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MENA telecoms need liberalization - Hasbani
By Dana Halawi
Daily Star staff
Friday, April 17, 2009

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Ghassan Hasbani, partner and vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton in Lebanon, criticized on Thursday the absence of telecom liberalization in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), saying this made this sector lag behind the rest of the world in terms cost and efficiency. "When we look at low GDP per capita markets we don't see a drive.

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