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<title>MindBranch: Telecommunications</title>
<description>Telecommunications market research products provide analysis of the latest trends, developments and market data for this industry.  Research information will help you make informed business decisions.</description>
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<title>Telecommunication Services</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3470-1373.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[In the US, about 11,000 companies provide telecommunications services, with total annual revenue over $400 billion. Large companies include AT&amp;T, Verizon, and Comcast. The industry includes 3,000 wireline carriers (annual revenues about $240 billion); 3,000 wireless companies ($100 billion); 2,000 cable companies ($60 billion); and satellite companies and telecommunications resellers. The industry is highly concentrated: the 50 largest companies hold 90 percent of the market.   COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE  Demand is driven by technological innovation and by growth in business activity. The profitability of individual companies depends on efficient operations and good marketing. Large companies have big economies of scale in providing a highly automated service to large numbers of customers, and have the financial resources required to build and maintain a large network. Smaller companies can compete effectively only in small markets or by providing specialty services. Because of the large degree of automation, average revenue per employee is a high $300,000.  PRODUCTS, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in India</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1003.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This report provides a comprehensive overview of the developments and trends in telecommunications, Internet and digital media markets in India. Subjects covered include: 

 Key Statistics; 
 Market Overviews; 
 Major Players (fixed and mobile); 
 Infrastructure development - national and international; 
 Mobile Voice and Data Markets; 
 Internet, including VoIP;  
 Broadband development;  
 Convergence and Digital Media;  
 Regulatory Environment. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in China</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1002.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The China market, although large, still has low penetration rates and this is an excellent indicator for future growth. The report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including IPTV developments. Subjects include: 

 Market and industry analyses, trends and developments; 
 Facts, figures and statistics; 
 Industry and regulatory issues; 
 Infrastructure; 
 Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU; 
 Internet, VoIP, IPTV; 
 Mobile Voice and Data Markets;  
 Broadband (FttH, DSL, cable TV, wireless); 
 Convergence and Digital Media. 
 
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Romania Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3018.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[&ldquo;Last year (2007) I saw the most competitive telecoms market in my entire 30-year experience in the 
communications industry. There was a fierce battle between operators fighting to gain customers at all 
costs. In fact, UPC has never seen any other competitive telecoms market as the Romanian market is 
now.&rdquo; This is the view of UPC Romania CEO Richard Anderson.   
Romania&rsquo;s telecoms market is truly ultra-competitive, as demonstrated by UPC&rsquo;s recent announcement 
that it would partner with the country&rsquo;s largest mobile operator Orange in creating a quad-play package of 
fixed line and wireless telephony services, internet access and TV. It will compete with RCS&RDS and 
Romtelecom (with Cosmote), both of which already deploy quadruple services. This goes some way to 
show the competition in Romania&rsquo;s alternative fixed line market, with incumbent Romtelecom being 
pushed hard by UPC and RCS&RDS.   
Romania&rsquo;s mobile market still continues to show impressive growth - during ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Latin America - Internet Broadband and Convergence Statistics (tables only)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-995.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This report provides 180 statistical tables relating to Internet and broadband markets of 26 Latin American countries, and is extracted from the full annual market ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2007 Australia - Internet, Broadband and Convergence Statistics (tables only)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-999.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This report contains only tables of statistics relating to broadband and the digital media in ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2007 Australia - Fixed and Mobile Statistics (tables only)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-998.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This report provides tables only for the Australian telecoms industry and are extracted from the source reports as listed  here
  The tables relating to specific companies cover both fixed-line and mobile/wireless ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Latin America - Telecoms and Fixed-line Statistics (tables only)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-997.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This report provides 123 statistical tables relating to the telecom markets of 26 Latin American countries, and is extracted from the full annual market ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>East and Southern Africa Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3037.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Full-year figures from several of Africa&rsquo;s major telecoms groups give us a clearer picture of the state of 
the market at the end of 2007. Growth in Kenya in particular fell short of our expectations, following a 
disappointing performance by Celtel in the second half of the year, when it actually lost subscribers. The 
outlook for the Kenyan market in 2008 also looks less positive in light of the wave of violence that hit the 
country after December&rsquo;s presidential election. Although that has since subsided, the economic disruption 
that it caused is likely to impact overall growth in 2008, with knock-on effects expected for the mobile 
market.   
On the other hand, 2008 should see the launch of two new operators: fixed-line incumbent Telkom 
Kenya, which was awarded a GSM licence in 2007 ahead of its privatisation, and Econet Wireless. This 
increase of competition could offset many of the negative effects ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Czech Republic Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3016.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Results for Q307 show that the Czech mobile phone market grew by 1.6% q-o-q, or by 7.2% y-o-y. While 
Q3 growth was an improvement on the 1.1% rise seen in Q207, the annual rate of growth is smaller than 
the 7.3% witnessed in the period Q305 to Q306. These data are therefore taken by BMI to confirm that 
the mobile market is slowing down. The fourth quarter of each year usually brings in the highest numbers 
of new customers, but we still consider that overall growth for 2007 will amount to no more than 5%. 
Greatly improved performances by T-Mobile and Telefonica O2 meant that both of these operators 
recovered some of the ground they had lost in H107 to rival Vodafone, and as the latter company only 
managed a marginal improvement in Q307 this meant only a small change in market shares. T-Mobile 
maintains its dominance of the market, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Germany Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3017.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[During 2007, the number of German mobile subscribers grew by 13.4% to reach 97.151mn. In the final 
quarter of the year, mobile subscriber growth amounted to 4.1%, making Q407 one of the most significant 
growth quarters to date; it is notable that the 4.1% increase witnessed in Q407 was stronger than the 3.1% 
rise in Q406. With a mobile penetration rate which is now approximately 117.5%, Germany continues to 
have one of the highest mobile penetration rates in Western Europe. Furthermore, as mentioned in 
previous updates on Germany&rsquo;s mobile market, there is no real evidence from German subscriber figures 
of any significant slowdown in growth. We believe that one of the most likely reasons for the increased 
subscriber growth in 2007 includes the impact on Germany&rsquo;s mobile sector of an increasing number of 
mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). However, it is also notable that major operators such as TMobile 
continue ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Singapore Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3022.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Of note this quarter have been the significant changes made to internet/broadband forecasts. The drop in 
internet users during 2007 was much more pronounced than had been anticipated by BMI, with a decline 
of 30.6% y-o-y to reach 1.06mn. This compared to a fall of 5.9% y-o-y in 2006, while there was a 5.6% 
y-o-y decline in 2005. With such a significant decline in 2007, we expect a smaller fall in 2008 at 12.3% 
to reach 927,000, before gradually reaching 588,000 internet users by the end of our five-year forecast in 
2012.   
There are a number of reasons for this decline in internet take-up, which largely relate to the growing 
popularity of broadband tariffs, while the government has sought to proactively turn Singapore into a hub 
for high-speed broadband services and equipment. The state has already initiated a scheme under which 
wireless internet access via a Wi-Fi enabled mobile device ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>India Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3023.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[India remains an appealing market for investors. This is apparent from the number of entrants looking to 
win licences to operate in India&rsquo;s fast-growing telecoms market. International giants such as AT&T and 
Sistema are tempted by the growth that is clearly still on offer as penetration in India&rsquo;s mobile market 
reaches just 20%.   
BMI forecasts an annual average growth rate of over 30% over the next five years so that, by the end of 
2012, there should be 620mn mobile subscribers in India, representing 51.5% penetration. Drivers for this 
order of growth include the government&rsquo;s (and regulator&rsquo;s) determination to encourage inward 
investment, a seemingly insatiable consumer demand, continued low tariffs and the very low penetration 
rates across rural India.   
And yet, India is a tough market for investors to crack. It is an ultra-competitive market and investors 
have to be prepared to invest heavily in network rollout projects to succeed. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Argentina Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3027.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Argentina&rsquo;s mobile market looks set to be the first in the region to pass the 100% penetration mark as 
operators have continued to see strong growth despite the maturity of the market. Argentina has already 
overtaken Chile in terms of penetration in Q207 and looks set to keep Chile in second place in our 
regional rankings for the mobile market. The market is all the more remarkable given the high number of 
postpaid subscribers, certainly higher levels than seen elsewhere in Latin America. Although both 
Movistar and Telecom Personal, the two operators with the highest shares of postpaid subscribers have 
reported these shares to have fallen quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) while CTI M&oacute;vil has seen a small increase. 
All three operators have now launched 3G services with Telecom Personal the first to launch in May 2007 
in Buenos Aires, only to be followed two months later by Movistar. CTI M&oacute;vil held off ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Nigeria Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3036.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Nigeria&rsquo;s telecoms market continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Following several months in which the 
country&rsquo;s fixed-line incumbent Nitel has continued to see dramatic customer losses, it was announced in 
February 2008 that Nigeria&rsquo;s government had annulled the 2006 sale of Nitel and had started the search 
for new investors for the ailing incumbent and its mobile subsidiary M-Tel. The government is 
understood to have blamed &lsquo;incessant changes and disagreements between board members and top 
management&rsquo; at Nitel&rsquo;s major shareholder Transcorp for the operator's poor results. The decision to 
cancel the sale came as the government received new expressions of interest from at least four major 
international operators: Telkom and its mobile affiliate Vodacom of South Africa, Orascom Telecom of 
Egypt and France Telecom.   
Although the eventual sale of Nitel to new investors may take place in 2008, it is unlikely to lead to 
immediate investments with potential to ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>South Africa Telecommunications Report Q2 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-3038.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[In January 2008, it was reported that South Africa&rsquo;s fixed-line incumbent, Telkom had received an 
unsolicited takeover offer from the Saudi company Oger Telecom which, among its various telecoms 
holdings, holds a majority stake in South African mobile operator Cell C. In a statement, Telkom did not 
give details on the Oger offer and said it was not yet in discussions with the company. However, it said 
the management does plan to consider the approach as part of the company's review.   
The news of a possible takeover deal between Telkom and Oger Telecom immediately prompted 
speculation that the UK&rsquo;s Vodafone Group could be handed another opportunity to increase its stake in 
South African mobile subsidiary Vodacom beyond the current level of 50%. The remaining 50% is held 
by Telkom, and it generally believed that Telkom would be required to offload its interest in Vodacom in 
order to clear the way ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Telecommunications Resellers in the US - Industry Risk Rating Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R538-18754.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis   This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Telecommunications Resellers in the US industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be 'the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business operating environment'.  The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).  This approach is new in that it analyses non-financial information surrounding each industry. Industries are scored on a 9-point scale, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 9 the highest. The Industry Risk score measures expected Industry Risk over the coming 12-18 months.   Industry Definition   This industry is concerned with management units involved in the resale of various wired and wireless ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wired Telecommunications Carriers in Australia - Industry Risk Rating Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R538-19331.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis   This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Wired Telecommunications Carriers in Australia industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be 'the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business operating environment'.  The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).  This approach is new in that it analyses non-financial information surrounding each industry. Industries are scored on a 9-point scale, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 9 the highest. The Industry Risk score measures expected Industry Risk over the coming 12-18 months.   Industry Definition   This industry concerns all management units involved in the provision of voice and data services via ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wired Telecommunications Carriers in the US - Industry Risk Rating Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R538-18752.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis   This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Wired Telecommunications Carriers in the US industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be 'the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business operating environment'.  The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).  This approach is new in that it analyses non-financial information surrounding each industry. Industries are scored on a 9-point scale, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 9 the highest. The Industry Risk score measures expected Industry Risk over the coming 12-18 months.   Industry Definition   This industry covers all management operations involved in the provision of direct communication services such ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Other Telecommunication Services in Australia - Industry Risk Rating Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R538-19335.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis   This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Other Telecommunication Services in Australia industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be 'the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business operating environment'.  The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).  This approach is new in that it analyses non-financial information surrounding each industry. Industries are scored on a 9-point scale, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 9 the highest. The Industry Risk score measures expected Industry Risk over the coming 12-18 months.   Industry Definition   This industry comprises management units primarily engaged in the provision of specialised telecommunications applications including the ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Latin America - Telecommunications Market</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-992.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This annual report offers a wealth of information on the regulatory background and fixed-line markets in Latin America. Subjects covered include:  

 Key statistics for all telecom sectors; 
 Telecom market overview and analysis; 
 Government policies, regulatory issues, and recent developments; 
 Fixed-line statistics and trends; 
 National telecom networks; 
 International infrastructure, submarine cables, and satellite connectivity; 
 Infrastructure developments;  
 Brief overviews on all of the major fixed-line telecom operators in each Latin American ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Latin America - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overview</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-993.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This annual report offers a wealth of information on the trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV, and converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments. Subjects include: 

 Key Statistics and forecasts; 
 Market and industry overviews; 
 Government policies and regulatory issues; 
 Historical information; 
 Major players (fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and pay TV); 
 Telecom infrastructure (national and international, fixed and wireless); 
 Mobile voice and data markets; 
 Internet market and VoIP; 
 Broadband (DSL, cable, wireless);  
 Convergence, pay TV, IPTV, and digital terrestrial TV developments. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Latin America - Convergence, Broadband and Internet Market</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-990.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This annual report offers a wealth of information on the broadband, Internet, and convergence markets in Latin America. Subjects covered include:  
  Internet and broadband statistics and market information;  
  Government policies and regulatory issues;  
  Internet Service Providers;  
  Broadband technologies - ADSL, cable modem, satellite, and wireless;  
  WiMAX launches and spectrum auctions;  
  Convergence and triple play models;  
  Pay TV market trends;  
  Digital terrestrial TV - choice of standards and implementation. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Motorola Inc.-Deals &amp; Alliances Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R762-14305.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Motorola Inc. contains the company&rsquo;s contact information, business summary, company details, tables, graphs and listings of the number of deals by deal category (product, technology, miscellaneous), stage of development, list of partners, deal types (licensing, marketing, etc.), top deals by deal value, partners based on technology with detailed descriptions of the partner firm where disclosed, partners based on product with detailed descriptions of the partner firm where disclosed, partners in other non-product, non-technology deals, with detailed descriptions of the partner firm and terms when available. The report also includes M&A statistics and recent partnering news updates by date.   Deals Deals & Alliances Reports Alliances Reports provide detail on a company&rsquo;s deals and deal partners. Each report contains information on size of deals, deals by therapeutic area and stage of development, product and technology.   Scope of the reports   Life Science Analytics&rsquo; Deals & Alliances Reports contain tables, graphs and listings on the number ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Siemens AG-Deals &amp; Alliances Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R762-14415.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Siemens AG contains the company&rsquo;s contact information, business summary, company details, tables, graphs and listings of the number of deals by deal category (product, technology, miscellaneous), stage of development, list of partners, deal types (licensing, marketing, etc.), top deals by deal value, partners based on technology with detailed descriptions of the partner firm where disclosed, partners based on product with detailed descriptions of the partner firm where disclosed, partners in other non-product, non-technology deals, with detailed descriptions of the partner firm and terms when available. The report also includes M&A statistics and recent partnering news updates by date.   Deals Deals & Alliances Reports Alliances Reports provide detail on a company&rsquo;s deals and deal partners. Each report contains information on size of deals, deals by therapeutic area and stage of development, product and technology.   Scope of the reports   Life Science Analytics&rsquo; Deals & Alliances Reports contain tables, graphs and listings on the number ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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