ",p:21,x:361,y:212,w:215,h:18},
{t:"contrary to speculation in the ",p:21,x:361,y:233,w:210,h:18},
{t:"media, the technology supplied by ",p:21,x:361,y:253,w:245,h:18},
{t:"Nokia Siemens Networks cannot be ",p:21,x:361,y:274,w:254,h:18},
{t:"used for the monitoring or censor -",p:21,x:361,y:294,w:240,h:18},
{t:"ship of internet tr affc.”",p:21,x:361,y:315,w:162,h:18},
{t:"But Rhodes and Chao wrote that ",p:21,x:384,y:335,w:229,h:18},
{t:"Iran took the equipment provided ",p:21,x:361,y:355,w:235,h:18},
{t:"and developed one of the world’s ",p:21,x:361,y:376,w:231,h:18},
{t:"most sophisticated mechanisms ",p:21,x:361,y:396,w:223,h:18},
{t:"for controlling and censoring the ",p:21,x:361,y:417,w:227,h:18},
{t:"Internet. They wrote that Iran can ",p:21,x:361,y:437,w:236,h:18},
{t:"examine the content of individual ",p:21,x:361,y:457,w:233,h:18},
{t:"online communications on a massive ",p:21,x:361,y:478,w:255,h:18},
{t:"scale and can block access to Web ",p:21,x:361,y:498,w:239,h:18},
{t:"sites or sever Internet connections.",p:21,x:361,y:519,w:240,h:18},
{t:"Technology experts say Iranian ",p:21,x:384,y:539,w:215,h:18},
{t:"offcials also can engage in deep-",p:21,x:361,y:559,w:226,h:18},
{t:"packet inspections, allowing them ",p:21,x:361,y:580,w:235,h:18},
{t:"to block transmissions and monitor ",p:21,x:361,y:600,w:246,h:18},
{t:"communications. They can report-",p:21,x:361,y:621,w:232,h:18},
{t:"edly gather information about ",p:21,x:633,y:90,w:210,h:18},
{t:"the people who are sending and ",p:21,x:633,y:110,w:224,h:18},
{t:"receiving the messages, and they ",p:21,x:633,y:131,w:231,h:18},
{t:"have the ability to alter the commu-",p:21,x:633,y:151,w:245,h:18},
{t:"nication to spread disinformation. ",p:21,x:633,y:172,w:236,h:18},
{t:"Deep-packet inspection involves ",p:21,x:655,y:192,w:214,h:18},
{t:"inserting equipment int",p:21,x:633,y:212,w:160,h:18},
{t:"o a fow of ",p:21,x:786,y:212,w:73,h:18},
{t:"online data. Every digitiz ed packet ",p:21,x:633,y:233,w:230,h:18},
{t:"is deconstructed, examined for ",p:21,x:633,y:253,w:207,h:18},
{t:"keywords and reconstructed within",p:21,x:633,y:274,w:234,h:18},
{t:"milliseconds .",p:21,x:633,y:294,w:83,h:18},
{t:"During the crisis in Iran following ",p:21,x:655,y:314,w:230,h:18},
{t:"its election, while the government ",p:21,x:633,y:335,w:236,h:18},
{t:"cracked down on telephone calls, ",p:21,x:633,y:355,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Internet traffc, Twitter and social ",p:21,x:633,y:376,w:232,h:18},
{t:"networks were allowed to continue, ",p:21,x:633,y:396,w:245,h:18},
{t:"even though speeds reportedly were ",p:21,x:633,y:417,w:253,h:18},
{t:"much slower than normal, which ",p:21,x:633,y:437,w:226,h:18},
{t:"prompted the speculation that the ",p:21,x:633,y:457,w:240,h:18},
{t:"data were being choked, examined ",p:21,x:633,y:478,w:243,h:18},
{t:"and then let go.",p:21,x:633,y:498,w:108,h:18},
{t:"Because governments and tech-",p:21,x:655,y:519,w:218,h:18},
{t:"nology experts are able to do this, ",p:21,x:633,y:539,w:240,h:18},
{t:"human rights groups worldwide are ",p:21,x:633,y:559,w:247,h:18},
{t:"calling for companies to refuse to ",p:21,x:633,y:580,w:232,h:18},
{t:"sell such equipment to “repressive” ",p:21,x:633,y:600,w:244,h:18},
{t:"governments.",p:21,x:633,y:621,w:92,h:18},
{t:"19",p:21,x:897,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009   |  GlobalVision",p:21,x:633,y:1260,w:241,h:18},
{t:"More than 50 percent ",p:22,x:638,y:427,w:252,h:162},
{t:"of mobile voice traf-",p:22,x:763,y:478,w:129,h:18},
{t:"fc will be carried ",p:22,x:763,y:499,w:113,h:18},
{t:"using end-to-end ",p:22,x:763,y:519,w:113,h:18},
{t:"voice over Internet ",p:22,x:763,y:539,w:124,h:18},
{t:"Protocol (VoIP) within the next 10 years, ",p:22,x:634,y:560,w:264,h:18},
{t:"according to a recently released study by ",p:22,x:629,y:580,w:260,h:18},
{t:"Gartner Inc.",p:22,x:625,y:601,w:79,h:18},
{t:"Mobile VoIP offered by third-party, ",p:22,x:644,y:621,w:231,h:18},
{t:"application-based providers poses a huge ",p:22,x:616,y:641,w:261,h:18},
{t:"and direct challenge to the $692.6 billion ",p:22,x:611,y:662,w:264,h:18},
{t:"global mobile voice market, the study released ",p:22,x:606,y:682,w:296,h:18},
{t:"in May concludes.",p:22,x:620,y:703,w:114,h:18},
{t:"Similarly, research company",p:22,x:694,y:723,w:181,h:18},
{t:"Disruptive Analysis unveiled ",p:22,x:686,y:744,w:196,h:18},
{t:"a report in June that calls",p:22,x:698,y:764,w:159,h:18},
{t:"mobile VoIP “a major force ",p:22,x:703,y:784,w:189,h:18},
{t:"over the next five years, ",p:22,x:705,y:805,w:164,h:18},
{t:"rapidly outpacing voice over ",p:22,x:705,y:825,w:195,h:18},
{t:"By Bruce Christian ",p:22,x:774,y:414,w:114,h:15},
{t:"MOBILE VOIP GROWTH STEADY  ",p:22,x:78,y:275,w:855,h:65},
{t:"                   FOR NEXT DECADE",p:22,x:78,y:335,w:804,h:65},
{t:"Direct Chall enge",p:22,x:68,y:25,w:1309,h:277},
{t:"20",p:22,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:22,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:22,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"Wi-Fi.” It predicts the number of VoIP over 3G  ",p:23,x:135,y:335,w:334,h:18},
{t:"users will top 250 million by the end of 2012 — ",p:23,x:135,y:356,w:326,h:18},
{t:"from virtually zero in 2007. ",p:23,x:135,y:376,w:189,h:18},
{t:"To truly understand the growth opportunities, ",p:23,x:157,y:396,w:322,h:18},
{t:"however, looking internationally is important. By ",p:23,x:135,y:417,w:343,h:18},
{t:"identifying the larger wireless markets as having ",p:23,x:135,y:437,w:336,h:18},
{t:"at least 20 million subscribers, at the end of the ",p:23,x:135,y:458,w:331,h:18},
{t:"first quarter in 2009, there were 37 such countries ",p:23,x:135,y:478,w:350,h:18},
{t:"worldwide. The average annual growth rate for ",p:23,x:135,y:499,w:329,h:18},
{t:"these markets during the next five years will range ",p:23,x:135,y:519,w:350,h:18},
{t:"from 1 percent to 23 percent, according to T",p:23,x:135,y:539,w:284,h:18},
{t:"ele-",p:23,x:443,y:539,w:25,h:18},
{t:"Geography Research.",p:23,x:135,y:560,w:136,h:18},
{t:"“There is a huge range in growth ",p:23,x:157,y:580,w:214,h:18},
{t:"rates, which presents a real chal-",p:23,x:135,y:601,w:205,h:18},
{t:"lenge to companies targeting the ",p:23,x:135,y:621,w:211,h:18},
{t:"markets,” says TeleGeography ",p:23,x:135,y:641,w:195,h:18},
{t:"executive director John Dins-",p:23,x:135,y:662,w:187,h:18},
{t:"dale. “Many will be surprised ",p:23,x:135,y:682,w:188,h:18},
{t:"by some of the countries at the ",p:23,x:135,y:703,w:199,h:18},
{t:"extremes of this range. For ex-",p:23,x:135,y:723,w:193,h:18},
{t:"ample, many coun-",p:23,x:135,y:744,w:121,h:18},
{t:"tries in Eastern ",p:23,x:135,y:764,w:100,h:18},
{t:"Europe have very rapidly moved from subscriber boom ",p:23,x:512,y:335,w:353,h:18},
{t:"to saturation and minimal growth.”",p:23,x:512,y:356,w:223,h:18},
{t:"Gartner predicts that over time traditional network-",p:23,x:534,y:376,w:330,h:18},
{t:"based mobile carriers face the real prospect of losing a ",p:23,x:512,y:396,w:346,h:18},
{t:"major slice of their voice ",p:23,x:512,y:417,w:159,h:18},
{t:"traffc to new non-infra-",p:23,x:512,y:437,w:154,h:18},
{t:"structure players that use ",p:23,x:512,y:458,w:162,h:18},
{t:"VoIP. However, the study ",p:23,x:512,y:478,w:165,h:18},
{t:"also suggests the growth ",p:23,x:512,y:498,w:158,h:18},
{t:"will take time before rapid ",p:23,x:512,y:519,w:170,h:18},
{t:"expansion begins. ",p:23,x:512,y:539,w:115,h:18},
{t:"MOBILE VOIP GROWTH STEADY  ",p:23,x:-896,y:275,w:855,h:65},
{t:"                   ",p:23,x:-602,y:335,w:299,h:65},
{t:"FOR",p:23,x:-512,y:335,w:108,h:65},
{t:"NEXTDECADE",p:23,x:-352,y:335,w:337,h:65},
{t:"Dir ec",p:23,x:-745,y:25,w:321,h:277},
{t:"t Chall",p:23,x:-69,y:25,w:475,h:277},
{t:"enge",p:23,x:24,y:25,w:377,h:277},
{t:"21",p:23,x:897,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009   |  GlobalVision",p:23,x:633,y:1260,w:241,h:18},
{t:"Five-year lull",p:24,x:90,y:67,w:124,h:21},
{t:"Despite the signifcant potential,",p:24,x:112,y:90,w:206,h:18},
{t:"conditions for rapid expansion in use ",p:24,x:90,y:111,w:242,h:18},
{t:"of mobile VoIP likely won’t be ready ",p:24,x:90,y:131,w:240,h:18},
{t:"for another fve years, the Gartner ",p:24,x:90,y:151,w:226,h:18},
{t:"study fnds.",p:24,x:90,y:172,w:72,h:18},
{t:"“Mass-scale adoption of end-to-end ",p:24,x:112,y:192,w:220,h:18},
{t:"mobile V oIP calling will not happen until",p:24,x:90,y:213,w:260,h:18},
{t:"fourth-generation (4G) networks are",p:24,x:90,y:233,w:232,h:18},
{t:"fully implemented in 2017,” says T",p:24,x:90,y:254,w:222,h:18},
{t:"ole ",p:24,x:299,y:254,w:22,h:18},
{t:"Hart, research director at Gartner . “Once ",p:24,x:90,y:274,w:255,h:18},
{t:"the basic market conditions are in place,",p:24,x:90,y:294,w:253,h:18},
{t:"transition to mobile portal V",p:24,x:90,y:315,w:182,h:18},
{t:"oIP should ",p:24,x:262,y:315,w:70,h:18},
{t:"be fairly rapid because of the inherent",p:24,x:90,y:335,w:239,h:18},
{t:"convenience and end-user cost savings. ",p:24,x:90,y:356,w:239,h:18},
{t:"“In 10 years’ time we expect that 30 ",p:24,x:112,y:376,w:230,h:18},
{t:"percent of mobile voice traffc will be ",p:24,x:90,y:396,w:239,h:18},
{t:"carried out through third-party mobile ",p:24,x:90,y:417,w:249,h:18},
{t:"portals, such as Google, Facebook, ",p:24,x:90,y:437,w:223,h:18},
{t:"MySpace and Yahoo, which will adopt ",p:24,x:90,y:458,w:244,h:18},
{t:"wireless VoIP service as a voice option ",p:24,x:90,y:478,w:245,h:18},
{t:"to their current communications hub,” ",p:24,x:90,y:499,w:249,h:18},
{t:"Hart says.",p:24,x:90,y:519,w:63,h:18},
{t:"Companies such as Skype, Tru-",p:24,x:112,y:539,w:199,h:18},
{t:"phone and fring, which carry VoIP ",p:24,x:90,y:560,w:223,h:18},
{t:"traffc using mobile phones, offer ac-",p:24,x:90,y:580,w:233,h:18},
{t:"cess to voice services via Wi-Fi and/or ",p:24,x:90,y:601,w:245,h:18},
{t:"the carriers’ wireless voice networks. ",p:24,x:90,y:621,w:235,h:18},
{t:"This has been the most effcient way ",p:24,x:90,y:641,w:234,h:18},
{t:"to offer mobile VoIP because of the ",p:24,x:90,y:662,w:229,h:18},
{t:"inconsistencies of voice services over ",p:24,x:90,y:682,w:235,h:18},
{t:"third-generation data networks.",p:24,x:90,y:703,w:201,h:18},
{t:"However, with continued advances ",p:24,x:384,y:315,w:224,h:18},
{t:"in 4G networks (WiMAX and Long ",p:24,x:361,y:335,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Term Evolution) and increased use of ",p:24,x:361,y:356,w:240,h:18},
{t:"smartphones with open operating sys-",p:24,x:361,y:376,w:240,h:18},
{t:"tems, Gartner’s study points to the con-",p:24,x:361,y:396,w:251,h:18},
{t:"ceivability that wireless voice services ",p:24,x:361,y:417,w:239,h:18},
{t:"will be run completely over VoIP .",p:24,x:361,y:437,w:211,h:18},
{t:"“T en years from now",p:24,x:384,y:458,w:132,h:18},
{t:", more than half",p:24,x:510,y:458,w:101,h:18},
{t:"of mobile voice traffc will be carried ",p:24,x:361,y:478,w:225,h:18},
{t:"end-to-end using V",p:24,x:361,y:498,w:124,h:18},
{t:"oIP ,” says Akshay",p:24,x:478,y:498,w:108,h:18},
{t:"Sharma, research director at Gartner",p:24,x:361,y:519,w:233,h:18},
{t:". ",p:24,x:583,y:519,w:7,h:18},
{t:"“Carriers will adopt voice services ",p:24,x:361,y:539,w:208,h:18},
{t:"because of the increased capacity and",p:24,x:361,y:560,w:234,h:18},
{t:"reduced cost of delivering voice over 4G ",p:24,x:361,y:580,w:248,h:18},
{t:"networks. Third parties will adopt a voice ",p:24,x:361,y:601,w:255,h:18},
{t:"option for their communications hub.”",p:24,x:361,y:621,w:245,h:18},
{t:"anytiMe, anywhere",p:24,x:361,y:659,w:180,h:21},
{t:"A 4G system will upgrade exist -",p:24,x:384,y:682,w:205,h:18},
{t:"ing communication networks and is ",p:24,x:361,y:703,w:234,h:18},
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{t:"Connectivity and Networking: 13",p:26,x:360,y:641,w:97,h:8},
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{t:"SESSION FORMATS ",p:26,x:1461,y:638,w:184,h:23},
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{t:"TOPICS INCLUDE",p:26,x:1461,y:851,w:159,h:23},
{t:"The network is the computer: What cloud ",p:26,x:1476,y:879,w:302,h:20},
{t:"computing means for infrastructure providers  ",p:26,x:1476,y:899,w:337,h:20},
{t:"and services",p:26,x:1476,y:919,w:91,h:20},
{t:"Users take control: Consumer-centric ",p:26,x:1476,y:944,w:276,h:20},
{t:"communications and user-generated applications",p:26,x:1476,y:965,w:358,h:20},
{t:"Opportunities at the base of the pyramid: ",p:26,x:1476,y:990,w:300,h:20},
{t:"Connecting the unconnected",p:26,x:1476,y:1010,w:209,h:20},
{t:"Mobile broadband: Innovation and applications",p:26,x:1476,y:1035,w:339,h:20},
{t:"Smart cities, smart planet",p:26,x:1476,y:1061,w:185,h:20},
{t:"How governments and civil society are shaping ",p:26,x:1476,y:1086,w:345,h:20},
{t:"networks",p:26,x:1476,y:1106,w:67,h:20},
{t:"How networks are shaping government and ",p:26,x:1476,y:1131,w:337,h:20},
{t:"civil society: Serving the non-commercial ",p:26,x:1476,y:1152,w:318,h:20},
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{t:"Future is past",p:28,x:90,y:333,w:128,h:21},
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{t:"today femtocells, small cellular base ",p:28,x:90,y:1213,w:229,h:18},
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{t:"mobile VoIP . ",p:28,x:361,y:356,w:85,h:18},
{t:"“The main similarities are that the ",p:28,x:384,y:376,w:222,h:18},
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{t:"trollers, eventually leading to notions ",p:28,x:361,y:437,w:239,h:18},
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{t:"remain native IP end-to-end with the ",p:28,x:361,y:498,w:240,h:18},
{t:"same codec,” says Sharma.",p:28,x:361,y:519,w:167,h:18},
{t:"He adds that proprietary approach-",p:28,x:384,y:539,w:224,h:18},
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{t:"soft-switch technology and that fxed ",p:28,x:361,y:641,w:237,h:18},
{t:"mobile convergence attempts to bridge ",p:28,x:361,y:662,w:251,h:18},
{t:"session continuity across both fxed and ",p:28,x:361,y:682,w:253,h:18},
{t:"wireless networks.",p:28,x:361,y:703,w:115,h:18},
{t:"diFFering technologies",p:28,x:361,y:741,w:227,h:21},
{t:"Global System for Mobile (GSM) ",p:28,x:384,y:764,w:222,h:18},
{t:"communication is a digital mobile",p:28,x:361,y:784,w:214,h:18},
{t:"telephony system that uses a varia -",p:28,x:361,y:805,w:224,h:18},
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{t:"(TDMA) over a licensed spectrum,",p:28,x:361,y:846,w:221,h:18},
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{t:"By deploying UMA technology , ser-",p:28,x:361,y:968,w:233,h:18},
{t:"vice providers allow subscribers to ",p:28,x:361,y:989,w:225,h:18},
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{t:"networks and public and private unli -",p:28,x:361,y:1029,w:242,h:18},
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{t:"mode mobile handsets. ",p:28,x:361,y:1070,w:152,h:18},
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{t:"ferences Sharma pointed out. They ",p:28,x:361,y:1111,w:227,h:18},
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{t:"IPv6 with 256 bit encryption, Sharma ",p:28,x:633,y:417,w:242,h:18},
{t:"points out.",p:28,x:633,y:437,w:68,h:18},
{t:"The company’ s analysts expect",p:28,x:655,y:458,w:198,h:18},
{t:"the opening of the VoIP channels ",p:28,x:633,y:478,w:229,h:18},
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{t:"a communications link. This means ",p:28,x:633,y:560,w:242,h:18},
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{t:"these types of communication be",p:28,x:633,y:641,w:208,h:18},
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{t:"-",p:28,x:852,y:682,w:5,h:18},
{t:"suming nature.",p:28,x:633,y:703,w:94,h:18},
{t:"While Gartner’s study points out ",p:28,x:655,y:723,w:221,h:18},
{t:"growth in mobile V oIP, a Dell’Oro ",p:28,x:633,y:743,w:233,h:18},
{t:"Group study indicates that fxed VoIP ",p:28,x:633,y:764,w:253,h:18},
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{t:"about the networking and telecom",p:28,x:633,y:846,w:217,h:18},
{t:"-",p:28,x:860,y:846,w:5,h:18},
{t:"munications industries says that fxed",p:28,x:633,y:866,w:234,h:18},
{t:"VoIP lines will decline this year for",p:28,x:633,y:886,w:222,h:18},
{t:"the frst time since it was introduced. ",p:28,x:633,y:907,w:248,h:18},
{t:"Even so, VoIP penetration is ex",p:28,x:633,y:927,w:201,h:18},
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{t:"iMpressive growth",p:28,x:633,y:1047,w:178,h:21},
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{t:"4.16 billion worldwide, which is a 19 ",p:28,x:633,y:1152,w:235,h:18},
{t:"percent increase from a year earlier, ",p:28,x:633,y:1172,w:230,h:18},
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{t:"facebook,",p:28,x:664,y:209,w:131,h:41},
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{t:"tole hart, Gartner",p:28,x:360,y:287,w:147,h:26},
{t:"26",p:28,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:28,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:28,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"Although the shift to 4G will be ",p:29,x:112,y:90,w:225,h:18},
{t:"gradual as networks roll out, Gart",p:29,x:90,y:111,w:213,h:18},
{t:"-",p:29,x:324,y:111,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ner advises carriers to start thinking",p:29,x:90,y:131,w:226,h:18},
{t:"now about how the transition will ",p:29,x:90,y:151,w:236,h:18},
{t:"occur and how they might cooper",p:29,x:90,y:172,w:213,h:18},
{t:"-",p:29,x:321,y:172,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ate and partner with other types of ",p:29,x:90,y:192,w:243,h:18},
{t:"service providers.",p:29,x:90,y:213,w:110,h:18},
{t:"U.S. carriers are expected to be in ",p:29,x:112,y:233,w:218,h:18},
{t:"this mix. The U.S. often seems to lag ",p:29,x:90,y:254,w:239,h:18},
{t:"behind in applying some of the tech-",p:29,x:90,y:274,w:233,h:18},
{t:"nologies driving cellcos, VoIP and now ",p:29,x:90,y:294,w:250,h:18},
{t:"mobile VoIP growth internationally. ",p:29,x:90,y:315,w:233,h:18},
{t:"But Sharma says that with Apple App ",p:29,x:90,y:335,w:239,h:18},
{t:"Stores, Nokia Ovi, etc., and Google ",p:29,x:90,y:356,w:230,h:18},
{t:"Android, the U.S. market may not fall ",p:29,x:90,y:376,w:244,h:18},
{t:"behind, as long as third-party provid-",p:29,x:90,y:396,w:236,h:18},
{t:"ers, such as Google and Yahoo, look to ",p:29,x:90,y:417,w:248,h:18},
{t:"offer voice services using the carriers’ ",p:29,x:90,y:437,w:240,h:18},
{t:"networks and Wi-Fi to leverage their ",p:29,x:90,y:458,w:238,h:18},
{t:"portfolio of services, which is one rec-",p:29,x:90,y:478,w:241,h:18},
{t:"ommendation in the Gartner study.",p:29,x:90,y:499,w:224,h:18},
{t:"Sharma adds that another reason ",p:29,x:112,y:519,w:211,h:18},
{t:"the United States may be in the race ",p:29,x:90,y:539,w:234,h:18},
{t:"for mobile VoIP is because NTT  ",p:29,x:90,y:560,w:217,h:18},
{t:"DoCoMo opened applications to third ",p:29,x:90,y:580,w:248,h:18},
{t:"parties, which was not historically the ",p:29,x:90,y:601,w:241,h:18},
{t:"case in the United States. In the past, ",p:29,x:90,y:621,w:239,h:18},
{t:"applications tended to be carrier con-",p:29,x:90,y:641,w:237,h:18},
{t:"trolled with Walled Gardens -- a closed ",p:29,x:90,y:662,w:254,h:18},
{t:"set or exclusive set of information ser-",p:29,x:90,y:682,w:240,h:18},
{t:"vices provided for users. ",p:29,x:90,y:703,w:156,h:18},
{t:"Still, because of partnerships, such ",p:29,x:112,y:723,w:221,h:18},
{t:"as the one 3 has with Skype in the ",p:29,x:90,y:743,w:218,h:18},
{t:"United Kingdom, Sharma said the ",p:29,x:90,y:764,w:221,h:18},
{t:"British Isles maybe a leader in the feld. ",p:29,x:90,y:784,w:252,h:18},
{t:"Similar partnerships are not yet evident ",p:29,x:90,y:805,w:253,h:18},
{t:"in the United States.",p:29,x:90,y:825,w:130,h:18},
{t:"Skype on 3 is a free Internet service",p:29,x:384,y:315,w:225,h:18},
{t:"that gives consumers free Skype-to-",p:29,x:361,y:335,w:226,h:18},
{t:"Skype calls and free ‘chats’ (instant ",p:29,x:361,y:356,w:213,h:18},
{t:"messages) from the United Kingdom to ",p:29,x:361,y:376,w:244,h:18},
{t:"other people who use Skype. But for it to",p:29,x:361,y:396,w:260,h:18},
{t:"work, the users must have a Skype com",p:29,x:361,y:417,w:247,h:18},
{t:"-",p:29,x:597,y:417,w:5,h:18},
{t:"patible 3 mobile phone and a 3 SIM card.",p:29,x:361,y:437,w:262,h:18},
{t:"Because third-party providers ",p:29,x:384,y:458,w:191,h:18},
{t:"do populate the mobile VoIP space, ",p:29,x:361,y:478,w:229,h:18},
{t:"Sharma says he believes that carriers ",p:29,x:361,y:498,w:234,h:18},
{t:"will eventually begin to show concern ",p:29,x:361,y:519,w:242,h:18},
{t:"regarding OTT (over the top) the ",p:29,x:361,y:539,w:219,h:18},
{t:"open-ness clause the Federal Commu-",p:29,x:361,y:560,w:243,h:18},
{t:"nications Commission requires in the ",p:29,x:361,y:580,w:240,h:18},
{t:"700 MHz spectrum allocations, which ",p:29,x:361,y:601,w:244,h:18},
{t:"Google required.",p:29,x:361,y:621,w:109,h:18},
{t:"“So far carriers have closed the devices ",p:29,x:384,y:641,w:231,h:18},
{t:"to not support third-party VoIP , or have ",p:29,x:361,y:662,w:239,h:18},
{t:"policy-based control for carrier",p:29,x:361,y:682,w:197,h:18},
{t:"-based ",p:29,x:544,y:682,w:42,h:18},
{t:"VoIP using IMS, or have DPI: deep pack",p:29,x:361,y:703,w:258,h:18},
{t:"-",p:29,x:603,y:703,w:5,h:18},
{t:"et inspection tools,” Sharma explained.",p:29,x:361,y:723,w:246,h:18},
{t:"heading For 4g",p:29,x:361,y:761,w:147,h:21},
{t:"While the Gartner study addresses ",p:29,x:384,y:784,w:223,h:18},
{t:"mobile VoIP, the 4G networks, which is ",p:29,x:361,y:805,w:255,h:18},
{t:"where the industry is moving, will open ",p:29,x:361,y:825,w:254,h:18},
{t:"all sorts of possibilities for other appli-",p:29,x:633,y:315,w:244,h:18},
{t:"cations, and Sharma said he eventually ",p:29,x:633,y:335,w:247,h:18},
{t:"can see the cellphone as a remote-con-",p:29,x:633,y:356,w:245,h:18},
{t:"trol for video session continuity. For ",p:29,x:633,y:376,w:234,h:18},
{t:"example, an individual can be watching ",p:29,x:633,y:396,w:251,h:18},
{t:"a video on his or her cellphone, and ",p:29,x:633,y:417,w:229,h:18},
{t:"walk into a room, and “auto-magically” ",p:29,x:633,y:437,w:252,h:18},
{t:"watch it on the preferred device such as ",p:29,x:633,y:458,w:253,h:18},
{t:"a television or PC. ",p:29,x:633,y:478,w:121,h:18},
{t:"“HD video is the real application ",p:29,x:655,y:499,w:213,h:18},
{t:"that makes use of the bandwidth,” ",p:29,x:633,y:519,w:218,h:18},
{t:"Sharma stated.",p:29,x:633,y:539,w:93,h:18},
{t:"In the meantime, the legacy tele",p:29,x:655,y:560,w:203,h:18},
{t:"-",p:29,x:868,y:560,w:5,h:18},
{t:"phone companies have to decide what",p:29,x:633,y:580,w:239,h:18},
{t:"to do, or they will fall behind. T",p:29,x:633,y:601,w:203,h:18},
{t:"-Mo-",p:29,x:846,y:601,w:35,h:18},
{t:"bile, Clearwire, Sprint W",p:29,x:633,y:621,w:161,h:18},
{t:"iMAX and ",p:29,x:801,y:621,w:72,h:18},
{t:"cable companies offering high-speed",p:29,x:633,y:641,w:231,h:18},
{t:"services and broadband capacity are",p:29,x:633,y:662,w:225,h:18},
{t:"emerging as players. T raditional mo -",p:29,x:633,y:682,w:243,h:18},
{t:"bile carriers will have more diffculty",p:29,x:633,y:703,w:232,h:18},
{t:"fnding ways to protect voice margins.",p:29,x:633,y:723,w:240,h:18},
{t:"Attempts to block mobile VoIP likely ",p:29,x:633,y:743,w:250,h:18},
{t:"would send the blocking parties into ",p:29,x:633,y:764,w:244,h:18},
{t:"courts to fght Net Neutrality battles, ",p:29,x:633,y:784,w:252,h:18},
{t:"which would be expensive and a los",p:29,x:633,y:805,w:223,h:18},
{t:"-",p:29,x:866,y:805,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ing cause.",p:29,x:633,y:825,w:61,h:18},
{t:"Network Services",p:29,x:676,y:1036,w:103,h:16},
{t:"Data Center Services",p:29,x:676,y:1068,w:122,h:16},
{t:"Video Business Services",p:29,x:676,y:1100,w:140,h:16},
{t:"IP Transit and Transport",p:29,x:675,y:1049,w:129,h:16},
{t:"Cloud Computing and Colocation",p:29,x:675,y:1082,w:186,h:16},
{t:"HD Video Conferencing and Video Calling",p:29,x:675,y:1114,w:229,h:16},
{t:"Managed Services",p:29,x:676,y:1132,w:108,h:16},
{t:"Network Design and Consulting",p:29,x:675,y:1146,w:177,h:16},
{t:"“so far carriers have closed the devices",p:29,x:352,y:92,w:516,h:41},
{t:"to not support third-party V",p:29,x:352,y:126,w:361,h:41},
{t:"oip, or have",p:29,x:689,y:126,w:151,h:41},
{t:"policy-based control for carrier",p:29,x:352,y:159,w:406,h:41},
{t:"-based",p:29,x:730,y:159,w:88,h:41},
{t:"Voip using iMs or have deep packet",p:29,x:352,y:192,w:463,h:41},
{t:"inspection tools.”",p:29,x:352,y:226,w:229,h:41},
{t:" Akshay sharma, Gartner ",p:29,x:352,y:271,w:213,h:26},
{t:"inc. analyst.",p:29,x:557,y:271,w:102,h:26},
{t:"27",p:29,x:897,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009   |  GlobalVision",p:29,x:633,y:1260,w:241,h:18},
{t:"UnloCkIng  ",p:30,x:89,y:107,w:814,h:140},
{t:"A TREASURE: ",p:30,x:89,y:194,w:820,h:162},
{t:"SEACOM, TYCO  ",p:30,x:105,y:362,w:407,h:61},
{t:"CONNECT EAST AFRICA  ",p:30,x:105,y:407,w:605,h:61},
{t:"TO THE WORLD",p:30,x:105,y:452,w:377,h:61},
{t:"By Bruce Christian",p:30,x:135,y:630,w:110,h:15},
{t:"The world became a little smaller and a ",p:30,x:121,y:986,w:334,h:126},
{t:"little more connected in late July, when ",p:30,x:202,y:1029,w:263,h:18},
{t:"SEACOM Ltd. and its supplier, Tyco ",p:30,x:202,y:1050,w:250,h:18},
{t:"Telecommunications, completed the in",p:30,x:202,y:1070,w:246,h:18},
{t:"-",p:30,x:459,y:1070,w:5,h:18},
{t:"stallation, testing and commissioning of Phase 1 of the ",p:30,x:121,y:1091,w:365,h:18},
{t:"SEA Cable System.",p:30,x:121,y:1111,w:123,h:18},
{t:"The milestone marked the conclusion of a compre-",p:30,x:144,y:1131,w:324,h:18},
{t:"hensive test program, which verifed connectivity and ",p:30,x:121,y:1152,w:341,h:18},
{t:"compliance with all transmission requirements, while ",p:30,x:121,y:1172,w:340,h:18},
{t:"moving South and East Africa a signifcant step closer ",p:30,x:121,y:1193,w:343,h:18},
{t:"toward achieving increased international connectivity.",p:30,x:121,y:1213,w:340,h:18},
{t:"The 13,700 kilometers SEA Cable System joins ",p:30,x:525,y:1009,w:304,h:18},
{t:"South and East African countries including Djibouti, ",p:30,x:503,y:1029,w:338,h:18},
{t:"Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania ",p:30,x:503,y:1050,w:356,h:18},
{t:"to Europe and Asia.",p:30,x:503,y:1070,w:125,h:18},
{t:"Commissioning of the milestone was a major televi-",p:30,x:525,y:1091,w:328,h:18},
{t:"sion event in Tanzania, where President Jakaya Kikwete ",p:30,x:503,y:1111,w:356,h:18},
{t:"stated: “History has been made,” adding this is “the be-",p:30,x:503,y:1131,w:350,h:18},
{t:"ginning of a new era in the telecommunications sector.” ",p:30,x:503,y:1152,w:356,h:18},
{t:"Managing Director of Project Management for Tyco ",p:30,x:525,y:1172,w:338,h:18},
{t:"Telecommunications Debbie Brask added, “We are ",p:30,x:503,y:1193,w:326,h:18},
{t:"proud to be part of the SEA Cable System project.  ",p:30,x:503,y:1213,w:327,h:18},
{t:"28",p:30,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:30,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:30,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"The system, which was designed and in-",p:31,x:325,y:315,w:254,h:18},
{t:"stalled using Tyco Telecommunications’ ",p:31,x:325,y:335,w:256,h:18},
{t:"state-of-the-art technology, will undoubt-",p:31,x:325,y:356,w:264,h:18},
{t:"edly provide businesses and citizens in ",p:31,x:325,y:376,w:245,h:18},
{t:"South and East Africa alike with the ca-",p:31,x:325,y:396,w:250,h:18},
{t:"pabilities they need to communicate with ",p:31,x:325,y:417,w:264,h:18},
{t:"the rest of the world and participate in the ",p:31,x:325,y:437,w:271,h:18},
{t:"global marketplace.”",p:31,x:325,y:458,w:130,h:18},
{t:"And Cisco Systems Vice-President of ",p:31,x:347,y:478,w:239,h:18},
{t:"the Public Sector Yvon Le Roux, whose ",p:31,x:325,y:499,w:255,h:18},
{t:"frm provided technology for the cable, ",p:31,x:325,y:519,w:252,h:18},
{t:"said: “T oday is the day technology has ",p:31,x:325,y:539,w:244,h:18},
{t:"arrived in Africa.”",p:31,x:325,y:560,w:113,h:18},
{t:"The SEACOM cable went live si-",p:31,x:347,y:580,w:214,h:18},
{t:"multaneously in four of the countries in ",p:31,x:325,y:601,w:255,h:18},
{t:"addition to South Africa, and the Kenya ",p:31,x:325,y:621,w:256,h:18},
{t:"portion was connected immediately to ",p:31,x:325,y:641,w:246,h:18},
{t:"fve Internet service providers, which ",p:31,x:325,y:662,w:238,h:18},
{t:"were unnamed.",p:31,x:325,y:682,w:96,h:18},
{t:"With 1.28 terabits per second of ",p:31,x:347,y:703,w:208,h:18},
{t:"capacity, the system can carry much ",p:31,x:325,y:723,w:229,h:18},
{t:"more data than the sole existing cable in ",p:31,x:325,y:744,w:257,h:18},
{t:"the region. This means the connected ",p:31,x:325,y:764,w:243,h:18},
{t:"countries will have greater access to in-",p:31,x:325,y:784,w:248,h:18},
{t:"expensive bandwidth, which is needed ",p:31,x:325,y:805,w:244,h:18},
{t:"for high demand services and supporting ",p:31,x:325,y:825,w:261,h:18},
{t:"African economic growth. The speed ",p:31,x:325,y:846,w:239,h:18},
{t:"provided will be fast enough to stream ",p:31,x:325,y:866,w:246,h:18},
{t:"high-defnition video, which should open ",p:31,x:325,y:886,w:265,h:18},
{t:"the countries’ populations to a plethora of ",p:31,x:325,y:907,w:269,h:18},
{t:"opportunities previously unseen.",p:31,x:325,y:927,w:206,h:18},
{t:"connecting the world",p:31,x:325,y:966,w:227,h:21},
{t:"SEACOM, which is privately funded ",p:31,x:347,y:989,w:237,h:18},
{t:"and more than three quarter African ",p:31,x:325,y:1009,w:233,h:18},
{t:"owned, will assist communication carri-",p:31,x:325,y:1029,w:251,h:18},
{t:"ers in South and East Africa through the ",p:31,x:325,y:1050,w:259,h:18},
{t:"sale of wholesale international capacity to ",p:31,x:325,y:1070,w:266,h:18},
{t:"global networks via India and Europe.",p:31,x:325,y:1091,w:240,h:18},
{t:"The undersea fber optic cable system",p:31,x:347,y:1111,w:239,h:18},
{t:"will provide African retail carriers with ",p:31,x:325,y:1131,w:243,h:18},
{t:"equal and open access to inexpensive band",p:31,x:325,y:1152,w:266,h:18},
{t:"-",p:31,x:585,y:1152,w:5,h:18},
{t:"width, removing the international infra",p:31,x:325,y:1172,w:247,h:18},
{t:"-",p:31,x:566,y:1172,w:5,h:18},
{t:"structure bottleneck and supporting east",p:31,x:325,y:1193,w:255,h:18},
{t:"and southern African economic growth. ",p:31,x:325,y:1213,w:250,h:18},
{t:"SEACOM will be the frst cable to ",p:31,x:634,y:315,w:223,h:18},
{t:"provide broadband to countries in East ",p:31,x:612,y:335,w:250,h:18},
{t:"Africa which, at the moment, rely entirely ",p:31,x:612,y:356,w:269,h:18},
{t:"on expensive satellite connections. Within ",p:31,x:612,y:376,w:270,h:18},
{t:"Africa, South Africa, Mozambique, Mada-",p:31,x:612,y:396,w:266,h:18},
{t:"gascar, Tanzania and Kenya are inter-",p:31,x:612,y:417,w:236,h:18},
{t:"connected via a protected ring structure. ",p:31,x:612,y:437,w:260,h:18},
{t:"Additionally, a second express fber pair ",p:31,x:612,y:458,w:254,h:18},
{t:"is provided from South Africa to Kenya. ",p:31,x:612,y:478,w:257,h:18},
{t:"These two fber pairs have a combined ca-",p:31,x:612,y:498,w:267,h:18},
{t:"pacity of 1.28Tbs. Express fber pairs are ",p:31,x:612,y:519,w:262,h:18},
{t:"also provided from Kenya to France into ",p:31,x:612,y:539,w:261,h:18},
{t:"a PoP in Marseilles, and from Tanzania to ",p:31,x:612,y:560,w:269,h:18},
{t:"India into the PoP in Mumbai. ",p:31,x:612,y:580,w:199,h:18},
{t:"SEACOM also has procured fber ca-",p:31,x:634,y:601,w:237,h:18},
{t:"pacity from Marseilles to London as part ",p:31,x:612,y:621,w:262,h:18},
{t:"of the SEACOM network. ",p:31,x:612,y:641,w:171,h:18},
{t:"Among the Internet services available ",p:31,x:634,y:662,w:241,h:18},
{t:"through SEACOM will be high defnition ",p:31,x:612,y:682,w:270,h:18},
{t:"TV, peer to peer networks and IPTT.",p:31,x:612,y:703,w:237,h:18},
{t:"And the expansion into Africa isn’t ",p:31,x:634,y:723,w:222,h:18},
{t:"complete. Within the next year, four ",p:31,x:612,y:743,w:235,h:18},
{t:"more submarine fber systems are ex-",p:31,x:612,y:764,w:235,h:18},
{t:"pected to be added in East Africa. The ",p:31,x:612,y:784,w:247,h:18},
{t:"Teams cable, is expected was expected to ",p:31,x:612,y:805,w:260,h:18},
{t:"be turned on in September. It connects ",p:31,x:612,y:825,w:251,h:18},
{t:"Mombasa with the United Arab Emirates. ",p:31,x:612,y:846,w:269,h:18},
{t:"Installation was completed in June.",p:31,x:612,y:866,w:221,h:18},
{t:"“Until now, the Eastern Africa coast ",p:31,x:634,y:886,w:232,h:18},
{t:"was the longest coastline in the world ",p:31,x:612,y:907,w:241,h:18},
{t:"without a fber-optic cable connection to ",p:31,x:612,y:927,w:261,h:18},
{t:"the rest of the world,” Kenyan president ",p:31,x:612,y:948,w:258,h:18},
{t:"Mwai Kibak said at the TEAMS launch ",p:31,x:612,y:968,w:254,h:18},
{t:"ceremony in June. ",p:31,x:612,y:988,w:119,h:18},
{t:"The East African Submarine Cable ",p:31,x:634,y:1009,w:226,h:18},
{t:"System should be in use by the middle of ",p:31,x:612,y:1029,w:263,h:18},
{t:"next year.",p:31,x:612,y:1050,w:60,h:18},
{t:"Also next year, the Glo-1 Cable will ",p:31,x:634,y:1070,w:230,h:18},
{t:"link Nigeria and Ghana to Europe, and ",p:31,x:612,y:1091,w:252,h:18},
{t:"the Main One cable will link Nigeria and ",p:31,x:612,y:1111,w:264,h:18},
{t:"Ghana to Portugal.",p:31,x:612,y:1131,w:122,h:18},
{t:"When the cables are working, they will ",p:31,x:634,y:1152,w:246,h:18},
{t:"replace satellite as the main source of In",p:31,x:612,y:1172,w:252,h:18},
{t:"-",p:31,x:859,y:1172,w:5,h:18},
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{t:"speed, reliability and reducing cost.",p:31,x:612,y:1213,w:223,h:18},
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{t:"While many eyes are on the ",p:32,x:109,y:172,w:193,h:18},
{t:"undersea cable connections in Africa, ",p:32,x:86,y:192,w:259,h:18},
{t:"the rest of the world continues to get ",p:32,x:86,y:212,w:259,h:18},
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{t:"In late June, Hibernia Atlantic ",p:32,x:109,y:253,w:204,h:18},
{t:"brought to Portrush, Northern ",p:32,x:86,y:274,w:209,h:18},
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{t:"North America. The Project Kelvin ",p:32,x:86,y:355,w:234,h:18},
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{t:"tions and Natural Resources.",p:32,x:86,y:478,w:194,h:18},
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{t:"Global Marine, off shore as it worked ",p:32,x:86,y:600,w:253,h:18},
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{t:"Hibernia Atlantic Vice Presi-",p:32,x:394,y:274,w:191,h:18},
{t:"dent of Network Operations Derek ",p:32,x:371,y:294,w:242,h:18},
{t:"Bullock described the process of ",p:32,x:371,y:314,w:226,h:18},
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{t:"Now that phase I is completed, ",p:32,x:394,y:457,w:209,h:18},
{t:"the dry-land portion of the pr",p:32,x:371,y:478,w:201,h:18},
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{t:"begun. Here, cable will be brought ",p:32,x:371,y:498,w:231,h:18},
{t:"over land via a terrestrial route that ",p:32,x:371,y:519,w:240,h:18},
{t:"will link13 t owns throughout Ir eland, ",p:32,x:371,y:539,w:247,h:18},
{t:"including: Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, ",p:32,x:371,y:559,w:259,h:18},
{t:"Coleraine, Londonderry, Omagh, ",p:32,x:371,y:580,w:219,h:18},
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{t:"Castleblayney, Dundalk, Drogheda ",p:32,x:656,y:172,w:231,h:18},
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{t:"The Telehouse facility is under ",p:32,x:679,y:212,w:209,h:18},
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{t:"carriers and network operators to ",p:32,x:656,y:274,w:236,h:18},
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{t:"Hibernia Atlantic’s Vice Presi-",p:32,x:679,y:335,w:197,h:18},
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{t:"a better Future",p:33,x:90,y:67,w:144,h:21},
{t:"A World Bank report released in ",p:33,x:112,y:90,w:210,h:18},
{t:"June said that access to better informa-",p:33,x:90,y:111,w:246,h:18},
{t:"tion and communication technology ",p:33,x:90,y:131,w:233,h:18},
{t:"corresponded with economic growth. ",p:33,x:90,y:151,w:240,h:18},
{t:"The report said that for every 10 ",p:33,x:90,y:172,w:211,h:18},
{t:"percentage points of increase in high-",p:33,x:90,y:192,w:238,h:18},
{t:"speed Internet access, economic growth ",p:33,x:90,y:213,w:255,h:18},
{t:"rose 1.3 percentage points.",p:33,x:90,y:233,w:169,h:18},
{t:"Further, the technology sector ",p:33,x:112,y:254,w:196,h:18},
{t:"should beneft, according to analysts. ",p:33,x:90,y:274,w:237,h:18},
{t:"‘These new cables will not only ",p:33,x:112,y:294,w:211,h:18},
{t:"bring much needed international ca",p:33,x:90,y:315,w:225,h:18},
{t:"-",p:33,x:325,y:315,w:5,h:18},
{t:"pacity to eastern and western Africa,",p:33,x:90,y:335,w:229,h:18},
{t:"but will also introduce competition",p:33,x:90,y:356,w:222,h:18},
{t:"into the international communica",p:33,x:90,y:376,w:212,h:18},
{t:"-",p:33,x:312,y:376,w:5,h:18},
{t:"tions market in Africa. This will ",p:33,x:90,y:396,w:215,h:18},
{t:"greatly reduce costs to African service",p:33,x:90,y:417,w:238,h:18},
{t:"providers and consumers, and enable",p:33,x:90,y:437,w:233,h:18},
{t:"the development of new services,’",p:33,x:90,y:458,w:212,h:18},
{t:"said TeleGeography Research Direc",p:33,x:90,y:478,w:229,h:18},
{t:"-",p:33,x:328,y:478,w:5,h:18},
{t:"tor Alan Mauldin",p:33,x:90,y:499,w:109,h:18},
{t:"The plans for so many new cables ",p:33,x:112,y:519,w:217,h:18},
{t:"refect Africa’s lack of international ",p:33,x:90,y:539,w:224,h:18},
{t:"communications infrastructure, and ",p:33,x:90,y:560,w:229,h:18},
{t:"soaring capacity requirements. Accord-",p:33,x:90,y:580,w:248,h:18},
{t:"ing to TeleGeography’s Global Band-",p:33,x:90,y:601,w:237,h:18},
{t:"width Research Service, international ",p:33,x:90,y:621,w:240,h:18},
{t:"bandwidth demand in Sub-Saharan ",p:33,x:90,y:641,w:226,h:18},
{t:"Africa grew 68 percent between 2007 ",p:33,x:90,y:662,w:239,h:18},
{t:"and 2008. However, the region has ",p:33,x:90,y:682,w:224,h:18},
{t:"been poorly connected to the web of ",p:33,x:90,y:703,w:235,h:18},
{t:"global communications networks/ ",p:33,x:90,y:723,w:218,h:18},
{t:"The western coast of Africa, which ",p:33,x:112,y:743,w:224,h:18},
{t:"is currently served only by the SAT-3 ",p:33,x:90,y:764,w:239,h:18},
{t:"cable, is experiencing a similar invest-",p:33,x:90,y:784,w:238,h:18},
{t:"ment boom: four new cable projects are ",p:33,x:90,y:805,w:254,h:18},
{t:"currently planned. The long-awaited ",p:33,x:90,y:825,w:237,h:18},
{t:"Glo-1 cable is expected to link Nigeria ",p:33,x:90,y:846,w:248,h:18},
{t:"and Ghana to Europe later this year. ",p:33,x:90,y:866,w:234,h:18},
{t:"The privately-funded Main One cable ",p:33,x:90,y:886,w:245,h:18},
{t:"will link Nigeria and Ghana to Por-",p:33,x:90,y:907,w:226,h:18},
{t:"tugal in May 2010, and the US $600 ",p:33,x:90,y:927,w:233,h:18},
{t:"million West Africa Cable System ",p:33,x:90,y:948,w:218,h:18},
{t:"(WACS) consortium cable is due to be ",p:33,x:90,y:968,w:247,h:18},
{t:"completed in 2011. ",p:33,x:90,y:988,w:125,h:18},
{t:"Finally, France Telecom is lead-",p:33,x:112,y:1009,w:201,h:18},
{t:"ing the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) ",p:33,x:90,y:1029,w:243,h:18},
{t:"project, which will link 25 countries in ",p:33,x:90,y:1050,w:247,h:18},
{t:"Europe and West Africa by 2011.",p:33,x:90,y:1070,w:210,h:18},
{t:"The technology sector should bene -",p:33,x:112,y:1091,w:224,h:18},
{t:"ft greatly, analysts say . Outsourcing ser -",p:33,x:90,y:1111,w:248,h:18},
{t:"vices like call centers will be able to offer ",p:33,x:90,y:1131,w:255,h:18},
{t:"more competitive rates because of lower ",p:33,x:90,y:1152,w:252,h:18},
{t:"operating costs, and technology compa -",p:33,x:90,y:1172,w:246,h:18},
{t:"nies will be able to better communicate ",p:33,x:90,y:1193,w:246,h:18},
{t:"with clients and partners overseas.",p:33,x:90,y:1213,w:216,h:18},
{t:"“We are extremely pleased to be in ",p:33,x:384,y:458,w:224,h:18},
{t:"the fnal stages of this project, which ",p:33,x:361,y:478,w:234,h:18},
{t:"will make massive new bandwidth ",p:33,x:361,y:498,w:217,h:18},
{t:"available in South and East Africa,” said ",p:33,x:361,y:519,w:255,h:18},
{t:"Brian Herlihy, President, SEACOM. ",p:33,x:361,y:539,w:237,h:18},
{t:"“Following Tyco Telecommunications’ ",p:33,x:361,y:560,w:249,h:18},
{t:"hand-off of the system, … we will ac-",p:33,x:361,y:580,w:236,h:18},
{t:"tivate the cable for international use, ",p:33,x:361,y:601,w:235,h:18},
{t:"and we are currently in the midst of ",p:33,x:361,y:621,w:229,h:18},
{t:"fnal preparations with our customers ",p:33,x:361,y:641,w:240,h:18},
{t:"toward that end. We look forward to ",p:33,x:361,y:662,w:236,h:18},
{t:"meeting the overwhelming demand for ",p:33,x:361,y:682,w:251,h:18},
{t:"increased, high-quality bandwidth and ",p:33,x:361,y:703,w:246,h:18},
{t:"witnessing the positive effects it has ",p:33,x:361,y:723,w:229,h:18},
{t:"throughout the region.”",p:33,x:361,y:743,w:152,h:18},
{t:"Herhily called the launch of SEA-",p:33,x:384,y:764,w:215,h:18},
{t:"COM the “dawn of a new era for com-",p:33,x:361,y:784,w:246,h:18},
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{t:"the rest of the world.”",p:33,x:361,y:825,w:139,h:18},
{t:"“I can emphatically state that ",p:33,x:384,y:845,w:187,h:18},
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{t:"and economy of Africa,” he proclaimed.",p:33,x:361,y:886,w:251,h:18},
{t:"Mauldin called last major area ",p:33,x:384,y:907,w:194,h:18},
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{t:"satellite capacity.”",p:33,x:633,y:519,w:112,h:18},
{t:"And analyst Lindsay McDonald at",p:33,x:655,y:539,w:216,h:18},
{t:"Frost & Sullivan in South Africa said ",p:33,x:633,y:560,w:231,h:18},
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{t:"platform to grow business in the region.",p:33,x:633,y:621,w:253,h:18},
{t:"One reason is because the speed will be ",p:33,x:633,y:641,w:247,h:18},
{t:"about 10 times what it currently is.",p:33,x:633,y:662,w:220,h:18},
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{t:"band services, but as the rest of the ",p:33,x:633,y:743,w:224,h:18},
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{t:"hind, leaving the area dependent on ",p:33,x:633,y:805,w:230,h:18},
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{t:"30%",p:33,x:685,y:-1311,w:24,h:14},
{t:"25%",p:33,x:685,y:-1277,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:33,x:685,y:-1244,w:24,h:14},
{t:"15%",p:33,x:685,y:-1209,w:24,h:14},
{t:"10%",p:33,x:685,y:-1173,w:24,h:14},
{t:"5%",p:33,x:685,y:-1140,w:17,h:14},
{t:"0%",p:33,x:685,y:-1105,w:17,h:14},
{t:"40",p:33,x:367,y:-1267,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:33,x:367,y:-1225,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:33,x:367,y:-1184,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:33,x:367,y:-1143,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:33,x:374,y:-1098,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:33,x:394,y:-1087,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2008",p:33,x:429,y:-1087,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2009",p:33,x:467,y:-1087,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2010",p:33,x:502,y:-1087,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2011",p:33,x:537,y:-1087,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2013",p:33,x:609,y:-1087,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2014",p:33,x:647,y:-1087,w:23,h:12},
{t:"2012",p:33,x:568,y:-1086,w:23,h:12},
{t:"Equally",p:33,x:1140,y:53,w:45,h:16},
{t:"Mobile",p:33,x:1243,y:53,w:43,h:16},
{t:"Fixed line",p:33,x:1319,y:53,w:59,h:16},
{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:33,x:357,y:-1154,w:72,h:9},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:33,x:1022,y:-734,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Fixed-line Use by Households ",p:33,x:1023,y:-1052,w:222,h:19},
{t:"100",p:33,x:1013,y:-1000,w:20,h:14},
{t:"80",p:33,x:1020,y:-940,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:33,x:1020,y:-886,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:33,x:1020,y:-828,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100",p:33,x:1017,y:-623,w:20,h:14},
{t:"90",p:33,x:1024,y:-577,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:33,x:1024,y:-530,w:13,h:14},
{t:"70",p:33,x:1024,y:-485,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:33,x:1024,y:-438,w:13,h:14},
{t:"50",p:33,x:1024,y:-391,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100%",p:33,x:1044,y:-205,w:31,h:14},
{t:"80%",p:33,x:1050,y:-162,w:24,h:14},
{t:"60%",p:33,x:1050,y:-121,w:24,h:14},
{t:"40%",p:33,x:1050,y:-81,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:33,x:1050,y:-40,w:24,h:14},
{t:"0%",p:33,x:1057,y:1,w:17,h:14},
{t:"40",p:33,x:1049,y:191,w:13,h:14},
{t:"30",p:33,x:1049,y:236,w:13,h:14},
{t:"20",p:33,x:1049,y:278,w:13,h:14},
{t:"10",p:33,x:1049,y:322,w:13,h:14},
{t:"$6000",p:33,x:1072,y:570,w:34,h:14},
{t:"Mobile infrastrucute capital expenditures",p:33,x:1141,y:583,w:158,h:12},
{t:"$5000",p:33,x:1072,y:608,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$4000",p:33,x:1072,y:647,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$3000",p:33,x:1072,y:682,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$2000",p:33,x:1072,y:722,w:34,h:14},
{t:"$1000",p:33,x:1072,y:760,w:34,h:14},
{t:"2005",p:33,x:1116,y:808,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2006",p:33,x:1165,y:808,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:33,x:1210,y:808,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2008",p:33,x:1258,y:808,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2009",p:33,x:1307,y:808,w:27,h:14},
{t:"2010",p:33,x:1355,y:808,w:27,h:14},
{t:"$0",p:33,x:1092,y:798,w:13,h:14},
{t:"0",p:33,x:1056,y:368,w:6,h:14},
{t:"33",p:33,x:1089,y:213,w:13,h:14},
{t:"18-24",p:33,x:1084,y:377,w:27,h:12},
{t:"25-34",p:33,x:1139,y:377,w:27,h:12},
{t:"35-49",p:33,x:1189,y:377,w:27,h:12},
{t:"50-64",p:33,x:1243,y:377,w:27,h:12},
{t:"65-69",p:33,x:1294,y:377,w:27,h:12},
{t:"70+",p:33,x:1358,y:377,w:18,h:12},
{t:"Average",p:33,x:1404,y:377,w:39,h:12},
{t:"18",p:33,x:1142,y:277,w:13,h:14},
{t:"7",p:33,x:1200,y:322,w:6,h:14},
{t:"3",p:33,x:1252,y:340,w:6,h:14},
{t:"2",p:33,x:1305,y:341,w:6,h:14},
{t:"1",p:33,x:1360,y:345,w:6,h:14},
{t:"8",p:33,x:1415,y:317,w:6,h:14},
{t:"18-24",p:33,x:1088,y:17,w:27,h:12},
{t:"25-34",p:33,x:1131,y:17,w:27,h:12},
{t:"35-44",p:33,x:1173,y:17,w:27,h:12},
{t:"45-54",p:33,x:1215,y:17,w:27,h:12},
{t:"Age category",p:33,x:1220,y:33,w:64,h:12},
{t:"55-64",p:33,x:1258,y:17,w:27,h:12},
{t:"65-69",p:33,x:1300,y:17,w:27,h:12},
{t:"70+",p:33,x:1349,y:17,w:18,h:12},
{t:"Average",p:33,x:1380,y:17,w:39,h:12},
{t:"Young adult",p:33,x:1045,y:-814,w:50,h:10},
{t:"in shared",p:33,x:1051,y:-802,w:38,h:10},
{t:"household",p:33,x:1048,y:-790,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Young",p:33,x:1115,y:-814,w:26,h:10},
{t:"single",p:33,x:1116,y:-802,w:24,h:10},
{t:"parent",p:33,x:1114,y:-790,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Live alone",p:33,x:1164,y:-814,w:42,h:10},
{t:"Married,",p:33,x:1224,y:-814,w:34,h:10},
{t:"with",p:33,x:1232,y:-802,w:18,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:33,x:1218,y:-790,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:33,x:1224,y:-779,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Married",p:33,x:1283,y:-814,w:32,h:10},
{t:"with high",p:33,x:1279,y:-802,w:39,h:10},
{t:"school-age",p:33,x:1276,y:-790,w:45,h:10},
{t:"children",p:33,x:1282,y:-779,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Older",p:33,x:1344,y:-814,w:23,h:10},
{t:"married",p:33,x:1339,y:-802,w:32,h:10},
{t:"couples, no",p:33,x:1332,y:-790,w:46,h:10},
{t:"children",p:33,x:1338,y:-779,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:33,x:1395,y:-814,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Australian",p:33,x:1391,y:-802,w:41,h:10},
{t:"household",p:33,x:1390,y:-790,w:44,h:10},
{t:"Average",p:33,x:1416,y:-374,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:33,x:1054,y:-327,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile User Profile, by Age",p:33,x:1041,y:-689,w:201,h:19},
{t:"Household structure",p:33,x:1194,y:-757,w:94,h:13},
{t:"60",p:33,x:1063,y:-896,w:13,h:14},
{t:"75",p:33,x:1118,y:-936,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:33,x:1176,y:-948,w:13,h:14},
{t:"92",p:33,x:1232,y:-984,w:13,h:14},
{t:"93",p:33,x:1290,y:-983,w:13,h:14},
{t:"96",p:33,x:1348,y:-994,w:13,h:14},
{t:"88",p:33,x:1405,y:-972,w:13,h:14},
{t:"89",p:33,x:1067,y:-581,w:11,h:13},
{t:"92",p:33,x:1118,y:-595,w:11,h:13},
{t:"95",p:33,x:1170,y:-609,w:10,h:13},
{t:"89",p:33,x:1220,y:-581,w:11,h:13},
{t:"81",p:33,x:1272,y:-544,w:11,h:13},
{t:"71",p:33,x:1323,y:-498,w:11,h:13},
{t:"52",p:33,x:1374,y:-411,w:11,h:13},
{t:"83",p:33,x:1425,y:-553,w:11,h:13},
{t:"18–24 WP",p:33,x:1050,y:-374,w:45,h:10},
{t:"18–24 ",p:33,x:1110,y:-374,w:29,h:10},
{t:"25–34 ",p:33,x:1160,y:-374,w:28,h:10},
{t:"35–49",p:33,x:1213,y:-374,w:26,h:10},
{t:"50–64",p:33,x:1264,y:-374,w:26,h:10},
{t:"65–69",p:33,x:1316,y:-374,w:26,h:10},
{t:"70+",p:33,x:1371,y:-374,w:16,h:10},
{t:"Age",p:33,x:1243,y:-358,w:18,h:13},
{t:"% with full substitution",p:33,x:1039,y:327,w:0,h:12},
{t:"M",p:33,x:1061,y:740,w:0,h:12},
{t:"illions of US dollars",p:33,x:1061,y:731,w:0,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:33,x:1054,y:78,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Wireless and Fixed Voice Usage, by Age",p:33,x:1041,y:-258,w:298,h:19},
{t:"Age",p:33,x:1233,y:398,w:19,h:12},
{t:"Source: ACMA",p:33,x:1054,y:425,w:80,h:13},
{t:"Mobile-Only Households, by Age",p:33,x:1041,y:144,w:237,h:19},
{t:"Source: iSuppli Corp.",p:33,x:1054,y:841,w:119,h:13},
{t:"China mobile communications infrastructure ",p:33,x:1041,y:516,w:335,h:19},
{t:"capital expenditure forecast, 2005 to 2010",p:33,x:1041,y:534,w:325,h:19},
{t:"Non-competitive",p:33,x:1768,y:-185,w:105,h:16},
{t:"(local loop)",p:33,x:1786,y:-167,w:69,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:33,x:1620,y:-10,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:33,x:1609,y:7,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:33,x:1794,y:-10,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:33,x:1784,y:7,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Competitive",p:33,x:1964,y:-10,w:76,h:16},
{t:"service supplier",p:33,x:1954,y:7,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Final customers",p:33,x:1774,y:121,w:97,h:16},
{t:"Broadband Penetration of Total Population ",p:33,x:1610,y:-1037,w:320,h:19},
{t:"by Region, 2008",p:33,x:1610,y:-1017,w:122,h:19},
{t:"Source: Pyramid Research",p:33,x:1622,y:-732,w:151,h:13},
{t:"0%",p:33,x:1630,y:-795,w:17,h:14},
{t:"5%",p:33,x:1630,y:-818,w:17,h:14},
{t:"10%",p:33,x:1623,y:-841,w:24,h:14},
{t:"15%",p:33,x:1623,y:-866,w:24,h:14},
{t:"20%",p:33,x:1623,y:-887,w:24,h:14},
{t:"25%",p:33,x:1623,y:-913,w:24,h:14},
{t:"30%",p:33,x:1623,y:-935,w:24,h:14},
{t:"35%",p:33,x:1623,y:-959,w:24,h:14},
{t:"40%",p:33,x:1623,y:-983,w:24,h:14},
{t:"Fixed broadband",p:33,x:1722,y:-966,w:94,h:14},
{t:"3G mobile",p:33,x:1849,y:-965,w:57,h:14},
{t:"Western",p:33,x:1663,y:-783,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:33,x:1668,y:-771,w:29,h:10},
{t:"North",p:33,x:1719,y:-783,w:24,h:10},
{t:"America",p:33,x:1714,y:-771,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Global",p:33,x:1769,y:-783,w:27,h:10},
{t:"Central &",p:33,x:1816,y:-783,w:38,h:10},
{t:"Eastern",p:33,x:1820,y:-771,w:30,h:10},
{t:"Europe",p:33,x:1820,y:-759,w:29,h:10},
{t:"Latin",p:33,x:1877,y:-783,w:20,h:10},
{t:"America",p:33,x:1870,y:-771,w:34,h:10},
{t:"Asia",p:33,x:1931,y:-783,w:17,h:10},
{t:"Pacific",p:33,x:1927,y:-771,w:26,h:10},
{t:"Africa &",p:33,x:1975,y:-783,w:32,h:10},
{t:"Middle East",p:33,x:1967,y:-771,w:48,h:10},
{t:"P",p:33,x:1616,y:-826,w:0,h:12},
{t:"enetr",p:33,x:1616,y:-832,w:0,h:12},
{t:"a",p:33,x:1616,y:-857,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion of p",p:33,x:1616,y:-863,w:0,h:12},
{t:"opula",p:33,x:1616,y:-904,w:0,h:12},
{t:"tion",p:33,x:1616,y:-932,w:0,h:12},
{t:"EUR (billion)",p:33,x:1599,y:-511,w:0,h:12},
{t:" Spending on Fixed Telecoms Services, ",p:33,x:1610,y:-662,w:296,h:19},
{t:"Western Europe",p:33,x:1610,y:-642,w:118,h:19},
{t:"Source: Analysys Mason",p:33,x:1622,y:-366,w:138,h:13},
{t:"0",p:33,x:1625,y:-463,w:6,h:14},
{t:"20",p:33,x:1618,y:-482,w:13,h:14},
{t:"40",p:33,x:1618,y:-502,w:13,h:14},
{t:"60",p:33,x:1618,y:-524,w:13,h:14},
{t:"80",p:33,x:1618,y:-543,w:13,h:14},
{t:"100",p:33,x:1611,y:-563,w:20,h:14},
{t:"120",p:33,x:1611,y:-583,w:20,h:14},
{t:"140",p:33,x:1611,y:-605,w:20,h:14},
{t:"2004",p:33,x:1667,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2005",p:33,x:1700,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2006",p:33,x:1731,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2007",p:33,x:1762,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2008",p:33,x:1796,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2009",p:33,x:1827,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2010",p:33,x:1861,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2011",p:33,x:1892,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2012",p:33,x:1925,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2013",p:33,x:1957,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"2014",p:33,x:1990,y:-429,w:0,h:14},
{t:"Narrowband",p:33,x:1629,y:-402,w:69,h:14},
{t:"Broadband",p:33,x:1747,y:-402,w:61,h:14},
{t:"Business network services",p:33,x:1849,y:-402,w:143,h:14},
{t:"Structural Separation Strives to Create More Competition",p:33,x:1586,y:-265,w:431,h:19},
{t:"Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development",p:33,x:1584,y:191,w:375,h:13},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:33,x:1554,y:944,w:126,h:13},
{t:"FTTCab",p:33,x:1596,y:326,w:60,h:20},
{t:"FTTH",p:33,x:1593,y:471,w:35,h:16},
{t:"Point to Point",p:33,x:1593,y:489,w:90,h:16},
{t:"FTTH",p:33,x:1591,y:627,w:35,h:16},
{t:"PON",p:33,x:1591,y:645,w:29,h:16},
{t:"ODF",p:33,x:1704,y:466,w:27,h:16},
{t:"OLT",p:33,x:1749,y:521,w:24,h:16},
{t:"ODF",p:33,x:1706,y:626,w:27,h:16},
{t:"OLT",p:33,x:1751,y:680,w:24,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:33,x:1881,y:468,w:16,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:33,x:1877,y:626,w:16,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:33,x:1972,y:468,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:33,x:1972,y:486,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loop",p:33,x:1972,y:504,w:66,h:16},
{t:"Separate",p:33,x:2146,y:460,w:55,h:16},
{t:"fiber from",p:33,x:2146,y:478,w:61,h:16},
{t:"OLT to",p:33,x:2146,y:496,w:39,h:16},
{t:"single",p:33,x:2146,y:514,w:37,h:16},
{t:"customer",p:33,x:2146,y:532,w:58,h:16},
{t:"Single fiber",p:33,x:2143,y:570,w:70,h:16},
{t:"from OLT",p:33,x:2143,y:588,w:56,h:16},
{t:"to multiple",p:33,x:2143,y:606,w:68,h:16},
{t:"customers",p:33,x:2143,y:624,w:64,h:16},
{t:"via splitter",p:33,x:2143,y:642,w:64,h:16},
{t:"Point-to-",p:33,x:2120,y:679,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Point",p:33,x:2120,y:697,w:32,h:16},
{t:"Fiber Loops",p:33,x:2120,y:715,w:72,h:16},
{t:"MDF/ODF",p:33,x:1706,y:336,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:33,x:1796,y:409,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:33,x:1705,y:732,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Bistream",p:33,x:1702,y:573,w:54,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:33,x:2081,y:352,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:33,x:2075,y:370,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Home-",p:33,x:2073,y:480,w:42,h:16},
{t:"End Unit",p:33,x:2067,y:498,w:53,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:33,x:1884,y:380,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Unbundle",p:33,x:1884,y:545,w:62,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:33,x:1983,y:584,w:38,h:16},
{t:"ONU/",p:33,x:1984,y:602,w:35,h:16},
{t:"ONT",p:33,x:1988,y:620,w:27,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:33,x:2054,y:586,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:33,x:2089,y:629,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Home",p:33,x:2048,y:684,w:38,h:16},
{t:"Sharing possible via ducts,",p:33,x:1710,y:768,w:164,h:16},
{t:"dark fiber and at the IP-level.",p:33,x:1704,y:786,w:177,h:16},
{t:"Unbundling possible with street",p:33,x:1925,y:768,w:200,h:16},
{t:"cabinet ODF housing with splitters",p:33,x:1925,y:786,w:215,h:16},
{t:"dedicated to individual service",p:33,x:1925,y:804,w:190,h:16},
{t:"providers and feeder fiber to the ",p:33,x:1925,y:822,w:204,h:16},
{t:"POP possible but practically and",p:33,x:1925,y:840,w:200,h:16},
{t:"economically questionable",p:33,x:1925,y:858,w:168,h:16},
{t:"ODF- Optical Distribution Frame",p:33,x:1590,y:825,w:200,h:16},
{t:"OLT- Optical Line Termination",p:33,x:1590,y:843,w:183,h:16},
{t:"ONU/T- Optical Network Unit/Terminal",p:33,x:1590,y:861,w:240,h:16},
{t:"SC- Street Cabinet",p:33,x:1590,y:879,w:112,h:16},
{t:"SC",p:33,x:1882,y:346,w:16,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:33,x:1796,y:356,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:33,x:1796,y:374,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:33,x:1623,y:385,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:33,x:1623,y:403,w:56,h:16},
{t:"Fiber",p:33,x:1800,y:480,w:31,h:16},
{t:"Backhual",p:33,x:1800,y:498,w:56,h:16},
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{t:"Copper",p:33,x:1985,y:357,w:46,h:16},
{t:"DSLAM",p:33,x:1884,y:414,w:45,h:16},
{t:"Different FTTx Technology Deployments and Wholesale Access Options",p:33,x:1551,y:254,w:531,h:19},
{t:"Smartphone sales in units (million)",p:33,x:411,y:-1280,w:167,h:12},
{t:"Smartphone as a proportion ",p:33,x:413,y:-1259,w:139,h:12},
{t:"over total handsets sales",p:33,x:413,y:-1247,w:118,h:12},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:33,x:398,y:-65,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Exhibit 1: Brazil fixed broadband vs. mobile broadband ",p:33,x:388,y:-483,w:410,h:19},
{t:"adoption, 2008-2014",p:33,x:388,y:-463,w:157,h:19},
{t:"Source: Yankee Group",p:33,x:394,y:-570,w:95,h:13},
{t:"Shift in Voice Minutes of Use in ",p:33,x:384,y:-935,w:239,h:19},
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{t:"2008",p:33,x:592,y:-656,w:23,h:12},
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{t:"% with fixed-line phone",p:33,x:369,y:-719,w:72,h:9},
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{t:"Fixed broadband",p:33,x:473,y:-100,w:82,h:12},
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{t:"Annual Growth ",p:33,x:503,y:155,w:76,h:12},
{t:"“i can emphatically state that",p:33,x:360,y:1032,w:415,h:45},
{t:"broadband will change the ",p:33,x:360,y:1066,w:366,h:45},
{t:"connectivity and economy of Africa.”",p:33,x:360,y:1099,w:530,h:45},
{t:"brian herlihy , president, seAcoM Ltd.",p:33,x:360,y:1147,w:308,h:26},
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{t:"3rd Quarter 2009   |  GlobalVision",p:33,x:633,y:1260,w:241,h:18},
{t:"united the continent",p:34,x:90,y:88,w:211,h:21},
{t:"In the meantime, former Sierra Le-",p:34,x:112,y:111,w:225,h:18},
{t:"one President Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kab-",p:34,x:90,y:131,w:236,h:18},
{t:"bah said the communications advances ",p:34,x:90,y:151,w:247,h:18},
{t:"give African leaders and telecoms’ ",p:34,x:90,y:172,w:218,h:18},
{t:"stakeholders a perfect opportunity to ",p:34,x:90,y:192,w:237,h:18},
{t:"work towards developing communica-",p:34,x:90,y:213,w:242,h:18},
{t:"tion networks as a way of achieving ",p:34,x:90,y:233,w:226,h:18},
{t:"unity in the continent, in a release car-",p:34,x:90,y:254,w:244,h:18},
{t:"ried on Samena Daily.",p:34,x:90,y:274,w:139,h:18},
{t:"Communication over long distances ",p:34,x:112,y:294,w:232,h:18},
{t:"especially across national frontiers ",p:34,x:90,y:315,w:220,h:18},
{t:"requires a lot of joint effort and col-",p:34,x:90,y:335,w:227,h:18},
{t:"laboration among partner countries ",p:34,x:90,y:356,w:229,h:18},
{t:"and entities engaged in providing such ",p:34,x:90,y:376,w:247,h:18},
{t:"services, Kabbah said during the Fifth ",p:34,x:90,y:396,w:243,h:18},
{t:"Nigerian Telecom Awards ceremony.",p:34,x:90,y:417,w:233,h:18},
{t:"Kabbah said Africa should sustain",p:34,x:112,y:764,w:212,h:18},
{t:"the current gains in the telecom -",p:34,x:90,y:784,w:212,h:18},
{t:"munications industry by overcoming ",p:34,x:90,y:805,w:240,h:18},
{t:"all impediments and called for major",p:34,x:90,y:825,w:231,h:18},
{t:"reforms in the area to increase access ",p:34,x:90,y:846,w:243,h:18},
{t:"to voice services, expansion of the In -",p:34,x:90,y:866,w:242,h:18},
{t:"ternet access and reduction of cost of ",p:34,x:90,y:886,w:243,h:18},
{t:"doing businesses.",p:34,x:90,y:907,w:108,h:18},
{t:"Such reforms should engender ",p:34,x:112,y:927,w:197,h:18},
{t:"strengthening regulatory frameworks, ",p:34,x:90,y:948,w:243,h:18},
{t:"supporting telecom ministries, promot-",p:34,x:90,y:968,w:250,h:18},
{t:"ing competition through pragmatic lib-",p:34,x:90,y:988,w:249,h:18},
{t:"eralization and a pragmatic approach to ",p:34,x:90,y:1009,w:254,h:18},
{t:"privatize incumbents or government-",p:34,x:90,y:1029,w:236,h:18},
{t:"owned telecom operators, he added.",p:34,x:90,y:1050,w:228,h:18},
{t:"The former president urged African ",p:34,x:112,y:1070,w:232,h:18},
{t:"leaders to respect the constitutions ",p:34,x:90,y:1091,w:223,h:18},
{t:"of their respective countries and to ",p:34,x:90,y:1111,w:224,h:18},
{t:"use the technological advancement in ",p:34,x:90,y:1131,w:240,h:18},
{t:"working towards improving the living ",p:34,x:90,y:1152,w:243,h:18},
{t:"standards of the people, and the explo-",p:34,x:90,y:1172,w:245,h:18},
{t:"sion of telecom services has created a ",p:34,x:90,y:1193,w:238,h:18},
{t:"class of new entrepreneurs. The sec-",p:34,x:90,y:1213,w:231,h:18},
{t:"tor also has attracted signifcant direct ",p:34,x:361,y:90,w:244,h:18},
{t:"foreign investments into the economy ",p:34,x:361,y:111,w:244,h:18},
{t:"and created huge employment. But the ",p:34,x:361,y:131,w:250,h:18},
{t:"gains can only spread to other African ",p:34,x:361,y:151,w:243,h:18},
{t:"countries and be enhanced with greater ",p:34,x:361,y:172,w:253,h:18},
{t:"collaboration as well as deployment ",p:34,x:361,y:192,w:228,h:18},
{t:"of optic fber cable without hindrance ",p:34,x:361,y:213,w:242,h:18},
{t:"across the continent.",p:34,x:361,y:233,w:131,h:18},
{t:"Fiber optics  ",p:34,x:361,y:271,w:120,h:21},
{t:"without borders",p:34,x:361,y:292,w:165,h:21},
{t:"Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian ",p:34,x:384,y:315,w:203,h:18},
{t:"Communications Commission (NCC), ",p:34,x:361,y:335,w:250,h:18},
{t:"the regulatory body for the sector, ",p:34,x:361,y:356,w:220,h:18},
{t:"Ernest Ndukwe, advocated the use of ",p:34,x:361,y:376,w:239,h:18},
{t:"optic fber without borders as a way of ",p:34,x:361,y:396,w:246,h:18},
{t:"accelerating telecommunications devel-",p:34,x:361,y:417,w:250,h:18},
{t:"opment throughout Africa. ",p:34,x:361,y:764,w:174,h:18},
{t:"“If we want to move to the next ",p:34,x:384,y:784,w:203,h:18},
{t:"level, we should remove long standing ",p:34,x:361,y:805,w:245,h:18},
{t:"barriers caused by geo-political differ-",p:34,x:361,y:825,w:241,h:18},
{t:"ences and encourage cross-border lay-",p:34,x:361,y:846,w:242,h:18},
{t:"ing of optic fber highways,” Ndukewe ",p:34,x:361,y:866,w:248,h:18},
{t:"said, adding that interdependence and ",p:34,x:361,y:886,w:244,h:18},
{t:"collaboration among European coun-",p:34,x:361,y:907,w:238,h:18},
{t:"tries had made it possible for continuity ",p:34,x:361,y:927,w:255,h:18},
{t:"of services adding that when there was ",p:34,x:361,y:948,w:246,h:18},
{t:"a major problem there was always an ",p:34,x:361,y:968,w:236,h:18},
{t:"alternative route.",p:34,x:361,y:989,w:108,h:18},
{t:"“The potentials of Africa’s market ",p:34,x:384,y:1009,w:218,h:18},
{t:"are still very high. All we need to do is ",p:34,x:361,y:1029,w:245,h:18},
{t:"to create a stable, conducive environ-",p:34,x:361,y:1050,w:235,h:18},
{t:"ment for foreign investments. Africa ",p:34,x:361,y:1070,w:233,h:18},
{t:"needs to come together to improve ",p:34,x:361,y:1091,w:225,h:18},
{t:"linkages within the continent. Optic ",p:34,x:361,y:1111,w:232,h:18},
{t:"fber is a very important component, ",p:34,x:361,y:1131,w:235,h:18},
{t:"it can carry large facilities between ",p:34,x:361,y:1152,w:222,h:18},
{t:"countries and it also enhances Internet ",p:34,x:361,y:1172,w:248,h:18},
{t:"as well as international calls more than ",p:34,x:361,y:1193,w:248,h:18},
{t:"satellite,” he said.",p:34,x:361,y:1213,w:110,h:18},
{t:"great potential",p:34,x:633,y:88,w:151,h:21},
{t:"A United Nation’s agency that ",p:34,x:655,y:111,w:196,h:18},
{t:"tracks telecommunications trends re-",p:34,x:633,y:131,w:234,h:18},
{t:"ports the potential for more growth in ",p:34,x:633,y:151,w:246,h:18},
{t:"Africa is great, and the International ",p:34,x:633,y:172,w:233,h:18},
{t:"Telecommunication Union sees busi-",p:34,x:633,y:192,w:235,h:18},
{t:"nesses, such as the internet cafes as ",p:34,x:633,y:213,w:224,h:18},
{t:"leading the growth in Internet use and ",p:34,x:633,y:233,w:247,h:18},
{t:"services in Africa.",p:34,x:633,y:254,w:110,h:18},
{t:"“Levels of home computer owner-",p:34,x:655,y:274,w:217,h:18},
{t:"ship and Internet access are extremely ",p:34,x:633,y:294,w:244,h:18},
{t:"low in most of Africa and will remain ",p:34,x:633,y:315,w:238,h:18},
{t:"so for years to come. Higher levels ",p:34,x:633,y:335,w:223,h:18},
{t:"of ICT access will only be achieved ",p:34,x:633,y:356,w:227,h:18},
{t:"through public facilities such as com-",p:34,x:633,y:376,w:236,h:18},
{t:"munity access centers, Internet cafes ",p:34,x:633,y:396,w:234,h:18},
{t:"and schools,” the ITU reported in its ",p:34,x:633,y:417,w:239,h:18},
{t:"2009 annual trends and statistics report ",p:34,x:633,y:437,w:252,h:18},
{t:"for Africa.",p:34,x:633,y:458,w:64,h:18},
{t:"Analysts say the demand is high for ",p:34,x:655,y:478,w:226,h:18},
{t:"better communication technology in ",p:34,x:633,y:499,w:235,h:18},
{t:"Africa, predicting the potential number ",p:34,x:633,y:519,w:252,h:18},
{t:"of users in the continent to expand to ",p:34,x:633,y:539,w:240,h:18},
{t:"24 million in the next two years. The ",p:34,x:633,y:560,w:238,h:18},
{t:"estimated number of users today is ",p:34,x:633,y:580,w:223,h:18},
{t:"about 2.5 million.",p:34,x:633,y:601,w:112,h:18},
{t:"That growth doesn’t mean instant ",p:34,x:655,y:621,w:228,h:18},
{t:"success, however . It could be years",p:34,x:633,y:641,w:222,h:18},
{t:"before the population has access to",p:34,x:633,y:662,w:220,h:18},
{t:"less expensive broadband connection, ",p:34,x:633,y:682,w:251,h:18},
{t:"because the countries still need to",p:34,x:633,y:703,w:213,h:18},
{t:"improve and complete the telecom",p:34,x:633,y:723,w:219,h:18},
{t:"-",p:34,x:862,y:723,w:5,h:18},
{t:"munications infrastructure needed",p:34,x:633,y:743,w:217,h:18},
{t:"to take the Internet services to the ",p:34,x:633,y:764,w:231,h:18},
{t:"people and to businesses – especially",p:34,x:633,y:784,w:230,h:18},
{t:"those in more isolated areas. This,",p:34,x:633,y:805,w:216,h:18},
{t:"according to a CNN International ",p:34,x:633,y:825,w:231,h:18},
{t:"report means that the new cable con",p:34,x:633,y:846,w:229,h:18},
{t:"-",p:34,x:873,y:846,w:5,h:18},
{t:"nection will do little to help the lives ",p:34,x:633,y:866,w:247,h:18},
{t:"of the poor living in the affected Afri",p:34,x:633,y:886,w:233,h:18},
{t:"-",p:34,x:878,y:886,w:5,h:18},
{t:"can nations.",p:34,x:633,y:907,w:75,h:18},
{t:"However, strides are being made. ",p:34,x:655,y:927,w:219,h:18},
{t:"In 2008, the African cell-phone sec -",p:34,x:633,y:948,w:232,h:18},
{t:"tor grew by 41 percent and it was",p:34,x:633,y:968,w:210,h:18},
{t:"cell phones that accounted for 90",p:34,x:633,y:988,w:210,h:18},
{t:"percent of telephone subscribers in ",p:34,x:633,y:1009,w:230,h:18},
{t:"Africa. One of the reasons for the high ",p:34,x:633,y:1029,w:254,h:18},
{t:"growth rate of mobile subscribers is",p:34,x:633,y:1050,w:226,h:18},
{t:"the lack of affordable, effcient fxed ",p:34,x:633,y:1070,w:236,h:18},
{t:"line infrastructure. ",p:34,x:633,y:1091,w:124,h:18},
{t:"While this may discourages ser-",p:34,x:655,y:1111,w:201,h:18},
{t:"vice providers to implement their ",p:34,x:633,y:1131,w:215,h:18},
{t:"broadband services, the deployment ",p:34,x:633,y:1152,w:231,h:18},
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{t:"12.5 percent",p:34,x:464,y:614,w:94,h:22},
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{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:34,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"Prompted by progress, ",p:36,x:90,y:889,w:238,h:198},
{t:"driven by innovation ",p:36,x:189,y:948,w:135,h:18},
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{t:"Telecom companies are attempting",p:36,x:112,y:1091,w:221,h:18},
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{t:"grading their networks to better manage",p:36,x:90,y:1131,w:255,h:18},
{t:"consumer expectations. Regulatory bod",p:36,x:90,y:1152,w:249,h:18},
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{t:"ies, similarly, are reviewing and revising ",p:36,x:90,y:1172,w:242,h:18},
{t:"policies. Discussions on revamping ",p:36,x:90,y:1193,w:215,h:18},
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{t:"need for digitalizing the world com",p:36,x:364,y:927,w:223,h:18},
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{t:"munity and global societies through",p:36,x:364,y:948,w:227,h:18},
{t:"advanced infrastructure are beginning",p:36,x:364,y:968,w:239,h:18},
{t:"to be more widespread as well.",p:36,x:364,y:989,w:193,h:18},
{t:"Among the latest innovative re-",p:36,x:387,y:1009,w:199,h:18},
{t:"forms under discussion around the ",p:36,x:364,y:1029,w:222,h:18},
{t:"globe, including within the South ",p:36,x:364,y:1050,w:216,h:18},
{t:"Asia-Middle East-North Africa ",p:36,x:364,y:1070,w:201,h:18},
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{t:"unifed licensing.",p:36,x:364,y:1111,w:108,h:18},
{t:"Based on event coverage presented ",p:36,x:387,y:1131,w:224,h:18},
{t:"in regional industry newsletters and ",p:36,x:364,y:1152,w:229,h:18},
{t:"discussions, it appears that operators ",p:36,x:364,y:1172,w:234,h:18},
{t:"would welcome the concept. Even in ",p:36,x:364,y:1193,w:236,h:18},
{t:"markets where unifed licensing has ",p:36,x:364,y:1213,w:228,h:18},
{t:"received opposition – such in India ",p:36,x:639,y:927,w:224,h:18},
{t:"where cellular operators feel the ben-",p:36,x:639,y:948,w:236,h:18},
{t:"efts would be to basic operators only ",p:36,x:639,y:968,w:239,h:18},
{t:"– the proponents (basic operators and ",p:36,x:639,y:988,w:242,h:18},
{t:"the government) appear to outnumber ",p:36,x:639,y:1009,w:247,h:18},
{t:"the opponents (cellular operators).",p:36,x:639,y:1029,w:218,h:18},
{t:"Further, markets that are much ",p:36,x:662,y:1050,w:201,h:18},
{t:"less advanced and have yet to fully tap ",p:36,x:639,y:1070,w:243,h:18},
{t:"underlying potentials, are the ones ",p:36,x:639,y:1091,w:222,h:18},
{t:"where unifed licensing policies al-",p:36,x:639,y:1111,w:218,h:18},
{t:"ready have been implemented.",p:36,x:639,y:1131,w:193,h:18},
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{t:"reasons why unifed licensing is being ",p:36,x:639,y:1172,w:241,h:18},
{t:"purported throughout the global as a ",p:36,x:639,y:1193,w:237,h:18},
{t:"regulatory and investment panacea:",p:36,x:639,y:1213,w:223,h:18},
{t:"By Izhar Ahmad",p:36,x:103,y:867,w:93,h:15},
{t:"Regulating  ",p:36,x:90,y:547,w:711,h:186},
{t:"As Needed",p:36,x:90,y:688,w:717,h:178},
{t:"34",p:36,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:36,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:36,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"It gives way to realizing infrastructure ",p:37,x:112,y:90,w:232,h:18},
{t:"sharing, which would serve regulatory",p:37,x:90,y:111,w:240,h:18},
{t:"bodies’ need to better supervise and ex",p:37,x:90,y:131,w:243,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:322,y:131,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ecute effcient regulatory proceedings. ",p:37,x:90,y:151,w:235,h:18},
{t:"The consumer benefts from re-",p:37,x:112,y:172,w:203,h:18},
{t:"duced prices on bundled and unbun-",p:37,x:90,y:192,w:232,h:18},
{t:"dled services.",p:37,x:90,y:213,w:83,h:18},
{t:"For telcos, and especially cellcos, in",p:37,x:112,y:233,w:224,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:320,y:233,w:5,h:18},
{t:"frastructure sharing means achieving cost ",p:37,x:90,y:254,w:247,h:18},
{t:"optimization and reduction in expenditure ",p:37,x:90,y:274,w:253,h:18},
{t:"by a signifcant percentage. Booz Allen",p:37,x:90,y:294,w:245,h:18},
{t:"Hamilton, a leading strategy and technol",p:37,x:90,y:315,w:258,h:18},
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{t:"ogy consulting frm, predicts infrastruc",p:37,x:90,y:335,w:246,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:319,y:335,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ture sharing could reduce capital expendi",p:37,x:90,y:356,w:259,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:331,y:356,w:5,h:18},
{t:"tures by as much as 40 percent.",p:37,x:90,y:376,w:197,h:18},
{t:"While a major wave of licensing",p:37,x:112,y:396,w:203,h:18},
{t:"telecoms – at times involving hefty ",p:37,x:90,y:417,w:218,h:18},
{t:"prices paid by large operators to run ",p:37,x:90,y:437,w:227,h:18},
{t:"outgrown 2G and 3G cellular networks",p:37,x:90,y:458,w:249,h:18},
{t:"overseas – may at its tail-end, some",p:37,x:90,y:478,w:222,h:18},
{t:"next-generation technology licensing",p:37,x:90,y:499,w:235,h:18},
{t:"still needs to take place in many coun -",p:37,x:90,y:519,w:236,h:18},
{t:"tries of the SAMENA region.",p:37,x:90,y:539,w:187,h:18},
{t:"In Lebanon, for example, the mar-",p:37,x:112,y:560,w:218,h:18},
{t:"ket is at the wake of liberalization. In ",p:37,x:90,y:580,w:237,h:18},
{t:"Qatar and in Saudi Arabia, the markets ",p:37,x:90,y:601,w:250,h:18},
{t:"have recently been liberalized. In Paki-",p:37,x:90,y:621,w:246,h:18},
{t:"stan, the market is fairly liberalized, ",p:37,x:90,y:641,w:229,h:18},
{t:"but 3G licensing or, to be precise, fre-",p:37,x:90,y:662,w:241,h:18},
{t:"quency allocation still awaits.",p:37,x:90,y:682,w:184,h:18},
{t:"As the SAMENA region’",p:37,x:112,y:703,w:158,h:18},
{t:"s devel -",p:37,x:278,y:703,w:51,h:18},
{t:"oping economies better understand ",p:37,x:90,y:723,w:242,h:18},
{t:"the role of advanced, ubiquitous",p:37,x:90,y:743,w:203,h:18},
{t:"telecom infrastructure and services ",p:37,x:90,y:764,w:239,h:18},
{t:"in achieving economic vitality",p:37,x:90,y:784,w:188,h:18},
{t:",  ",p:37,x:291,y:784,w:12,h:18},
{t:"the need to grant more licenses for ",p:37,x:90,y:805,w:240,h:18},
{t:"wireless and fxed access broadband ",p:37,x:90,y:825,w:233,h:18},
{t:"services gets reinforced. ",p:37,x:90,y:846,w:158,h:18},
{t:"The region, with its globally recog",p:37,x:112,y:866,w:219,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:321,y:866,w:5,h:18},
{t:"nized market potential, requires much",p:37,x:90,y:886,w:241,h:18},
{t:"more investment in broadband prolifera",p:37,x:90,y:907,w:253,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:331,y:907,w:5,h:18},
{t:"tion as a step forward toward digitalizing ",p:37,x:90,y:927,w:249,h:18},
{t:"the regional economies. For example, ",p:37,x:90,y:948,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Internet penetration rates in the region ",p:37,x:90,y:968,w:240,h:18},
{t:"are below 20 percent, as compared with ",p:37,x:90,y:988,w:243,h:18},
{t:"the average global Internet penetration",p:37,x:90,y:1009,w:247,h:18},
{t:"rate of 24 percent, according to the In",p:37,x:90,y:1029,w:241,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:319,y:1029,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ternational T",p:37,x:90,y:1050,w:84,h:18},
{t:"elecommunications Union.",p:37,x:168,y:1050,w:171,h:18},
{t:"A glance at regional broadband penetra",p:37,x:90,y:1070,w:249,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:327,y:1070,w:5,h:18},
{t:"tion can be seen in the chart.  ",p:37,x:90,y:1091,w:180,h:18},
{t:"broadband penetration",p:37,x:90,y:1129,w:231,h:21},
{t:"What would be an administratively ",p:37,x:112,y:1152,w:226,h:18},
{t:"easier way to issue more licenses with ",p:37,x:90,y:1172,w:240,h:18},
{t:"fewer regulatory complexities and to ",p:37,x:90,y:1193,w:234,h:18},
{t:"encourage more risk-reduced invest-",p:37,x:90,y:1213,w:232,h:18},
{t:"ment and competition in the telecoms ",p:37,x:361,y:90,w:244,h:18},
{t:"industry? Many believe unifed licens-",p:37,x:361,y:111,w:240,h:18},
{t:"ing to be the answer.",p:37,x:361,y:131,w:131,h:18},
{t:"A leading Middle East-based maga -",p:37,x:384,y:151,w:220,h:18},
{t:"zine, Zawya, reports that many top ex -",p:37,x:361,y:172,w:236,h:19},
{t:"ecutives in the SAMENA region appear",p:37,x:361,y:192,w:251,h:18},
{t:"to support unifed licensing and are anx",p:37,x:361,y:213,w:249,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:605,y:213,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ious to know how soon such a regime ",p:37,x:361,y:233,w:235,h:18},
{t:"could be initiated by regulatory bodies.",p:37,x:361,y:254,w:247,h:18},
{t:"Zawya reported on a CEO dis -",p:37,x:384,y:274,w:198,h:19},
{t:"cussion on unifed licensing that ",p:37,x:361,y:294,w:212,h:18},
{t:"took place during the two-day 2009 ",p:37,x:361,y:315,w:234,h:18},
{t:"WiMAX Forum MENA, which took",p:37,x:361,y:335,w:233,h:18},
{t:"place in late June in Dubai. The con -",p:37,x:361,y:356,w:240,h:18},
{t:"sensus from the discussions is that uni",p:37,x:361,y:376,w:239,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:607,y:376,w:5,h:18},
{t:"fed licensing benefts service provid -",p:37,x:361,y:396,w:240,h:18},
{t:"ers and consumers.",p:37,x:361,y:417,w:120,h:18},
{t:"Specifcally, unifed licensing, in ",p:37,x:384,y:437,w:206,h:18},
{t:"contrast to traditional licensing, would ",p:37,x:361,y:458,w:248,h:18},
{t:"allow any given service provider to ",p:37,x:361,y:478,w:223,h:18},
{t:"provide any service of its choice or as ",p:37,x:361,y:498,w:238,h:18},
{t:"the market demands regardless of the ",p:37,x:361,y:519,w:240,h:18},
{t:"technology deployed or whether the ",p:37,x:361,y:539,w:233,h:18},
{t:"company has all the network elements ",p:37,x:361,y:560,w:245,h:18},
{t:"needed to support that service.",p:37,x:361,y:580,w:194,h:18},
{t:"In other words, unifed licensing ",p:37,x:384,y:601,w:205,h:18},
{t:"would allow and encourage operators to ",p:37,x:361,y:621,w:251,h:18},
{t:"support converged fxed-mobile services ",p:37,x:361,y:641,w:252,h:18},
{t:"– such as triple-play, the provisioning of ",p:37,x:361,y:662,w:250,h:18},
{t:"three bandwidth services over a single ",p:37,x:361,y:682,w:238,h:18},
{t:"connection – and would enable a mobile ",p:37,x:361,y:703,w:253,h:18},
{t:"operator and a wireless local loop opera",p:37,x:361,y:723,w:250,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:606,y:723,w:5,h:18},
{t:"tor to offer what the other does.",p:37,x:361,y:743,w:203,h:18},
{t:"Letting small and large operators ",p:37,x:384,y:764,w:214,h:18},
{t:"venture into other sectors of the mar-",p:37,x:361,y:784,w:238,h:18},
{t:"ket could be an advantage to encourag-",p:37,x:361,y:805,w:248,h:18},
{t:"ing competition in the region.",p:37,x:361,y:825,w:190,h:18},
{t:"Additionally, under a unifed licens -",p:37,x:384,y:846,w:220,h:18},
{t:"ing policy, operators could attain the ",p:37,x:361,y:866,w:230,h:18},
{t:"benefts of spending less and lessen the ",p:37,x:361,y:886,w:244,h:18},
{t:"investment risks that they incur related",p:37,x:361,y:907,w:246,h:18},
{t:"to infrastructure upgrade. This frees ",p:37,x:361,y:927,w:228,h:18},
{t:"them up to focus more on strategic ",p:37,x:361,y:948,w:220,h:18},
{t:"investment. Consequently, they may ",p:37,x:361,y:968,w:228,h:18},
{t:"better leverage their assets and creativity ",p:37,x:361,y:988,w:254,h:18},
{t:"to support basic and specialized telecom",p:37,x:361,y:1009,w:253,h:18},
{t:"services of their own choice or what is in ",p:37,x:361,y:1029,w:254,h:18},
{t:"line with the needs of the market. ",p:37,x:361,y:1050,w:211,h:18},
{t:"As a result of a unifed licensing ",p:37,x:384,y:1070,w:204,h:18},
{t:"regime, consumers would beneft from ",p:37,x:361,y:1091,w:248,h:18},
{t:"lowered prices on roaming and value-",p:37,x:361,y:1111,w:238,h:18},
{t:"added services.",p:37,x:361,y:1131,w:94,h:18},
{t:"With this “next-generation” ",p:37,x:388,y:1152,w:186,h:18},
{t:"strategy, regulatory bodies also would ",p:37,x:361,y:1172,w:247,h:18},
{t:"have less to deal with on technology",p:37,x:361,y:1193,w:228,h:18},
{t:"or licensing matters; the market would ",p:37,x:361,y:1213,w:253,h:18},
{t:"determine which technology has bet -",p:37,x:633,y:90,w:240,h:18},
{t:"ter scope, how new services could be",p:37,x:633,y:111,w:231,h:18},
{t:"provided and how intense the compe -",p:37,x:633,y:131,w:244,h:18},
{t:"tition should be. ",p:37,x:633,y:151,w:109,h:18},
{t:"Markets that already have imple-",p:37,x:655,y:172,w:208,h:18},
{t:"mented unifed, or converged, licensing ",p:37,x:633,y:192,w:254,h:18},
{t:"– Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda – report ",p:37,x:633,y:213,w:248,h:18},
{t:"having signifcantly enhanced market ",p:37,x:633,y:233,w:239,h:18},
{t:"competition and the ability to bring te-",p:37,x:633,y:253,w:248,h:18},
{t:"lephony and data services much closer ",p:37,x:633,y:274,w:245,h:18},
{t:"to the customer. ",p:37,x:633,y:294,w:106,h:18},
{t:"The governments in these markets",p:37,x:655,y:315,w:219,h:18},
{t:"believe that in order to draw in focus of ",p:37,x:633,y:335,w:247,h:18},
{t:"the international investor community, ",p:37,x:633,y:356,w:238,h:18},
{t:"unifed licensing has to be adopted.  And",p:37,x:633,y:376,w:257,h:18},
{t:"historically, the low income per capita in ",p:37,x:633,y:396,w:253,h:18},
{t:"many of these markets has been cited as ",p:37,x:633,y:417,w:249,h:18},
{t:"a main reason that has thwarted foreign ",p:37,x:633,y:437,w:248,h:18},
{t:"direct investment in telecom.",p:37,x:633,y:458,w:184,h:18},
{t:"In June, InfoWorld reported that ",p:37,x:655,y:478,w:200,h:19},
{t:"lobbying groups in Namibia, Zambia ",p:37,x:633,y:498,w:233,h:18},
{t:"and Zimbabwe continue to push toward",p:37,x:633,y:519,w:252,h:18},
{t:"adopting bills that would begin the ",p:37,x:633,y:539,w:219,h:18},
{t:"process toward unifed licensing. These ",p:37,x:633,y:560,w:248,h:18},
{t:"markets also are deregulating their ",p:37,x:633,y:580,w:218,h:18},
{t:"international gateways in order to pro -",p:37,x:633,y:600,w:239,h:18},
{t:"mote investment in the private sector",p:37,x:633,y:621,w:236,h:18},
{t:".",p:37,x:862,y:621,w:3,h:18},
{t:"There can be no doubt that unifed li",p:37,x:655,y:641,w:234,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:874,y:641,w:5,h:18},
{t:"censing is on the agenda. It is being touted ",p:37,x:633,y:662,w:254,h:18},
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{t:"tool that may lead to a reduction in regu",p:37,x:633,y:703,w:255,h:18},
{t:"-",p:37,x:870,y:703,w:5,h:18},
{t:"latory complexities that have traditionally ",p:37,x:633,y:723,w:247,h:18},
{t:"impacted the velocity and acceleration of ",p:37,x:633,y:743,w:244,h:18},
{t:"telecommunications expansion.",p:37,x:633,y:764,w:198,h:18},
{t:"While unifed licensing has not tak-",p:37,x:655,y:784,w:226,h:18},
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{t:"the interest and willingness to move in ",p:37,x:633,y:825,w:248,h:18},
{t:"this direction is prevalent. Some neigh-",p:37,x:633,y:845,w:249,h:18},
{t:"boring regional markets, however, al-",p:37,x:633,y:866,w:236,h:18},
{t:"ready have opted for this approach. ",p:37,x:633,y:886,w:226,h:18},
{t:"Also, there appears to be no signif-",p:37,x:655,y:907,w:224,h:18},
{t:"cant opposition to such a regulatory ",p:37,x:633,y:927,w:231,h:18},
{t:"regime, although implementing the ",p:37,x:633,y:948,w:229,h:18},
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{t:"that differ from market to market.",p:37,x:633,y:988,w:215,h:18},
{t:"The decision on whether to adopt ",p:37,x:655,y:1009,w:219,h:18},
{t:"unifed licensing solely lies with the ",p:37,x:633,y:1029,w:228,h:18},
{t:"region’s governmental bodies, and they ",p:37,x:633,y:1050,w:251,h:18},
{t:"would have to work together to de-",p:37,x:633,y:1070,w:223,h:18},
{t:"velop the necessary consensus.",p:37,x:633,y:1090,w:192,h:18},
{t:"Nonetheless, the industry’",p:37,x:655,y:1111,w:166,h:18},
{t:"s ",p:37,x:832,y:1111,w:9,h:18},
{t:"stance, at large, is clear: unified  ",p:37,x:633,y:1131,w:221,h:18},
{t:"licensing will happen.",p:37,x:633,y:1152,w:137,h:18},
{t:"Editor’s note: Zakir Syed and ",p:37,x:655,y:1172,w:198,h:19},
{t:"Javaid Malik contributed infor ma-",p:37,x:633,y:1192,w:233,h:19},
{t:"tion to this article.",p:37,x:633,y:1213,w:118,h:19},
{t:"Regula",p:37,x:-550,y:547,w:389,h:186},
{t:"ting",p:37,x:-310,y:547,w:239,h:186},
{t:"As Needed",p:37,x:-232,y:688,w:717,h:178},
{t:"35",p:37,x:897,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009   |  GlobalVision",p:37,x:633,y:1260,w:241,h:18},
{t:"Most people know that the ",p:38,x:90,y:544,w:229,h:90},
{t:"analog-to-digital conversion ",p:38,x:159,y:580,w:183,h:18},
{t:"process can be a confus-",p:38,x:159,y:601,w:152,h:18},
{t:"ing and expensive proposition for any ",p:38,x:89,y:621,w:241,h:18},
{t:"country. But can a quick and seamless ",p:38,x:89,y:641,w:241,h:18},
{t:"switch do double duty as an economic ",p:38,x:89,y:662,w:243,h:18},
{t:"stimulus project?",p:38,x:89,y:682,w:107,h:18},
{t:"That’s what we’re trying to accom-",p:38,x:112,y:703,w:221,h:18},
{t:"plish in Serbia.",p:38,x:89,y:723,w:94,h:18},
{t:"Call it frst-mover advantage: While ",p:38,x:112,y:744,w:233,h:18},
{t:"the International Telecommunications ",p:38,x:89,y:764,w:246,h:18},
{t:"Union has proposed 2015 as the dead-",p:38,x:89,y:784,w:243,h:18},
{t:"line for switching to digital broadcast-",p:38,x:89,y:805,w:241,h:18},
{t:"ing, smaller, more nimble countries are ",p:38,x:89,y:825,w:251,h:18},
{t:"jumping ahead of the pack.",p:38,x:89,y:846,w:170,h:18},
{t:"Most of these countries are well-",p:38,x:112,y:866,w:207,h:18},
{t:"heeled, already technologically advanced",p:38,x:89,y:886,w:257,h:18},
{t:"and easily able to afford the fairly signif",p:38,x:89,y:907,w:249,h:18},
{t:"-",p:38,x:333,y:907,w:5,h:18},
{t:"icant costs of going digital. Luxemburg,",p:38,x:89,y:927,w:251,h:18},
{t:"the Netherlands and Finland ft this ",p:38,x:89,y:948,w:225,h:18},
{t:"mold, having undertaken their own con -",p:38,x:89,y:968,w:250,h:18},
{t:"versions in 2006 and 2007, with the last",p:38,x:89,y:989,w:250,h:18},
{t:"analog signals to be shut down by 2013.",p:38,x:89,y:1009,w:251,h:18},
{t:"Serbia’s neighbors, European Union ",p:38,x:112,y:1029,w:228,h:18},
{t:"members Bulgaria and Romania, will ",p:38,x:89,y:1050,w:232,h:18},
{t:"likely receive EU help to meet their",p:38,x:89,y:1070,w:226,h:18},
{t:"2012 deadline in making the switch. ",p:38,x:89,y:1091,w:226,h:18},
{t:"Other, less fortunate countries",p:38,x:112,y:1111,w:194,h:18},
{t:"are in a deep stall, leery of making ",p:38,x:89,y:1131,w:235,h:18},
{t:"a huge public investment at a time",p:38,x:89,y:1152,w:216,h:18},
{t:"when the global economy remains",p:38,x:89,y:1172,w:216,h:18},
{t:"mired in the doldrums.",p:38,x:89,y:1193,w:146,h:18},
{t:"Despite the prospects of fat econom",p:38,x:112,y:1213,w:232,h:18},
{t:"-",p:38,x:334,y:1213,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ic growth in the short term, the Ministry",p:38,x:361,y:580,w:258,h:18},
{t:"of T elecommunications and Information",p:38,x:361,y:601,w:255,h:18},
{t:"Society is plunging ahead with Serbia’",p:38,x:361,y:621,w:240,h:18},
{t:"s ",p:38,x:589,y:621,w:9,h:18},
{t:"Government agreeing in July 2009 to",p:38,x:361,y:641,w:236,h:18},
{t:"begin planning for a complete conversion ",p:38,x:361,y:662,w:255,h:18},
{t:"to digital by April 2012. ",p:38,x:361,y:682,w:147,h:18},
{t:"With the cost of this conversion ",p:38,x:384,y:703,w:207,h:18},
{t:"pegged at roughly US$150 million, ",p:38,x:361,y:723,w:227,h:18},
{t:"some may question the urgency. How-",p:38,x:361,y:743,w:244,h:18},
{t:"ever, with the proper planning, Serbia ",p:38,x:361,y:764,w:243,h:18},
{t:"could become a regional manufacturer ",p:38,x:361,y:784,w:247,h:18},
{t:"of digital equipment, producing the ",p:38,x:361,y:805,w:229,h:18},
{t:"gear to handle its domestic switcho-",p:38,x:361,y:825,w:228,h:18},
{t:"ver and then exporting equipment ",p:38,x:361,y:846,w:219,h:18},
{t:"throughout the region as laggard ",p:38,x:361,y:866,w:212,h:18},
{t:"countries embark on their own digital ",p:38,x:361,y:886,w:243,h:18},
{t:"revolution in the years ahead. ",p:38,x:361,y:907,w:190,h:18},
{t:"If this sounds like a pipedream, it’",p:38,x:384,y:927,w:213,h:18},
{t:"s ",p:38,x:590,y:927,w:9,h:18},
{t:"not. The T elecommunications Ministry ",p:38,x:361,y:948,w:248,h:18},
{t:"already is in advanced talks with a large ",p:38,x:361,y:968,w:246,h:18},
{t:"U.S. manufacturer to establish a factory",p:38,x:361,y:988,w:251,h:18},
{t:"that would produce the needed equip -",p:38,x:361,y:1009,w:236,h:18},
{t:"ment right here in Serbia. As those talks ",p:38,x:361,y:1029,w:251,h:18},
{t:"progress, another large global electron",p:38,x:361,y:1050,w:244,h:18},
{t:"-",p:38,x:600,y:1050,w:5,h:18},
{t:"ics manufacturer waits in the wings.",p:38,x:361,y:1070,w:226,h:18},
{t:"serbia and the switch",p:38,x:361,y:1108,w:209,h:21},
{t:"The Minister of Telecommuni-",p:38,x:384,y:1131,w:198,h:18},
{t:"cations and Information Society is ",p:38,x:361,y:1152,w:220,h:18},
{t:"charged with implementing the digital ",p:38,x:361,y:1172,w:246,h:18},
{t:"conversion strategy the Republic of ",p:38,x:361,y:1193,w:228,h:18},
{t:"Serbia adoped last July. ",p:38,x:361,y:1213,w:150,h:18},
{t:"This piece of legislation ",p:38,x:633,y:601,w:152,h:18},
{t:"moved swiftly, to ensure Serbia would ",p:38,x:633,y:621,w:238,h:18},
{t:"get a three-year jump on the Interna -",p:38,x:633,y:641,w:231,h:18},
{t:"tional T elecommunications mandate of",p:38,x:633,y:662,w:245,h:18},
{t:"converting by 2015. ",p:38,x:633,y:682,w:127,h:18},
{t:"Economics and a desire to nurture a ",p:38,x:655,y:703,w:232,h:18},
{t:"nascent electronics manufacturing in-",p:38,x:633,y:723,w:238,h:18},
{t:"dustry weren’t the only factors driving ",p:38,x:633,y:744,w:245,h:18},
{t:"the fast-track legislation. ",p:38,x:633,y:764,w:160,h:18},
{t:"For example, digital signals require ",p:38,x:655,y:784,w:226,h:18},
{t:"far less bandwidth, which allows for ",p:38,x:633,y:805,w:229,h:18},
{t:"increased channel capacity. That’s good ",p:38,x:633,y:825,w:253,h:18},
{t:"for any country.",p:38,x:633,y:846,w:100,h:18},
{t:"But it is safe to say that economics ",p:38,x:655,y:866,w:221,h:18},
{t:"is the most important factor driving the ",p:38,x:633,y:886,w:254,h:18},
{t:"switch from analog to digital.",p:38,x:633,y:907,w:185,h:18},
{t:"To be sure, it will take more than ",p:38,x:655,y:927,w:213,h:18},
{t:"legislation to make the digital conver-",p:38,x:633,y:948,w:239,h:18},
{t:"sion a reality in Serbia.",p:38,x:633,y:968,w:144,h:18},
{t:"Switching from an analog terrestrial",p:38,x:655,y:989,w:228,h:18},
{t:"television broadcast to a digital one is",p:38,x:633,y:1009,w:236,h:18},
{t:"complex. It will take time to educate the ",p:38,x:633,y:1029,w:251,h:18},
{t:"country’s population regarding why the ",p:38,x:633,y:1050,w:247,h:18},
{t:"switch is being made, and it will take ",p:38,x:633,y:1070,w:230,h:18},
{t:"time to install the needed equipment.",p:38,x:633,y:1091,w:236,h:18},
{t:"The politics involved in providing ",p:38,x:655,y:1111,w:229,h:18},
{t:"for the necessary set-top boxes alone",p:38,x:633,y:1131,w:231,h:18},
{t:"is enough to give any government ",p:38,x:633,y:1152,w:227,h:18},
{t:"bureaucrat fts.",p:38,x:633,y:1172,w:94,h:18},
{t:"A single converter box is likely to ",p:38,x:655,y:1193,w:214,h:18},
{t:"cost between (US) $40 to $100 on the ",p:38,x:633,y:1213,w:243,h:18},
{t:"Turning Challenge",p:38,x:90,y:34,w:718,h:78},
{t:"To opporTuniTy: ",p:38,x:90,y:99,w:631,h:78},
{t:"AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL ",p:38,x:114,y:176,w:680,h:36},
{t:"SWITCH IN SERBIA ",p:38,x:314,y:211,w:279,h:36},
{t:"By Minister Jasna Matic",p:38,x:116,y:527,w:144,h:15},
{t:"36",p:38,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:38,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:38,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"Untitled-1   1",p:39,x:9,y:1363,w:56,h:16},
{t:"8/18/09   11:34:48 AM",p:39,x:922,y:1363,w:98,h:16},
{t:"high-end.  It’s estimated that more than ",p:40,x:90,y:70,w:254,h:18},
{t:"half of the 2.4 million Serbian house-",p:40,x:90,y:90,w:236,h:18},
{t:"holds that have a TV set will need a set-",p:40,x:90,y:111,w:253,h:18},
{t:"top converter box.",p:40,x:90,y:131,w:116,h:18},
{t:"Acquiring set-top boxes for all citi-",p:40,x:112,y:151,w:221,h:18},
{t:"zens who need them will cost around ",p:40,x:90,y:172,w:238,h:18},
{t:"(EU) 40 million of which 15 million will ",p:40,x:90,y:192,w:259,h:18},
{t:"go to purchasing of the boxes for the ",p:40,x:90,y:213,w:236,h:18},
{t:"populatin’s most vulnerable individuals.",p:40,x:90,y:233,w:249,h:18},
{t:"Becasuse of the global economic crisis,",p:40,x:112,y:254,w:244,h:18},
{t:"it is unlikely that every person who needs ",p:40,x:90,y:274,w:252,h:18},
{t:"a set-top box will receive a government",p:40,x:90,y:294,w:248,h:18},
{t:"subsidy to buy one. It’",p:40,x:90,y:315,w:140,h:18},
{t:"s going to be diffcult",p:40,x:221,y:315,w:134,h:18},
{t:"for the government to categorize Serbia’",p:40,x:90,y:335,w:256,h:18},
{t:"s ",p:40,x:332,y:335,w:9,h:18},
{t:"citizens, so it will know to whom it should",p:40,x:90,y:356,w:266,h:18},
{t:"provide subsidies.",p:40,x:90,y:376,w:111,h:18},
{t:"Unlike what happened in the United ",p:40,x:112,y:396,w:226,h:18},
{t:"States, Serbian citizens, like many in Eu",p:40,x:90,y:417,w:252,h:18},
{t:"-",p:40,x:330,y:417,w:5,h:18},
{t:"rope, are required to pay a television fee ",p:40,x:90,y:437,w:245,h:18},
{t:"to the Radio T",p:40,x:90,y:458,w:94,h:18},
{t:"elevision of Serbia, even",p:40,x:177,y:458,w:152,h:18},
{t:"though many do not. So only those who",p:40,x:90,y:478,w:253,h:18},
{t:"pay the tax likely will receive the subsidy",p:40,x:90,y:499,w:256,h:18},
{t:".",p:40,x:332,y:499,w:3,h:18},
{t:"Obviously, this is not an ideal ap-",p:40,x:112,y:519,w:210,h:18},
{t:"proach for complete conversion.",p:40,x:90,y:539,w:204,h:18},
{t:"Another option is for Serbian citizens ",p:40,x:112,y:560,w:241,h:18},
{t:"to purchase a new television set, one ",p:40,x:90,y:580,w:233,h:18},
{t:"equipped to handle digital signals. Of ",p:40,x:90,y:601,w:240,h:18},
{t:"course there will be many in the country ",p:40,x:90,y:621,w:259,h:18},
{t:"that won’t want to do this or won’t be ",p:40,x:90,y:641,w:241,h:18},
{t:"able to afford to do so.",p:40,x:90,y:662,w:143,h:18},
{t:"It’ s easy to see how the complications ",p:40,x:112,y:682,w:239,h:18},
{t:"pile up.",p:40,x:90,y:703,w:47,h:18},
{t:"In anticipation of the switch, the ",p:40,x:112,y:723,w:209,h:18},
{t:"Minister of Telecommunications and In-",p:40,x:90,y:743,w:257,h:18},
{t:"formation Society created and the Gov-",p:40,x:90,y:764,w:251,h:18},
{t:"ernment of Serbia adopted in January ",p:40,x:90,y:784,w:241,h:18},
{t:"2009, the Basic Principals of the Strategy ",p:40,x:90,y:805,w:264,h:18},
{t:"for switchover from Analog to Digital of ",p:40,x:90,y:825,w:260,h:18},
{t:"Radio and Television Programmes in the ",p:40,x:90,y:846,w:262,h:18},
{t:"Republic of Serbia. ",p:40,x:90,y:866,w:124,h:18},
{t:"In June, I gave a presentation at the ",p:40,x:112,y:886,w:229,h:18},
{t:"frst roundtable of the public debate on ",p:40,x:90,y:907,w:251,h:18},
{t:"this strategy plan, where I presented the ",p:40,x:90,y:927,w:257,h:18},
{t:"chronology of the process for digitaliza-",p:40,x:90,y:948,w:253,h:18},
{t:"tion of the television in Serbia.",p:40,x:90,y:968,w:194,h:18},
{t:"During the presentation, I high-",p:40,x:112,y:988,w:205,h:18},
{t:"lighted the reasoning of why we decided ",p:40,x:90,y:1009,w:258,h:18},
{t:"to implement digitalization according to ",p:40,x:90,y:1029,w:259,h:18},
{t:"the latest technical standards MPEG-4 ",p:40,x:90,y:1050,w:249,h:18},
{t:"and DVB-T2. ",p:40,x:90,y:1070,w:93,h:18},
{t:"MPEG-4 is a patented collection of ",p:40,x:112,y:1091,w:229,h:18},
{t:"methods defning compression of audio ",p:40,x:90,y:1111,w:253,h:18},
{t:"and visual digital data.",p:40,x:90,y:1131,w:140,h:18},
{t:"MPEG-4 was suggested for adoption ",p:40,x:112,y:1152,w:224,h:18},
{t:"of the compressed standard because of its ",p:40,x:90,y:1172,w:246,h:18},
{t:"low bit rate, its compatibility with Internet",p:40,x:90,y:1193,w:270,h:18},
{t:"Protocal TV , digital video broadcast for ",p:40,x:90,y:1213,w:237,h:18},
{t:"handheld devices and the necessity for wider ",p:40,x:371,y:70,w:265,h:18},
{t:"high defnition TV improvements.",p:40,x:371,y:90,w:219,h:18},
{t:"DVB-T2 is short for digital video ",p:40,x:394,y:111,w:207,h:18},
{t:"broadcasting – second generation ter",p:40,x:371,y:131,w:233,h:18},
{t:"-",p:40,x:593,y:131,w:5,h:18},
{t:"restrial, an extension of existing European",p:40,x:371,y:151,w:266,h:18},
{t:"standards created for digital transmission.",p:40,x:371,y:172,w:263,h:18},
{t:"The system transmits compressed ",p:40,x:394,y:192,w:217,h:18},
{t:"digital audio, video and other data in ",p:40,x:371,y:213,w:236,h:18},
{t:"physical layer pipes, using Orthogonal ",p:40,x:371,y:233,w:246,h:18},
{t:"frequency-division multiplexing, or ",p:40,x:371,y:253,w:227,h:18},
{t:"OFMD, which has developed into a ",p:40,x:371,y:274,w:230,h:18},
{t:"popular scheme for wideband digital ",p:40,x:371,y:294,w:234,h:18},
{t:"communication, whether wireless or over ",p:40,x:371,y:315,w:265,h:18},
{t:"copper wires, used in applications such ",p:40,x:371,y:335,w:249,h:18},
{t:"as digital television and audio broadcast-",p:40,x:371,y:356,w:256,h:18},
{t:"ing, wireless networking and broadband ",p:40,x:371,y:376,w:256,h:18},
{t:"internet access. ",p:40,x:371,y:396,w:100,h:18},
{t:"We decided to suggest DVB-T2 as a",p:40,x:394,y:417,w:231,h:18},
{t:"broadcast standard because of its high bit ",p:40,x:371,y:437,w:251,h:18},
{t:"rate available in 8/7 MHz channels, its",p:40,x:371,y:458,w:243,h:18},
{t:"lower sensitivity to disturbances, the fact",p:40,x:371,y:478,w:257,h:18},
{t:"that it makes network planning more reli",p:40,x:371,y:498,w:259,h:18},
{t:"-",p:40,x:618,y:498,w:5,h:18},
{t:"able due to its robustness and the implica",p:40,x:371,y:519,w:260,h:18},
{t:"-",p:40,x:619,y:519,w:5,h:18},
{t:"tions that DVB-T2 has directly",p:40,x:371,y:539,w:198,h:18},
{t:".",p:40,x:560,y:539,w:3,h:18},
{t:"econoMic beneFits /",p:40,x:371,y:578,w:193,h:21},
{t:"investMents",p:40,x:371,y:598,w:119,h:21},
{t:"Clearly , this switch will be a major un",p:40,x:394,y:621,w:234,h:18},
{t:"-",p:40,x:614,y:621,w:5,h:18},
{t:"dertaking for our small country, but many ",p:40,x:371,y:641,w:250,h:18},
{t:"leaders in Serbia see it as an economic ",p:40,x:371,y:662,w:227,h:18},
{t:"opportunity, and a chance to restore our ",p:40,x:371,y:682,w:240,h:18},
{t:"economy’ s growth to its recent healthy rate.",p:40,x:371,y:703,w:273,h:18},
{t:"The Minister of T",p:40,x:394,y:723,w:117,h:18},
{t:"elecommunications",p:40,x:501,y:723,w:122,h:18},
{t:"and Information Society is pushing for the",p:40,x:371,y:744,w:268,h:18},
{t:"vendor to manufacture these set-top boxes ",p:40,x:371,y:764,w:254,h:18},
{t:"in Serbia, which will reduce the price of the",p:40,x:371,y:784,w:276,h:18},
{t:"boxes and will translate into new jobs and",p:40,x:371,y:805,w:262,h:18},
{t:"new investment in the country",p:40,x:371,y:825,w:193,h:18},
{t:".",p:40,x:550,y:825,w:3,h:18},
{t:"If a major manufacturer is secured ",p:40,x:394,y:846,w:220,h:18},
{t:"as planned, Serbia will become a hub of ",p:40,x:371,y:866,w:253,h:18},
{t:"manufacturing for the region, includ-",p:40,x:371,y:886,w:237,h:18},
{t:"ing Russia and other Eastern European ",p:40,x:371,y:907,w:252,h:18},
{t:"countries. All these countries will need ",p:40,x:371,y:927,w:248,h:18},
{t:"similar equipment for their analog-to-",p:40,x:371,y:948,w:241,h:18},
{t:"digital switch, and it will affect poten-",p:40,x:371,y:968,w:239,h:18},
{t:"tially 72.4 million Eastern European ",p:40,x:371,y:989,w:234,h:18},
{t:"households with TV sets.",p:40,x:371,y:1009,w:160,h:18},
{t:"This underscores a growing trend ",p:40,x:394,y:1029,w:218,h:18},
{t:"in foreign direct investment in Serbia. ",p:40,x:371,y:1050,w:244,h:18},
{t:"Prominent companies throughout the ",p:40,x:371,y:1070,w:243,h:18},
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{t:"what’s next?",p:40,x:653,y:578,w:124,h:21},
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{t:"EMERGENT",p:42,x:60,y:28,w:109,h:24},
{t:"It’s 2009 and the near decade long ",p:42,x:90,y:274,w:247,h:18},
{t:"talk of “just wait until 3G” has been ",p:42,x:90,y:294,w:247,h:18},
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{t:"most parts of the world, some coun-",p:42,x:90,y:355,w:248,h:18},
{t:"tries still lag behind, and industry ",p:42,x:90,y:376,w:235,h:18},
{t:"experts are moving on without ",p:42,x:90,y:396,w:214,h:18},
{t:"them. Emerging with a rapidity of its ",p:42,x:90,y:417,w:255,h:18},
{t:"own speed is Long Term Evolution ",p:42,x:90,y:437,w:237,h:18},
{t:"(LTE) – a fourth generation of radio ",p:42,x:90,y:457,w:246,h:18},
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{t:"capacity and speed of mobile tele-",p:42,x:90,y:498,w:234,h:18},
{t:"phone networks.",p:42,x:90,y:519,w:113,h:18},
{t:"For many, LTE is considered ",p:42,x:112,y:539,w:194,h:18},
{t:"to be the best and most obvious ",p:42,x:90,y:560,w:227,h:18},
{t:"successor to 3G Code Division ",p:42,x:90,y:580,w:211,h:18},
{t:"Multiple Access (CDMA), High ",p:42,x:90,y:600,w:211,h:18},
{t:"Speed Downlink Packet Access ",p:42,x:90,y:621,w:214,h:18},
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{t:"Mobile Telecommunications System ",p:42,x:90,y:723,w:249,h:18},
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{t:"data rates for uploading and down-",p:42,x:90,y:764,w:241,h:18},
{t:"loading, while preserving backwards ",p:42,x:90,y:784,w:253,h:18},
{t:"compatibility with existing handsets ",p:42,x:90,y:804,w:251,h:18},
{t:"based on older standards.",p:42,x:90,y:825,w:179,h:18},
{t:"LTE’s promise of two-way, high-",p:42,x:112,y:845,w:211,h:18},
{t:"speed wireless data promises an ",p:42,x:90,y:866,w:227,h:18},
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{t:"music and permit roaming through ",p:42,x:90,y:927,w:243,h:18},
{t:"multiple systems. ",p:42,x:90,y:947,w:123,h:18},
{t:"Applications that need rapid ",p:42,x:112,y:968,w:199,h:18},
{t:"transmission, such as video, is a ",p:42,x:90,y:988,w:225,h:18},
{t:"major reason operators are looking ",p:42,x:90,y:1009,w:247,h:18},
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{t:"LTE technology, of which Japan’s ",p:42,x:90,y:1049,w:226,h:18},
{t:"NTT DoCoMo and Sweden’s Eric-",p:42,x:90,y:1070,w:226,h:18},
{t:"sson are leaders.",p:42,x:90,y:1090,w:116,h:18},
{t:"During a demonstration of Erics-",p:42,x:112,y:1111,w:223,h:18},
{t:"son’s LTE base station, throughput ",p:42,x:90,y:1131,w:241,h:18},
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{t:"download and 30 Mbps for uploads. ",p:42,x:90,y:1172,w:254,h:18},
{t:"Application in the real world, ",p:42,x:90,y:1192,w:203,h:18},
{t:"however, won’t be that fast. Speeds ",p:42,x:90,y:1213,w:247,h:18},
{t:"most likely will be around 20 Mbps ",p:42,x:361,y:274,w:247,h:18},
{t:"down and 5 Mbps.",p:42,x:361,y:294,w:128,h:18},
{t:"In May, Ericcson launched ",p:42,x:384,y:314,w:182,h:18},
{t:"with TeliaSonera the world’s frst ",p:42,x:361,y:335,w:227,h:18},
{t:"commercial LTE site in Stockholm. ",p:42,x:361,y:355,w:237,h:18},
{t:"According to Thomson Reuters, ",p:42,x:384,y:376,w:231,h:18},
{t:"the world’s largest international ",p:42,x:361,y:396,w:237,h:18},
{t:"news service , Ericcson’ s Vice ",p:42,x:361,y:417,w:210,h:18},
{t:"President of Patent Strategies ",p:42,x:361,y:437,w:223,h:18},
{t:"Gustav Brismark has more than ",p:42,x:361,y:457,w:235,h:18},
{t:"80 patent agr eements f or the ",p:42,x:361,y:478,w:220,h:18},
{t:"GSM and W-CDMA technologies. ",p:42,x:361,y:498,w:242,h:18},
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{t:"Such transmissions could allow ",p:42,x:384,y:641,w:217,h:18},
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{t:"services will r esult in higher pr ofts.",p:42,x:361,y:866,w:231,h:18},
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{t:"Yamada. The company believes ",p:42,x:361,y:1172,w:218,h:18},
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{t:"Yamada explains that LTE ",p:42,x:655,y:314,w:180,h:18},
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{t:"mobile data plans.",p:42,x:633,y:396,w:126,h:18},
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{t:"tious, especially coming directly off ",p:42,x:633,y:1213,w:227,h:18},
{t:"lte speeding by wimax  ",p:42,x:83,y:106,w:637,h:61},
{t:"in race to 4g",p:42,x:83,y:159,w:366,h:61},
{t:"By Bruce Christian",p:42,x:90,y:234,w:110,h:15},
{t:"40",p:42,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:42,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:42,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"a recessionary period, in which thou",p:43,x:67,y:90,w:246,h:18},
{t:"-",p:43,x:299,y:90,w:4,h:18},
{t:"sands of workers were laid off. The ",p:43,x:67,y:110,w:227,h:18},
{t:"United States also traditionally gets ",p:43,x:67,y:131,w:234,h:18},
{t:"little help from its regulatory body, the ",p:43,x:67,y:151,w:251,h:18},
{t:"Federal Communications Commission,",p:43,x:67,y:172,w:259,h:18},
{t:"in setting a standard. The FCC likes to ",p:43,x:67,y:192,w:248,h:18},
{t:"let the market go where it will. One ",p:43,x:67,y:212,w:231,h:18},
{t:"thing is certain, however, consumers will ",p:43,x:67,y:233,w:261,h:18},
{t:"demand higher speeds, greater traffc ",p:43,x:67,y:253,w:247,h:18},
{t:"capacity and mor",p:43,x:67,y:274,w:118,h:18},
{t:"e reliable connections",p:43,x:179,y:274,w:148,h:18},
{t:"for both per sonal and business use",p:43,x:67,y:294,w:235,h:18},
{t:".",p:43,x:292,y:294,w:4,h:18},
{t:"Even though WiMAX, a 4G ",p:43,x:90,y:315,w:188,h:18},
{t:"network technology that counts ",p:43,x:67,y:335,w:221,h:18},
{t:"Sprint and Intel among its boosters, ",p:43,x:67,y:355,w:251,h:18},
{t:"has a head start, it is losing ground ",p:43,x:67,y:376,w:247,h:18},
{t:"to LTE, which could be problematic ",p:43,x:67,y:396,w:244,h:18},
{t:"for Sprint, which is investing heavily ",p:43,x:67,y:417,w:250,h:18},
{t:"in its Clearwire product that has ",p:43,x:67,y:437,w:225,h:18},
{t:"already been implemented in four ",p:43,x:67,y:457,w:236,h:18},
{t:"U.S. cities, Atlanta, Baltimore, Las ",p:43,x:67,y:478,w:238,h:18},
{t:"Vegas and Portland, Oregon.",p:43,x:67,y:498,w:198,h:18},
{t:"The market will decide for ",p:43,x:90,y:519,w:182,h:18},
{t:"WiMAX or LTE in the same manner ",p:43,x:67,y:539,w:245,h:18},
{t:"it chose cassette tapes over 8-tracks ",p:43,x:67,y:559,w:254,h:18},
{t:"and VHS over beta.",p:43,x:67,y:580,w:133,h:18},
{t:"Although WiMAX is more widely ",p:43,x:90,y:600,w:225,h:18},
{t:"available now, it’s also still in the ",p:43,x:67,y:621,w:228,h:18},
{t:"early stages of rollout, but because ",p:43,x:67,y:641,w:246,h:18},
{t:"of the lower bit rates, analysts ",p:43,x:67,y:662,w:211,h:18},
{t:"expect that LTE will overtake it, ",p:43,x:67,y:682,w:219,h:18},
{t:"because phone manufacturers, ",p:43,x:67,y:702,w:214,h:18},
{t:"networking companies, application ",p:43,x:67,y:723,w:242,h:18},
{t:"developers, operators  and carriers ",p:43,x:67,y:743,w:244,h:18},
{t:"have a need for speed. ",p:43,x:67,y:764,w:160,h:18},
{t:"Analysts say that as L",p:43,x:90,y:784,w:144,h:18},
{t:"TE expands ",p:43,x:228,y:784,w:80,h:18},
{t:"major changes will occur, some of ",p:43,x:67,y:804,w:220,h:18},
{t:"which already have begun, such as ",p:43,x:67,y:825,w:227,h:18},
{t:"offering unlimited v",p:43,x:67,y:845,w:133,h:18},
{t:"oice plans and",p:43,x:191,y:845,w:98,h:18},
{t:"becoming less dependent on land lines",p:43,x:67,y:866,w:266,h:18},
{t:".",p:43,x:317,y:866,w:4,h:18},
{t:"Because of the increased speed ",p:43,x:90,y:886,w:221,h:18},
{t:"LTE offers, it is a better way for ",p:43,x:67,y:907,w:217,h:18},
{t:"transmitting video or streaming. LTE ",p:43,x:67,y:927,w:254,h:18},
{t:"handsets are expected to embrace ",p:43,x:67,y:947,w:242,h:18},
{t:"automatic roaming to non-cellular ",p:43,x:67,y:968,w:236,h:18},
{t:"systems, such as Wi-Fi and satellite.",p:43,x:67,y:988,w:244,h:18},
{t:"All major carriers, hardware ",p:43,x:90,y:1009,w:192,h:18},
{t:"companies, and other telecommuni -",p:43,x:67,y:1029,w:241,h:18},
{t:"cations players are going to have to ",p:43,x:67,y:1049,w:243,h:18},
{t:"make 4G decisions, or they will be left ",p:43,x:67,y:1070,w:259,h:18},
{t:"behind. That’s why LTE is being done ",p:43,x:67,y:1090,w:251,h:18},
{t:"on all continents, as the competing ",p:43,x:67,y:1111,w:239,h:18},
{t:"technologies sort themselves out. ",p:43,x:67,y:1131,w:229,h:18},
{t:"While some call LTE the natural ",p:43,x:90,y:1152,w:219,h:18},
{t:"evolution, some technology writers ",p:43,x:67,y:1172,w:243,h:18},
{t:"also consider it as unusual, in the ",p:43,x:67,y:1192,w:234,h:18},
{t:"logical sequence of technological ",p:43,x:67,y:1213,w:228,h:18},
{t:"advancement. ",p:43,x:67,y:1233,w:100,h:18},
{t:"During the CTIA Wireless Associa-",p:43,x:369,y:90,w:232,h:18},
{t:"tion trade show earlier this year in ",p:43,x:346,y:110,w:240,h:18},
{t:"Las Vegas, most players indicated ",p:43,x:346,y:131,w:235,h:18},
{t:"they would go straight to LTE without ",p:43,x:346,y:151,w:260,h:18},
{t:"touching WiMAX. ",p:43,x:346,y:172,w:123,h:18},
{t:"And internationally, LTE is winning ",p:43,x:369,y:192,w:234,h:18},
{t:"the race as well, because many mobile ",p:43,x:346,y:212,w:263,h:18},
{t:"operators are offering consumers ",p:43,x:346,y:233,w:227,h:18},
{t:"phones, cameras, music players and ",p:43,x:346,y:253,w:246,h:18},
{t:"USB modems – all ripe f or the speeds ",p:43,x:346,y:274,w:260,h:18},
{t:"that 4G LTE will provide.",p:43,x:346,y:294,w:163,h:18},
{t:"Some small, well-developed ",p:43,x:369,y:314,w:193,h:18},
{t:"European countries appear to be ",p:43,x:625,y:90,w:231,h:18},
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{t:"one to another. As cellcos go in and ",p:43,x:625,y:233,w:249,h:18},
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{t:"REGULaToRY bRIEFs",p:44,x:60,y:28,w:188,h:22},
{t:"supreMe court backs ",p:44,x:89,y:251,w:208,h:21},
{t:"wat in dispute with ",p:44,x:89,y:271,w:191,h:21},
{t:"regulatory authority",p:44,x:89,y:292,w:211,h:21},
{t:"A long-running legal battle ",p:44,x:112,y:315,w:179,h:18},
{t:"between Liberia’s national regulator ",p:44,x:90,y:335,w:241,h:18},
{t:"the Liberia Telecommunications ",p:44,x:90,y:355,w:212,h:18},
{t:"Authority (L TA) and would-be st art-up ",p:44,x:90,y:376,w:250,h:18},
{t:"West African T elecom, or W AT, may ",p:44,x:90,y:396,w:234,h:18},
{t:"have come to an end this summer, ",p:44,x:90,y:417,w:230,h:18},
{t:"when the Supreme Court in Monrovia ",p:44,x:90,y:437,w:252,h:18},
{t:"ruled against the w atchdog’s decision ",p:44,x:90,y:457,w:250,h:18},
{t:"to revoke the telco’ s license .",p:44,x:90,y:478,w:183,h:18},
{t:"The Liberian Observ er reported ",p:44,x:112,y:498,w:214,h:18},
{t:"the ruling that determined an ",p:44,x:90,y:519,w:199,h:18},
{t:"enforcement order within the LTA ",p:44,x:90,y:539,w:223,h:18},
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{t:"suspend or r evoke a license which had",p:44,x:90,y:580,w:258,h:18},
{t:"been granted to the petitioner , WAT .”",p:44,x:90,y:600,w:243,h:18},
{t:" The court further ruled that the ",p:44,x:112,y:621,w:225,h:18},
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{t:"absence of the hearing, the peti-",p:44,x:90,y:988,w:223,h:18},
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{t:"was shut down in November ",p:44,x:361,y:335,w:198,h:18},
{t:"2007 for operating without “legal ",p:44,x:361,y:355,w:235,h:18},
{t:"frequency .”",p:44,x:361,y:376,w:75,h:18},
{t:"philippine regulator  ",p:44,x:361,y:414,w:204,h:21},
{t:"sets rules to ‘solve’  ",p:44,x:361,y:435,w:202,h:21},
{t:"telco issues",p:44,x:361,y:455,w:115,h:21},
{t:"The National Telecommunica-",p:44,x:383,y:478,w:201,h:18},
{t:"tions Commission in the Philippines ",p:44,x:361,y:498,w:248,h:18},
{t:"drafted four new memorandum ",p:44,x:361,y:519,w:218,h:18},
{t:"circulars amending the way fees ",p:44,x:361,y:539,w:222,h:18},
{t:"are charged for mobile services in ",p:44,x:361,y:560,w:236,h:18},
{t:"the country. The result is to change ",p:44,x:361,y:580,w:246,h:18},
{t:"them from pulse or per-second calls ",p:44,x:361,y:600,w:250,h:18},
{t:"and to extend the duration period of ",p:44,x:361,y:621,w:256,h:18},
{t:"pre-paid credits on SIM cards. ",p:44,x:361,y:641,w:211,h:18},
{t:"The online journal Busi-",p:44,x:383,y:662,w:162,h:18},
{t:"nessMirror.com in the Philippines ",p:44,x:361,y:682,w:234,h:18},
{t:"reports the development may be a ",p:44,x:361,y:702,w:241,h:18},
{t:"result of calls for solutions to the ",p:44,x:361,y:723,w:229,h:18},
{t:"problems subscribers’ experience. ",p:44,x:361,y:743,w:237,h:18},
{t:"Philippine Senate President Juan ",p:44,x:361,y:764,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Ponce Enrile denounced telcos’ ",p:44,x:361,y:784,w:216,h:18},
{t:"practices and sought an inquiry into ",p:44,x:361,y:805,w:251,h:18},
{t:"their tariff practices, TeleGeography ",p:44,x:361,y:825,w:248,h:18},
{t:"CommsUpdates reported in July.",p:44,x:361,y:845,w:224,h:18},
{t:"The frst draft of the regulation ",p:44,x:383,y:866,w:217,h:18},
{t:"changes calls for an end to per-",p:44,x:361,y:886,w:215,h:18},
{t:"minute charging on cell phones, ",p:44,x:361,y:907,w:222,h:18},
{t:"which will be replaced by either a ",p:44,x:361,y:927,w:233,h:18},
{t:"“per-three-second pulse charge” ",p:44,x:361,y:947,w:223,h:18},
{t:"or, the “authorized rates” will be ",p:44,x:361,y:968,w:224,h:18},
{t:"adjusted to “per-60 seconds being ",p:44,x:361,y:988,w:241,h:18},
{t:"divided by 20.”",p:44,x:361,y:1009,w:104,h:18},
{t:"Philippine telcos are unhappy ",p:44,x:383,y:1029,w:207,h:18},
{t:"with the set-up arguing that the frst ",p:44,x:361,y:1049,w:254,h:18},
{t:"10 seconds is the most expensive ",p:44,x:361,y:1070,w:235,h:18},
{t:"part of the call and that the commis-",p:44,x:361,y:1090,w:251,h:18},
{t:"sion’s formula is outside their ",p:44,x:361,y:1111,w:206,h:18},
{t:"pricing models. ",p:44,x:361,y:1131,w:108,h:18},
{t:"One of the other changes calls ",p:44,x:383,y:1152,w:213,h:18},
{t:"on all telcos offering promotional ",p:44,x:361,y:1172,w:231,h:18},
{t:"rates to “group into specifc services ",p:44,x:361,y:1192,w:252,h:18},
{t:"being offered and be identifed by ",p:44,x:361,y:1213,w:237,h:18},
{t:"specifc access codes,” or short ",p:44,x:632,y:253,w:216,h:18},
{t:"service message promotions should ",p:44,x:632,y:274,w:249,h:18},
{t:"have only one set of access codes ",p:44,x:632,y:294,w:234,h:18},
{t:"and voice-call promos another.",p:44,x:632,y:314,w:210,h:18},
{t:"The order compels operators ",p:44,x:655,y:335,w:199,h:18},
{t:"to keep the public informed of the ",p:44,x:632,y:355,w:233,h:18},
{t:"nature and validity of the promotion.",p:44,x:632,y:376,w:249,h:18},
{t:"A third change is designed to ",p:44,x:655,y:396,w:204,h:18},
{t:"address the the validity of pre-",p:44,x:632,y:417,w:209,h:18},
{t:"paid load credits, and the fourth ",p:44,x:632,y:437,w:226,h:18},
{t:"addresses complaints on vanishing ",p:44,x:632,y:457,w:243,h:18},
{t:"load credits brought about by SPAM ",p:44,x:632,y:478,w:256,h:18},
{t:"messages or unsolicited messages ",p:44,x:632,y:498,w:239,h:18},
{t:"from advertising frms.",p:44,x:632,y:519,w:155,h:18},
{t:"thailand gets  ",p:44,x:632,y:557,w:145,h:21},
{t:"nuMber portability",p:44,x:632,y:578,w:183,h:21},
{t:"Thailand’s National Telecom-",p:44,x:655,y:600,w:196,h:18},
{t:"munications Commission approved ",p:44,x:632,y:621,w:243,h:18},
{t:"regulations for introducing mobile ",p:44,x:632,y:641,w:237,h:18},
{t:"number portability in the country, ",p:44,x:632,y:662,w:236,h:18},
{t:"which took effect in August, the ",p:44,x:632,y:682,w:220,h:18},
{t:"Royal Gazette, reported.",p:44,x:632,y:702,w:169,h:18},
{t:" The Bangkok Post quoted ",p:44,x:655,y:723,w:186,h:18},
{t:"National Telecommunications ",p:44,x:632,y:743,w:205,h:18},
{t:"Commissioner SudharmYoonaid-",p:44,x:632,y:764,w:222,h:18},
{t:"harma saying that mobile opera-",p:44,x:632,y:784,w:224,h:18},
{t:"tors have to comply with customer ",p:44,x:632,y:805,w:240,h:18},
{t:"requests to move their existing ",p:44,x:632,y:825,w:216,h:18},
{t:"number to another network within ",p:44,x:632,y:845,w:240,h:18},
{t:"three months, and the fee for ",p:44,x:632,y:866,w:205,h:18},
{t:"porting a number cannot exceed the ",p:44,x:632,y:886,w:254,h:18},
{t:"retail cost of a pre-paid SIM card ",p:44,x:632,y:907,w:230,h:18},
{t:"(which can be as low as THB50.",p:44,x:632,y:927,w:218,h:18},
{t:"Whether any port fee actually ",p:44,x:655,y:947,w:208,h:18},
{t:"will be charged depends on an ",p:44,x:632,y:968,w:213,h:18},
{t:"agreement with the mobile opera-",p:44,x:632,y:988,w:233,h:18},
{t:"tors, which will be submitted to ",p:44,x:632,y:1009,w:219,h:18},
{t:"the commission for consideration, ",p:44,x:632,y:1029,w:236,h:18},
{t:"Yoonaidharma explained.",p:44,x:632,y:1049,w:173,h:18},
{t:"Before the new regulation ",p:44,x:655,y:1070,w:181,h:18},
{t:"was published, Thailand’s cellcos ",p:44,x:632,y:1090,w:229,h:18},
{t:"complained that the three-month ",p:44,x:632,y:1111,w:232,h:18},
{t:"deadline for implementing mobile ",p:44,x:632,y:1131,w:235,h:18},
{t:"number portability is unrealistic. ",p:44,x:632,y:1152,w:228,h:18},
{t:"Market leader AIS estimated that it ",p:44,x:632,y:1172,w:249,h:18},
{t:"could take up to a year to set up the ",p:44,x:632,y:1192,w:254,h:18},
{t:"necessary preparations to comply.",p:44,x:632,y:1213,w:234,h:18},
{t:"regUlatory BodIES & BRIEfS",p:44,x:90,y:135,w:771,h:61},
{t:"42",p:44,x:55,y:1261,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Global Vision   |  ",p:44,x:97,y:1259,w:135,h:19},
{t:"3rd Quarter 2009",p:44,x:240,y:1262,w:107,h:15},
{t:"regulator bans zero ",p:45,x:90,y:88,w:206,h:21},
{t:"Mobile tariFFs",p:45,x:90,y:108,w:132,h:21},
{t:"The Ukraine’s National Commu-",p:45,x:112,y:131,w:218,h:18},
{t:"nications Regulation Commission ",p:45,x:90,y:151,w:231,h:18},
{t:"has forbidden mobile operators ",p:45,x:90,y:172,w:221,h:18},
{t:"from setting zero tariffs for their ",p:45,x:90,y:192,w:224,h:18},
{t:"services, according to a report that ",p:45,x:90,y:212,w:244,h:18},
{t:"appeared on the Ukrainian National ",p:45,x:90,y:233,w:252,h:18},
{t:"Radio Company’s Web site.",p:45,x:90,y:253,w:185,h:18},
{t:"“There are no, and cannot ",p:45,x:112,y:274,w:183,h:18},
{t:"be any, zero tariffs,” commission ",p:45,x:90,y:294,w:224,h:18},
{t:"member Iudmyla Artiushenko said, ",p:45,x:90,y:315,w:245,h:18},
{t:"adding that the Eastern Europe ",p:45,x:90,y:335,w:220,h:18},
{t:"nation’s telecommunications laws ",p:45,x:90,y:355,w:233,h:18},
{t:"state that tariffs cannot be lower ",p:45,x:90,y:376,w:228,h:18},
{t:"than cost. If tariffs were, it would ",p:45,x:90,y:396,w:228,h:18},
{t:"amount to “price dumping.”",p:45,x:90,y:417,w:190,h:18},
{t:"The regulator’s analysis of ",p:45,x:112,y:437,w:182,h:18},
{t:"tariffs in the Ukrainian market ",p:45,x:90,y:457,w:211,h:18},
{t:"was made at the request of cellco ",p:45,x:90,y:478,w:234,h:18},
{t:"provider Kyivstar, which has more ",p:45,x:90,y:498,w:235,h:18},
{t:"subscribers in the company than ",p:45,x:90,y:519,w:228,h:18},
{t:"any of its competitors. ",p:45,x:90,y:539,w:156,h:18},
{t:"Commission members and ",p:45,x:112,y:559,w:186,h:18},
{t:"analysts reported that zero tariffs ",p:45,x:90,y:580,w:234,h:18},
{t:"were being used Kyivstar’s competi-",p:45,x:90,y:600,w:244,h:18},
{t:"tors, MTS Ukraine and Astelit.",p:45,x:90,y:621,w:207,h:18},
{t:"Astelit and MTS Ukraine report-",p:45,x:112,y:641,w:219,h:18},
{t:"edly called the regulators’ order, ",p:45,x:90,y:662,w:226,h:18},
{t:"“unlawful,” but there has been no ",p:45,x:90,y:682,w:234,h:18},
{t:"word whether the companies will ",p:45,x:90,y:702,w:229,h:18},
{t:"challenge it in court.",p:45,x:90,y:723,w:140,h:18},
{t:"spain’s regulator  ",p:45,x:90,y:761,w:178,h:21},
{t:"unveils terMination  ",p:45,x:90,y:782,w:205,h:21},
{t:"rate proposals",p:45,x:90,y:802,w:143,h:21},
{t:"The Telecommunications Market ",p:45,x:112,y:825,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Commission, Spain’s telco regu-",p:45,x:90,y:845,w:221,h:18},
{t:"lator, released its proposals for ",p:45,x:90,y:866,w:222,h:18},
{t:"reducing mobile termination rates, ",p:45,x:90,y:886,w:247,h:18},
{t:"the paper Cinco Dias reported. The ",p:45,x:90,y:907,w:252,h:18},
{t:"commission asks that mobile termi",p:45,x:90,y:927,w:239,h:18},
{t:"-",p:45,x:334,y:927,w:4,h:18},
{t:"nation rates for all four network ",p:45,x:90,y:947,w:227,h:18},
{t:"operators be reduced to EU.04 by ",p:45,x:90,y:968,w:244,h:18},
{t:"October 2011.",p:45,x:90,y:988,w:103,h:18},
{t:"This deadline allows the telcos ",p:45,x:112,y:1009,w:213,h:18},
{t:"to implement the reduction gradu-",p:45,x:90,y:1029,w:236,h:18},
{t:"ally. However, the frst signs of that ",p:45,x:90,y:1050,w:245,h:18},
{t:"reduction should take place this ",p:45,x:90,y:1070,w:223,h:18},
{t:"October.",p:45,x:90,y:1090,w:59,h:18},
{t:"TelefonicaMovilesEspana ",p:45,x:112,y:1111,w:174,h:18},
{t:"(Movistar), Vodafone Spain and ",p:45,x:90,y:1131,w:219,h:18},
{t:"Orange Espana reportedly will drop ",p:45,x:90,y:1152,w:249,h:18},
{t:"their rates by EU0.0075, while the ",p:45,x:90,y:1172,w:243,h:18},
{t:"country’s newest entrant into the ",p:45,x:90,y:1192,w:230,h:18},
{t:"market, XferaMoviles (Yoigo) will ",p:45,x:90,y:1213,w:227,h:18},
{t:"face reduction of between EU0.015 ",p:45,x:361,y:274,w:247,h:18},
{t:"and.012.",p:45,x:361,y:294,w:63,h:18},
{t:"Cinco Dias reports that the ",p:45,x:388,y:314,w:190,h:18},
{t:"cuts are less than expected, with ",p:45,x:361,y:335,w:229,h:18},
{t:"initial estimates that mobile termi-",p:45,x:361,y:355,w:237,h:18},
{t:"nation rates could be set as low ",p:45,x:361,y:376,w:222,h:18},
{t:"as EU0.0245. Commission Chair ",p:45,x:361,y:396,w:229,h:18},
{t:"Reinaldo Rodriguez has stated that ",p:45,x:361,y:417,w:246,h:18},
{t:"he believes there is room to lower ",p:45,x:361,y:437,w:236,h:18},
{t:"prices even more in  coming years. ",p:45,x:361,y:457,w:241,h:18},
{t:"All four telcos have the chance to ",p:45,x:384,y:478,w:232,h:18},
{t:"comment on the proposals before ",p:45,x:361,y:498,w:236,h:18},
{t:"the fnal ruling.",p:45,x:361,y:519,w:104,h:18},
{t:"Last April, the commission ",p:45,x:384,y:539,w:175,h:18},
{t:"announced that T",p:45,x:361,y:559,w:120,h:18},
{t:"elefonicaMo vilesE",p:45,x:473,y:559,w:117,h:18},
{t:"spana,V odafone Spain and Or",p:45,x:361,y:580,w:200,h:18},
{t:"ange ",p:45,x:554,y:580,w:36,h:18},
{t:"Espana w ould have to reduce the ",p:45,x:361,y:600,w:218,h:18},
{t:"mobile termination rates to EU0.07 by ",p:45,x:361,y:621,w:254,h:18},
{t:"October as part of a new glide path. ",p:45,x:361,y:641,w:237,h:18},
{t:"Yoigo was exempt from that round ",p:45,x:384,y:662,w:231,h:18},
{t:"of reductions, as the commission ",p:45,x:361,y:682,w:219,h:18},
{t:"allowed it to maintain its EU0.10 rate ",p:45,x:361,y:702,w:251,h:18},
{t:"on the basis that it has higher oper",p:45,x:361,y:723,w:242,h:18},
{t:"-",p:45,x:593,y:723,w:4,h:18},
{t:"ating costs than its thr",p:45,x:361,y:743,w:155,h:18},
{t:"ee competitors.",p:45,x:509,y:743,w:101,h:18},
{t:"Fcc considers banning ",p:45,x:361,y:782,w:230,h:21},
{t:"exclusivity deals",p:45,x:361,y:802,w:162,h:21},
{t:"The U.S. Federal Communica-",p:45,x:384,y:825,w:203,h:18},
{t:"tions Commission announced that it ",p:45,x:361,y:845,w:251,h:18},
{t:"will review handset exclusivity pack-",p:45,x:361,y:866,w:245,h:18},
{t:"ages following complaints that such ",p:45,x:361,y:886,w:248,h:18},
{t:"deals damage competition.",p:45,x:361,y:907,w:186,h:18},
{t:"In 2008, a trade association ",p:45,x:384,y:927,w:200,h:18},
{t:"asked the FCC to ban agreements ",p:45,x:361,y:947,w:236,h:18},
{t:"that keep Apple’s iPhone and ",p:45,x:361,y:968,w:206,h:18},
{t:"Palm’s Pre handsets tied to a single ",p:45,x:361,y:988,w:248,h:18},
{t:"operator, saying such deals damage ",p:45,x:361,y:1009,w:250,h:18},
{t:"competition by holding back smaller ",p:45,x:361,y:1029,w:253,h:18},
{t:"carriers operating in rural markets.",p:45,x:361,y:1050,w:241,h:18},
{t:"Consumer groups also have ",p:45,x:384,y:1070,w:194,h:18},
{t:"complained, saying the exclusive ",p:45,x:361,y:1090,w:228,h:18},
{t:"agreements deny rural communities ",p:45,x:361,y:1111,w:251,h:18},
{t:"access to the latest technology.",p:45,x:361,y:1131,w:214,h:18},
{t:"Julius Genachowski, the ",p:45,x:384,y:1152,w:174,h:18},
{t:"Obama Administration’s candi-",p:45,x:361,y:1172,w:220,h:18},
{t:"date to replace interim FCC chair",p:45,x:361,y:1192,w:229,h:18},
{t:"Michael Copps, said that if she is ",p:45,x:361,y:1213,w:240,h:18},
{t:"confrmed, she will ensure that the ",p:45,x:633,y:274,w:252,h:18},
{t:"full record on the rural carriers’ ",p:45,x:633,y:294,w:229,h:18},
{t:"complaints is r eviewed.",p:45,x:633,y:314,w:165,h:18},
{t:"In the meantime, Copps has ",p:45,x:655,y:335,w:203,h:18},
{t:"instructed FCC offcials to begin ",p:45,x:633,y:355,w:231,h:18},
{t:"an examination on the e xclusivity ",p:45,x:633,y:376,w:242,h:18},
{t:"practices. ",p:45,x:633,y:396,w:72,h:18},
{t:"Mauritius regulator pubs ",p:45,x:633,y:435,w:251,h:21},
{t:"brakes on outreMer ",p:45,x:633,y:455,w:199,h:21},
{t:"Outremer Telecom’s quest ",p:45,x:655,y:478,w:183,h:18},
{t:"to provide the island republic of ",p:45,x:633,y:498,w:222,h:18},
{t:"Mauritius services by the end of ",p:45,x:633,y:519,w:224,h:18},
{t:"the year have been slowed, as the ",p:45,x:633,y:539,w:237,h:18},
{t:"country’s regulator, the Informa-",p:45,x:633,y:560,w:221,h:18},
{t:"tion & Communication Technology ",p:45,x:633,y:580,w:238,h:18},
{t:"Authority, declined the telco’s appli-",p:45,x:633,y:600,w:245,h:18},
{t:"cation for a mobile license.",p:45,x:633,y:621,w:183,h:18},
{t:"Mauritius is located off the east ",p:45,x:655,y:641,w:222,h:18},
{t:"coast of Africa in the southwest ",p:45,x:633,y:662,w:220,h:18},
{t:"Indian Ocean, about 900 kilome-",p:45,x:633,y:682,w:228,h:18},
{t:"ters from Madagascar. The republic ",p:45,x:633,y:702,w:249,h:18},
{t:"comprises the islands of Mauritius, ",p:45,x:633,y:723,w:244,h:18},
{t:"St. Brandon, Rodrigues and the ",p:45,x:633,y:743,w:222,h:18},
{t:"Agalega Islands.",p:45,x:633,y:764,w:111,h:18},
{t:"Outremer Telecom plans to ",p:45,x:655,y:784,w:190,h:18},
{t:"appeal the regulator’s decision to its ",p:45,x:633,y:805,w:254,h:18},
{t:"Appeal Tribunal.",p:45,x:633,y:825,w:112,h:18},
{t:"“We don’t agree with this decision,” ",p:45,x:655,y:845,w:231,h:18},
{t:"Outremer’s CEO for Mauritius Michel ",p:45,x:633,y:866,w:245,h:18},
{t:"Regot stated. “We didn’t expect the ",p:45,x:633,y:886,w:233,h:18},
{t:"ICTA would reject our demand,”",p:45,x:633,y:907,w:211,h:18},
{t:"Outremer intends to invest in the ",p:45,x:655,y:927,w:233,h:18},
{t:"rollout of a 3G network and to hire ",p:45,x:633,y:947,w:243,h:18},
{t:"and train 200 people to support ",p:45,x:633,y:968,w:227,h:18},
{t:"the new service. However, the ICTA ",p:45,x:633,y:988,w:242,h:18},
{t:"declined to issue a fourth mobile ",p:45,x:633,y:1009,w:228,h:18},
{t:"operating license for the republic, ",p:45,x:633,y:1029,w:235,h:18},
{t:"citing the global economic downturn ",p:45,x:633,y:1049,w:254,h:18},
{t:"and the need to protect the invest-",p:45,x:633,y:1070,w:238,h:18},
{t:"ment plans of incumbent operators.",p:45,x:633,y:1090,w:245,h:18},
{t:"The Authority had received off-",p:45,x:655,y:1111,w:216,h:18},
{t:"cial complaints from Orange and ",p:45,x:633,y:1131,w:229,h:18},
{t:"Emtel, which already are operating.",p:45,x:633,y:1152,w:244,h:18},
{t:"The Appeal Tribune is expected ",p:45,x:655,y:1172,w:215,h:18},
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{t:"sTRaTEGIEs",p:46,x:60,y:28,w:118,h:24},
{t:"Earlier this year, when Sprint signed ",p:46,x:90,y:315,w:252,h:18},
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{t:"Swedish vendor Ericsson to manage ",p:46,x:90,y:355,w:251,h:18},
{t:"the operations and maintenance ",p:46,x:90,y:376,w:227,h:18},
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{t:"the frst major U.S. operator to ",p:46,x:90,y:417,w:218,h:18},
{t:"outsource such functions.",p:46,x:90,y:437,w:173,h:18},
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{t:"United St ates, outsour cing netw ork ",p:46,x:90,y:478,w:231,h:18},
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{t:"have made similar mo",p:46,x:90,y:539,w:150,h:18},
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{t:"several dozen telecoms that ha",p:46,x:90,y:560,w:207,h:18},
{t:"ve ",p:46,x:288,y:560,w:19,h:18},
{t:"signed such deals with Ericcson.",p:46,x:90,y:580,w:219,h:18},
{t:"Contrary to the opinions of some ",p:46,x:112,y:600,w:225,h:18},
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{t:"tators, these deals alone do not ",p:46,x:90,y:641,w:217,h:18},
{t:"suggest a devaluing of network ",p:46,x:90,y:662,w:213,h:18},
{t:"assets and operations, areas that ",p:46,x:90,y:682,w:228,h:18},
{t:"operators historically have seen as ",p:46,x:90,y:702,w:236,h:18},
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{t:"just like most of the other operators ",p:46,x:90,y:743,w:246,h:18},
{t:"moving in the same direction, does ",p:46,x:90,y:764,w:239,h:18},
{t:"not include the sale of any network ",p:46,x:90,y:784,w:239,h:18},
{t:"assets, and there are legitimate ",p:46,x:90,y:804,w:216,h:18},
{t:"reasons to believe that third-party ",p:46,x:90,y:825,w:233,h:18},
{t:"outsourcing of network functions ",p:46,x:90,y:845,w:224,h:18},
{t:"— of which some can cause internal ",p:46,x:90,y:866,w:245,h:18},
{t:"anguish and confict – can generate ",p:46,x:90,y:886,w:244,h:18},
{t:"operational and fnancial benefts",p:46,x:90,y:907,w:229,h:18},
{t:".",p:46,x:315,y:907,w:4,h:18},
{t:"“Measures that provide opera-",p:46,x:112,y:927,w:209,h:18},
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{t:"effciency have become increasingly ",p:46,x:90,y:968,w:247,h:18},
{t:"valid and attractive,” said Angel ",p:46,x:90,y:988,w:222,h:18},
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{t:"ican operations upon announcement ",p:46,x:90,y:1029,w:255,h:18},
{t:"of the Sprint deal.",p:46,x:90,y:1049,w:124,h:18},
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{t:"will defne their brands and what ",p:46,x:90,y:1131,w:230,h:18},
{t:"they see as go-to-market opportuni-",p:46,x:90,y:1152,w:246,h:18},
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{t:"inspired by fears of becoming the ",p:46,x:90,y:1192,w:233,h:18},
{t:"proverbial “dumb pipe.” ",p:46,x:90,y:1213,w:167,h:18},
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{t:"in a recent survey of European ",p:46,x:361,y:396,w:213,h:18},
{t:"telecoms executives performed by ",p:46,x:361,y:417,w:237,h:18},
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{t:"munications Executive Network. ",p:46,x:361,y:457,w:224,h:18},
{t:"When asked to identify a telecoms ",p:46,x:361,y:478,w:239,h:18},
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{t:"respondents overwhelmingly identi-",p:46,x:361,y:519,w:243,h:18},
{t:"fed “service management platform,” ",p:46,x:361,y:539,w:255,h:18},
{t:"with 36 percent of votes. Branding ",p:46,x:361,y:560,w:242,h:18},
{t:"came in second, named by a quarter ",p:46,x:361,y:580,w:255,h:18},
{t:"of respondents.",p:46,x:361,y:600,w:106,h:18},
{t:"Ownership of network assets ",p:46,x:384,y:866,w:206,h:18},
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{t:"percent and 11 percent of votes, ",p:46,x:361,y:927,w:232,h:18},
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{t:"fve executives said network assets ",p:46,x:361,y:968,w:248,h:18},
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{t:"Yankee Group analysts, which have ",p:46,x:361,y:1090,w:242,h:18},
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{t:"for growth.",p:46,x:361,y:1213,w:75,h:18},
{t:"“Growth areas might include ",p:46,x:655,y:314,w:199,h:18},
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{t:"enhanced network services,” ",p:46,x:633,y:376,w:199,h:18},
{t:"explained Camille Mendler, Yankee ",p:46,x:633,y:396,w:243,h:18},
{t:"Group vice president.",p:46,x:633,y:417,w:146,h:18},
{t:"necessary outsourcing",p:46,x:633,y:455,w:230,h:21},
{t:"When executives were asked ",p:46,x:655,y:478,w:200,h:18},
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{t:"Yankee Group, but nine in 10 ",p:46,x:633,y:539,w:204,h:18},
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{t:"was necessary. Highest on the list ",p:46,x:633,y:600,w:235,h:18},
{t:"was human resources, but network ",p:46,x:633,y:621,w:243,h:18},
{t:"operations somewhat surprisingly ",p:46,x:633,y:641,w:236,h:18},
{t:"came in second.",p:46,x:633,y:662,w:110,h:18},
{t:"Likewise, 70 percent of respon-",p:46,x:655,y:682,w:222,h:18},
{t:"dents agreed — including mor e ",p:46,x:633,y:702,w:228,h:18},
{t:"than a third who strongly agreed ",p:46,x:633,y:723,w:238,h:18},
{t:"— that mobile netw ork sharing ",p:46,x:633,y:743,w:226,h:18},
{t:"will become the norm as spir",p:46,x:633,y:764,w:198,h:18},
{t:"aling ",p:46,x:839,y:764,w:38,h:18},
{t:"mobile data volumes drive up ",p:46,x:633,y:784,w:215,h:18},
{t:"network operating costs, reports ",p:46,x:633,y:805,w:237,h:18},
{t:"the Yankee Group.",p:46,x:633,y:825,w:129,h:18},
{t:"As Mendler pointed out, the ",p:46,x:655,y:845,w:199,h:18},
{t:"shift in thinking is refective of a ",p:46,x:633,y:866,w:223,h:18},
{t:"realization that in today’s digital ",p:46,x:633,y:886,w:224,h:18},
{t:"environment, what matters most is ",p:46,x:633,y:907,w:244,h:18},
{t:"the ability to industrialize service ",p:46,x:633,y:927,w:231,h:18},
{t:"creation and delivery. “That’s ",p:46,x:633,y:947,w:202,h:18},
{t:"because consumers and enterprises ",p:46,x:633,y:968,w:250,h:18},
{t:"do not care about connectivity, per ",p:46,x:633,y:988,w:244,h:18},
{t:"se,” Mendler said. “Unilaterally, they ",p:46,x:633,y:1009,w:254,h:18},
{t:"expect availability of connectivity ",p:46,x:633,y:1029,w:231,h:18},
{t:"but really care only about what can ",p:46,x:633,y:1049,w:247,h:18},
{t:"be done with it.”",p:46,x:633,y:1070,w:113,h:18},
{t:"Ultimately, winning and ",p:46,x:655,y:1090,w:168,h:18},
{t:"retaining customers always will ",p:46,x:633,y:1111,w:220,h:18},
{t:"be at the “core” of the telecoms ",p:46,x:633,y:1131,w:225,h:18},
{t:"business, she continued. “Physical ",p:46,x:633,y:1152,w:242,h:18},
{t:"networks asset may be part of the ",p:46,x:633,y:1172,w:244,h:18},
{t:"means to that end but are not the ",p:46,x:633,y:1192,w:243,h:18},
{t:"end itself.”",p:46,x:633,y:1213,w:73,h:18},
{t:"rethinKing the core",p:46,x:92,y:153,w:535,h:57},
{t:"oUtsoUrcing networK fUnctions becomes growing trend",p:46,x:92,y:214,w:747,h:27},
{t:"By Martin Vilaboy",p:46,x:92,y:271,w:105,h:15},
{t:"What is the core unique selling ",p:46,x:360,y:632,w:237,h:19},
{t:"point of a telecoms operator?",p:46,x:360,y:652,w:221,h:19},
{t:"(% of respondents)",p:46,x:360,y:672,w:140,h:19},
{t:"Service management platform",p:46,x:360,y:704,w:147,h:15},
{t:"35.9%",p:46,x:532,y:704,w:32,h:15},
{t:"Brand",p:46,x:360,y:725,w:29,h:15},
{t:"24.5%",p:46,x:532,y:725,w:32,h:15},
{t:"Access network",p:46,x:360,y:743,w:74,h:15},
{t:"13.2%",p:46,x:532,y:743,w:32,h:15},
{t:"Core network",p:46,x:360,y:762,w:63,h:15},
{t:"11.3%",p:46,x:532,y:762,w:32,h:15},
{t:"Subscriber model",p:46,x:360,y:780,w:85,h:15},
{t:"9.4%",p:46,x:532,y:780,w:25,h:15},
{t:"Billing system",p:46,x:360,y:800,w:67,h:15},
{t:"3.8%",p:46,x:532,y:800,w:25,h:15},
{t:"Other",p:46,x:360,y:818,w:26,h:15},
{t:"1.9%",p:46,x:532,y:818,w:25,h:15},
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