{"id":642048,"date":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/06\/what-were-tracking-this-week-135\/"},"modified":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","slug":"what-were-tracking-this-week-135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/06\/what-were-tracking-this-week-135\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brace yourselves for price bumps in phone services: <\/strong>Vodafone Egypt will kick off today a series of meetings the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) will be holding with mobile network operators this week to discuss fee hikes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youm7.com\/story\/2017\/8\/5\/%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA\/3354554\">reports Youm7<\/a>. 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