Iran, the United States and the Total deals

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The decision of the US to waive the effectivity of the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act away from French oil firm Total can only be seen as the due to the mastery of the management of Total in manipulating political pressure. Total's strategy to avoid the effects of the sanctions is to muster political pressure from the European Union, Russia and Malaysia. This was done by Total by engaging Russia's Gazprom and Malaysia's Petronas as junior partners in the Iran oil development program. The waiver has a number of interesting implications, most important of which is how it is being leveraged by European firms in markets are off-limits to American firms.

Politics NEC, Political activity, Petroleum industry, Political aspects, Iran, Politics, TOTAL S.A.

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Internet popularity, lower costs reviving U.A.E.'s ISDN market

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Incremental demand for telecommunication systems and declining installation and rental costs have provided various growth opportunities for U.A.E's integrated services digital networking (ISDN) markets. After enduring a slow start due to marketing difficulties, ISDN markets are expected to achieve an annual growth rate of 12%. Used primarily to extend the data speed limits of various multimedia applications, ISDN's popularity is partly attributed to the success of Internet service in the region.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Telegraph & other communications, Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing, Modems, 1201-2400 bps, Usage, Internet, Telecommunications services industry, Internet service providers, Telecommunications industry, Marketing, Market share, ISDN terminal adapters, Integrated Services Digital Network

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Information technology surges into the Middle East: the Dubai and Egyptian examples

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Egypt's National Telecommunications Plan and Dubai's Internet City are examples of the Middle East's growing adoption of information and telecoms technology. Dubai is making rapid progress, but Egypt has more hurdles to overcome and is a more accurate example of the pace of change in the area.

Planning, Telecommunications equipment industry, Information technology, Middle East, Science and technology policy, Egypt, Telecommunication policy, Telecommunications policy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Emirate)

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