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Keith Curran interview: challenges for mobile networks, opportunities for mobile dealers

MarkFriday, December 7, 2012

Podcast - 7th December 2012

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This week Iain Graham has been talking to Keith Curran about the problems facing mobile networks and the opportunities for mobile phone dealers.

Keith was a director of the Caudwell Group before setting up, running and later selling service provider Yes Telecom. He’s now CEO of Steadings Group.

You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the mp3 file directly.

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